The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, coordination, and operation of Total Security Solutions’ Sacramento-based manufacturing facility. The facility produces a variety of custom ballistic system components including steel, wood, acrylic, millwork, and packaging departments. This position ensures safe, high-quality, and cost-effective production while fostering a culture of performance, accountability, continuous improvement, and employee development.
Primary Responsibilities
Operational Leadership
* Oversee day-to-day plant operations, including production, maintenance, quality control, safety, and logistics.
* Ensure production throughput targets are met or exceeded in alignment with delivery timelines and customer expectations.
* Monitor KPIs for efficiency, safety, quality, and labor productivity; implement corrective actions where necessary.
People Development
* Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing plant team in alignment with Total Security Solutions’ core values (e.g., Team Player, Right Thing, Improve, Be Passionate, Experience).
* Ensure adequate staffing, cross‑training, and succession planning.
Process & Quality Management
* Ensure compliance with all safety, quality, and manufacturing standards.
* Lead continuous improvement efforts using Lean Manufacturing, 5S, and other process improvement tools.
* Collaborate with sales, engineering, and project management to ensure the customers’ expectations are being met and technical issues are resolved.
* Control operational costs, including labor, materials, and energy usage.
* Analyze production data to optimize plant performance.
Compliance & Safety
* Ensure all local, state, and federal regulations are followed, including Cal/OSHA requirements.
* Promote and maintain a proactive zero‑incident safety culture.
Strategic Planning
* Partner with senior leadership on production planning, budgeting, capacity planning, and capital projects.
* Excellent communication skills, effective collaborating at all levels of an organization.
* Proactive, results‑oriented approach to the business, able to make expedient and insightful decisions.
* Team builder with strong communication skills, capable of dealing effectively at all levels of an organization.
* Assertive and articulate, with excellent business acumen and judgement; ability to manage conflict productively.
* Adjusts promptly and calmly to change, works well as part of a team, and remains calm under pressure. Maintains a collaborative work ethic and commitment to excellence in dealing with internal and external customers.
Required Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Management, Operations, or related field (or equivalent experience).
* Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in a manufacturing leadership role, preferably in a mixed‑materials production environment.
* Proven experience managing production operations involving steel, millwork, and custom component integration is highly desirable. Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing, quality assurance practices, and ERP systems.
* Excellent communication, leadership, and problem‑solving skills.
* Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.
* Must be eligible to work in the U.S. and pass background check requirements.
Special Position Requirements
* Ability to be available during off hours to address urgent concerns.
Physical Requirements
* Communicate with others and exchange accurate information.
* Operate a computer and other office machinery or equipment.
* Ability to move about inside the office to access file cabinets or office machinery.
* The ability to see and respond to dangerous situations.
* The ability to wear personal protective gear correctly, such as safety glasses, safety shoes, highly visible vest, and gloves, part or most of the day.
* Consideration should be given to environmental conditions; however, the job primarily takes place in a temperature‑controlled building.
* The worker may be subject to outside environmental conditions with no effective protection from the weather.
* The worker may be subject to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, working on scaffolding and high places, confined spaces, hearing exposure, and exposure to chemicals.
* The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions and one or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, or poor ventilation. Use of proper personal protective equipment is mandatory.
* Personal protective equipment is required to avoid the risk of sustaining illness and injury from the use of chemicals and high‑pressure laboratory systems.
Total Security Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer with leadership and a culture that support diversity and inclusion.
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