Unit Plant Manager
O-I Glass · Toano, VA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at O-I Glass (packaging) in Toano, VA. Quality and cost parameters.
- They ask for
- degree required (or equivalent experience)
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Virginia: typical posted base $87k–$125k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 16 production engineer openings in Virginia, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 15 other live production postings in Virginia.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $87k–$125k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 50%
- New product launch 38%
- Lean 31%
- Root cause 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at O-I Glass
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- 2
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This plant: O-I Glass in Toano
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- Production Shift Supervisor (Finished Products) · Production · Supervisor
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Full description from O-I GlassAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
MUST HAVE GLASS PLANT MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE for this position.
As a Unit Plant Manager for O-I you will manage the total operation of the production lines of an assigned furnace on a 24 hour / 7 day a week basis through the line management system and continuous shift operation to maximize production performance within established safety, quality and cost parameters.
The Unit Plant Manager will
- •Drive the plant furnace to achieve the key performance goals (Safety, Quality, Total Best Cost, Productivity, and Flexibility)
- •Promote a Manufacturing Excellence culture that and continuous improvement.
- •Conducting production meetings and sponsor morning TPC meetings
- •Leading and managing projects
- •Successfully meet plant KPI’s
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The Unit Plant Manager should have
- •Proven management and continuous improvement skills
- •Ability to collaborate with team members and supports employee engagement
- •Coaching & mentoring skills and the ability to handle personnel issues.
- •Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- •Adequate knowledge of informational systems & ability to analyze data
- •Experience working in the Glass Manufacturing Industry
- •Cold End Experience Preferred
- •High School Degree or equivalent.
- •Bachelor’s Degree preferred in Production or Operations Management, Engineering, Business, or other related disciplines.
- •Experience supervising/leading people and processes in manufacturing
- •Glass industry experience required