Plant Manager (Puyallup)

Red Dot Corporation, the leading producer of premium mobile HVAC units and components for heavy-duty commercial and military vehicles, is recruiting for the following position:

Plant Manager (Puyallup, WA)

Full-Time, Fully On-site, Exempt position

Summary Description:

The Plant Manager is the General Manager’s direct operational partner and the senior manufacturing leader on the floor at Red Dot’s Puyallup facility. This is a newly created role that owns day-to-day execution of the plant — production output, supervisor leadership, workforce stability, and continuous improvement — and is directly accountable for the operational metrics that define plant performance: safety, quality, delivery, and cost (SQDC).

This is a hands-on manufacturing production leadership role. The Plant Manager is visible across both shifts, sets the tone for accountability and culture, develops frontline production supervisors, and drives measurable improvement against plant targets on a complex, mixed-model assembly floor. Success means the Puyallup facility delivers consistent, predictable manufacturing performance day in and day out.

This is not a warehouse, distribution, or logistics role. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate direct leadership of manufacturing production operations — running a fabrication or assembly floor, owning throughput and OEE, and developing production supervisors. Backgrounds centered primarily on warehousing, 3PL, or distribution without hands-on manufacturing floor leadership will not be a fit.

Reporting Structure:

• Reports to: General Manager, Puyallup

• Direct reports: All Production Supervisors across 1st and 2nd shift (Fabrication, Core, Assembly, Wire Shop, Injection Molding, Metal Fab, Paint, Final Assembly); the Warehouse Supervisor also reports into this role

• Partners closely with: Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Program Management, Finance, HR, and the Memphis plant leadership team