The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operational performance of Marmon Defense’s Manchester Wire and Cable manufacturing facility
Job Summary
The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operational performance of Marmon Defense’s Manchester Wire and Cable manufacturing facility.
This role oversees all continuous improvement, production, maintenance, and shipping activities while ensuring a world-class safety culture, operational discipline, and alignment to customer, business, and compliance requirements.
The Plant Manager is a hands-on, people-first leader with focus on coaching, developing talent, driving cross-functional collaboration, building resilient and high performing teams, and fostering a culture of accountability, operational excellence, continuous learning, and trust.
Matching Summary
The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operational performance of Marmon Defense’s Manchester Wire and Cable manufacturing facility.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Safety-first culture
Lean and Kaizen initiatives
AS9100 compliance
Production schedule adherence
P&L responsibility
Root cause investigation
Nice-to-have
People-first leadership
Data-driven decision making
Cross-functional collaboration
Resilient and high-performing teams
Customer confidence building
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, or related field
10+ years progressive leadership experience in manufacturing
5+ years in Plant Manager or equivalent operational leadership role