Job Description
Job Overview:
Summary: The Plant Manager is responsible for overseeing all daily operations of a high-volume, fast-paced trade printing facility, ensuring production efficiency, quality control, safety, and team leadership. This role requires a strategic and hands-on leader with deep experience in print manufacturing, particularly within a trade printing environment where turnaround times, accuracy, and cost-efficiency are critical. The Plant Manager will lead and coordinate all departments within the plant, including prepress, pressroom, finishing, digital, shipping/receiving, and maintenance, working closely with senior leadership to meet company objectives and client expectations.
Schedule: 1st shift, Monday-Friday, eight or more hours per day, five days per week based on business needs. Primary schedule will be 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM, or similar. Training may occur at other times.
Salary Range: $105,000 To 130,000 Annually
Compensation commensurate with experience.
At this time, we are not engaging with agencies or third-party recruiters. Thank you for your understanding.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
Plant Operations Management
- Plans, directs, and controls activities of supervisors, department leads and hourly employees in order to meet overall objectives
- Conducts staff meetings and keeps everyone informed of company and departmental goals, whilst setting & monitoring clear objectives to be attained
- Communicates methods, policies, and procedures to managers, supervisors, team leaders and employees
- Ensures that duties, responsibilities, accountability, and authority of all direct reports are defined and understood
- Coordinates plant work with all departments to ensure jobs get completed according to client specifications
- Reviews plant goals and performance metrics to ensure plant performance meets and exceeds company’s key performance indicators
- Manages operating and capital budgets proactively, ensuring interfaces with all plant management groups, including customer service, quality, materials, finance, EHS and human resources in order to meet production, quality, and compliance requirements
- Proactively involved with unsatisfied customers during critical and high-profile situations
- Identifies continuous improvement goals in quality, safety, scheduling, and personnel compliance for the organization and plays the key leadership role in attaining those goals
- Develops and implements consistent department procedures
- Anticipates, investigates analysis, evaluate, and creates process methods for improvement based on workflow projections and future process needs
- Implements and manages cost reduction and profit improvement programs
- Ensures the use of ethical business practices in dealing with customers, employees, vendors, suppliers, and the community
- Participates in corporate initiatives as directed, and performs other related duties as assigned/requested
- Performs as a resource for the external customers and marketing personnel by providing expert advice and technical support as required
- Provide thorough training to employee including but not limited to new hires, transfers, and newly promoted employees as needed
Safety Management
- Ensures that all safety policies and procedures are followed, monitoring compliance and incidents
- Actively drives safety culture and safety performance management including incident/accident investigations and identifying opportunities for training interventions
- Wears/uses all assigned Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required
- Records any and all workplace hazards, work related injuries, illnesses and/or near misses and works with team members to swiftly rectify and resolve
- Participates as member of Plant and Corporate Safety Team
People Management
- Sets the standards for performance assessment and feedback, effective communication, promoting positive morale and supporting team effectiveness
- Responsible for maintaining good communications and consistent policy application to employees on all shifts including positive counseling when necessary
- Assesses employee talent and capabilities, including issuing employee performance reviews
- Determines and provides technical and job-related education interventions
- Instigates functional cross-training opportunities to drive employee development and skill competency
- Understands and responds promptly to employee needs and concerns
Quality Management
- Maintains quality control at a level that meets or exceeds production requirements
- Insures consistency of employee quality levels throughout facility
- Maintains training in accordance with quality guidelines
- Other duties may be assigned as needed
For an extensive list of responsibilities, duties and physical demands/work environment please refer to the attached Job Description.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND/OR EXPERIENCES:
- Bachelor’s degree or above in: Business Management or Manufacturing operations, preferred
- Minimum of ten (10) – twelve (12) years progressive experience as an operational P&L Manager in a fast-paced print manufacturing environment
- Five (5) years’ experience of P&L/budgetary management
- Background in lean manufacturing with some professional training/qualifications attained
- Demonstrable experience of improving plant performance without any impact on safety and safety performance
- Conversant with operations finance, performance, and quality metrics
CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIREMENTS:
- Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead, motivate, and manage a team in a fast-paced environment through continuous training and development.
- Self-Motivation & Accountability: Ability to stay focused on tasks, meet deadlines, and produce high-quality work with minimal supervision. Holding oneself accountable for managing workloads, handling responsibilities, and maintaining professional standards.
- Critical Thinking & Decision Making: The ability to analyze information, identify problems, and make decisions independently. Confidence in making decisions when working remotely, even when feedback may not be immediately available.
- Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication abilities are vital. Being clear, concise, and professional in emails, messages, and virtual meetings is critical. Active listening, and the ability to interpret and clarify communications effectively both in person and in virtual spaces.
- Technology Proficiency: Microsoft Teams, familiarity with industry-standard software.
- Time Management: Self-discipline to manage personal and professional tasks, prioritize work, and avoid distractions at home. Ability to meet deadlines consistently without direct supervision.
- Adaptability and Flexibility: Being adaptable to rapidly changing situations or project pivots without the support of in-person guidance. Comfortable with new tools and technologies, especially when team needs evolve or new platforms are introduced.
- Collaboration and Teamwork: Strong ability to work as part of a virtual team. This includes both synchronous (live meetings, chats) and asynchronous (emails, shared documents) communication. Building rapport with colleagues despite the lack of physical presence, maintaining team cohesion and morale.
- Printing Technologies & Processes: In-depth knowledge of offset, digital, and large-format printing processes. Understanding of prepress workflows, color management, binding, and finishing operations.
- Production & Operations management: Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies. Capacity planning, production scheduling, and workflow optimization. Knowledge of OSHA regulations, safety protocols, and environmental compliance.
- Trade Printing Business Model: Understanding of B2B trade printing dynamics, confidentiality expectations, and high-volume job variability. Experience with short turnaround times and fluctuating demand.
4over Company History:
4over was founded in February of 2001. What started off as creating business cards and web page designs by a husband and wife, quickly flourished. Since the company was founded, we are now a private equity owned company growing and expanding across many states. Through our 4over Core Attributes, we are committed to meeting and exceeding customer expectations, cultivating and nurturing our relationships, providing excellence and caring for others.
Health and Life Insurance-
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D Insurance, Disability, and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for Health Care and Dependent Care
- 4over pays 100% of the employee’s premium for his/her Basic Life/AD&D Insurance in the amount of 1x the employee's annual salary, up to $500,000
- Coverage will be effective on the 1st of the month following 1 month of continuous regular full-time employment
401(k) Retirement Plan
- New employees are eligible to enroll the first of the month, following 1 month of employment
- Semi-annual open enrollment (January 1st and July 1st)
- Discretionary employer match; typically, 50% of employee deferrals up to 6% of compensation
- Immediate Vesting
Holidays and PTO
- 9 Paid Holidays
- Accumulating PTO to be used after 90-days of continuous and active full-time service
4over is an Equal Opportunity employer. It provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, or any other legally protected status and takes affirmative action to recruit, employ, train, and promote qualified minorities, women, covered veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
