Plant Manager

NOX METALS
Los Angeles +1 more
On-site

Who this role is best for

Candidates with hands-on manufacturing leadership experience and a background in metals or industrial operations will find this leadership role in a fast-growing tech-driven supply chain environment.

Best fit for

  • Hands-on manufacturing leaders with a track record in metals or industrial operations
    — “Experience leading a manufacturing, metals, distribution, or industrial operation”
  • Individuals who have managed multi-shift operations and scaled facilities
    — “Experience with multi-shift operations”
  • Candidates comfortable using data and automation to optimize production processes
    — “use data to understand problems, and build systems that improve performance as we grow”

Things to consider

  • This role requires in-person presence at either Los Angeles or Detroit facility
    — “This role is full time and in person at our Los Angeles or Detroit facility.”
  • The position demands a focus on safety, quality, and inventory accuracy as core responsibilities
    — “Own plant safety, quality, delivery, labor, throughput, and inventory accuracy”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in leading teams and managing complex production environments
    — “Lead Production Supervisors, operators, material handlers, and shipping teams”
  • Emphasize your ability to balance immediate customer needs with long-term improvements
    — “Able to balance today’s customer commitments with long-term process improvement”
  • Showcase your proficiency with modern software and automation tools
    — “Comfortable with modern software and automation”
  • Demonstrate your skills in capacity planning and operational scaling
    — “Plan capacity and operating improvements as volume grows”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Maintaining plant safety and quality
  • Developing a strong team
Typical background
Experience in manufacturing or industrial operations

Skills & requirements

Required

Plant ManagementProduction PlanningTeam LeadershipSafety ManagementInventory Control

Preferred

Multi-shift OperationsCapacity PlanningAutomation

Stack & domain

LeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingTeam-buildingDecision-makingSafety ManagementQuality ControlInventory ManagementProduction PlanningEquipment CoordinationCustomer ServiceSoftware And AutomationManufacturingAerospaceDefenseMetal Supply Chain

About the role

Original posting from NOX METALS via Ashby

Plant Manager | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI or Los Angeles, CA

About Nox Metals. American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. Nox Metals is building it, along with the tools that run it. We’re a technology company supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

The role. We’re hiring a Plant Manager to own the safety, people, quality, delivery, and productivity of a Nox Metals facility. You will build a disciplined operation that ships accurate orders on time while developing a strong team and protecting the integrity of our inventory.

You own the plant’s daily results. You will be visible on the floor, use data to understand problems, and build systems that improve performance as we grow.

You will:

· Own plant safety, quality, delivery, labor, throughput, and inventory accuracy

· Lead Production Supervisors, operators, material handlers, and shipping teams

· Translate demand into production, staffing, and equipment plans

· Establish standard work and a consistent daily management rhythm

· Remove constraints and coordinate maintenance, supply chain, and quality support

· Develop frontline leaders and maintain clear accountability at every level

· Partner with sales and customer teams on priorities and recovery plans

· Support hiring, onboarding, scheduling, and performance management

· Plan capacity and operating improvements as volume grows

· Maintain a clean, organized, customer-ready facility

· Complete other tasks as assigned

You are:

· A visible, hands-on manufacturing leader

· Uncompromising on safety and product integrity

· Strong at developing people and building accountable teams

· Comfortable managing through operating metrics

· Able to balance today’s customer commitments with long-term process improvement

· Clear and decisive under pressure

· Comfortable with modern software and automation

Nice to have:

· Experience leading a manufacturing, metals, distribution, or industrial operation

· Experience with multi-shift operations

· Familiarity with capacity planning, maintenance, quality systems, or continuous improvement

· Experience launching or scaling a facility

· Comfortable using AI tools to work faster and smarter

Benefits:

· Equity in Nox Metals

· Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

This role is full time and in person at our Los Angeles or Detroit facility.

Nox Metals is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skill, attitude, and fit for the work, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.

Source: NOX METALS careers (Ashby)

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