Plant Manager

The role

This person will lead wire harness operations at the Kalamazoo facility. They will manage daily manufacturing operations, drive production performance, and build high-performing teams.

What you will do

• Lead daily manufacturing operations with accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and customer priorities.
• Drive production performance using KPIs including OEE, first-pass yield, on-time delivery, cycle time, and labor efficiency.
• Optimize wire harness processes including cutting, stripping, crimping, soldering, assembly, testing, and inspection.
• Implement wire processing equipment, automated systems, smartBuild formboards, tooling, and digital manufacturing technologies.
• Lead Lean continuous improvement efforts to reduce waste, improve quality, and increase production efficiency.
• Partner with Engineering on manufacturability, capacity, production requirements, and process improvements.
• Build and develop a high-performing team of supervisors, engineers, technicians, and production operators.
• Own plant safety, quality, and compliance, including applicable IPC/WHMA-A-620, AS9100, ISO 13485, and ITAR requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis, corrective actions, quality audits, inspection, and testing activities.
• Manage key plant financial drivers, capital equipment investments, manufacturing costs, and capacity planning.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of manufacturing operations experience, including 5+ years in plant or production management leading teams of 20+.
• Direct wire harness, cable assembly, or electro-mechanical manufacturing experience.
• Experience scaling low-volume, high-mix operations and improving quality, cost, and delivery.
• Strong knowledge of wire cutting, stripping, crimping, soldering, assembly, testing, and wire harness workmanship standards.
• Hands-on experience with wire processing equipment such as Komax, Schleuniger, or equivalent systems.
• Knowledge of IPC/WHMA-620 and familiarity with ITAR-controlled manufacturing environments.
• Strong Lean manufacturing and structured problem-solving experience, including 5S, standard work, visual management, A3, or 8D.
• Experience with ERP/MES systems, production metrics, capacity planning, scheduling, and manufacturing flow.
• Demonstrated ability to build teams, coach employees, and lead through growth or operational transformation.
• Ability to work onsite in Kalamazoo, Michigan and travel up to 10%.

Nice to have

• IPC/WHMA-A-620 Certified IPC Specialist or Trainer.
• AS9100 or ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• OSHA certification.

Benefits

• Annual incentive compensation
• Long-term incentives
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement
• Paid time off
• Other benefits
• Every employee of Re:Build will share ownership in the company

About the company

Re:Build operates an advanced, end-to-end manufacturing platform that partners with industrial companies and innovators. Their mission is to ensure the next generation of important products are made, at scale, in America.