Plant Operations Manager - Food Manufacturing
KP Recruiting Group · San Francisco Bay Area
Apply & track with Apply Edge🚨 NOW HIRING: Refinery Superintendent📍 Newark, CA | On-Site🏭 Food Manufacturing / Refining🕐 Day Shift ✈️ Relocation Assistance AvailableAre you an experienced plant operations leader with a background in food manufacturing, refining, production, or other process-driven environments?We’re looking for a Refinery Superintendent to provide strategic and operational leadership for a major manufacturing facility, with responsibility for safety, food quality, production, operational efficiency, financial performance, and team development.🔹 What You’ll Lead
- Provide strategic oversight of refinery production and operating processes
- Lead site initiatives focused on employee safety, food safety, environmental compliance, and quality
- Ensure compliance with internal, external, and regulatory requirements
- Direct production and quality programs to consistently meet customer and product specifications
- Establish operational priorities and drive execution across the facility
- Improve plant efficiency through standardization, process optimization, manufacturing systems, reliability, maintenance, and operator best practices
- Manage plant capital and operating budgets to achieve financial objectives
- Monitor production performance, operating expenses, and key performance targets
- Hold direct reports accountable for safety, quality, production, and financial results
- Lead, coach, and develop plant personnel
- Support hiring, performance management, talent development, and disciplinary processes
- Partner with corporate EHS, food safety, quality, and regulatory teams🔹 What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of relevant manufacturing/operations experience
- Plant, refinery, food processing, or process manufacturing experience preferred
- 2+ years of supervisory/leadership experience preferred
- Strong understanding of production operations, safety, quality, and regulatory compliance
- Experience managing operating and capital budgets
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to lead teams and drive operational improvements
- Lean Six Sigma experience preferred⭐ Ideal BackgroundThis opportunity may be a strong fit for professionals with experience as a:🔹 Refinery Superintendent🔹 Plant Superintendent🔹 Plant Manager🔹 Production Manager🔹 Operations Manager🔹 Manufacturing Manager🔹 Process Operations Leader🔹 Food Manufacturing Leader🔹 Refining/Processing Supervisor🔥 Why Consider This Opportunity?✔️ Lead operations for a significant food manufacturing/refining facility✔️ Direct influence over safety, quality, production, and financial performance✔️ Opportunity to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement✔️ Leadership responsibility across production and support functions✔️ Strong exposure to capital planning and operating budgets✔️ Build and develop high-performing teams✔️ Relocation assistance available✔️ Day-shift position with flexibility for occasional evenings and weekends📩 Interested in learning more? Message me for additional details.#Hiring #PlantManager #PlantSuperintendent #RefineryJobs #ManufacturingJobs #FoodManufacturing #OperationsManager #ProductionManager #ManufacturingLeadership #PlantOperations #OperationalExcellence #LeanManufacturing #LeanSixSigma #FoodProcessing #CaliforniaJobs #NewarkCA #OperationsLeadership #ManufacturingCareers