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Plant Manager

Red Kite Recruiting

United States · Posted April 10, 2026

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Plant Manager – Pork Processing (Harvest Facility)

We’re looking for a Plant Manager who knows how to run a tight, efficient operation, but more importantly, knows how to lead people, elevate standards, and create a facility that performs at a high level every single day.

This isn’t a maintenance role. This is a build, lead, and optimize role inside a core production facility.

What You’ll Do

You’ll take full ownership of a pork harvest facility , leading everything from:

Daily production, throughput, and yield performance

USDA compliance, food safety, and audit readiness

Labor planning, staffing, and frontline leadership development

Cost control, efficiency, and operational discipline

Continuous improvement initiatives across the plant

You’ll ensure the operation runs safely, efficiently, and consistently with no surprises.

You’ll lead through supervisors and build a team that is accountable, stable, and high-performing.

Who You Are

Proven leader within meat processing or harvest (pork preferred)

Experienced managing in a USDA-inspected environment

Strong operational mindset- focused on throughput, yield, labor efficiency, and execution

Able to lead from the floor while developing leadership beneath you

Decisive, accountable, and comfortable owning outcomes

You’re the type of leader who:

Earns respect on the production floor

Identifies issues early and acts quickly

Balances people, performance, and process without overcomplicating things

Why This Role

Ownership: You will run the plan, not just manage a function

Impact: Direct influence on performance, culture, and results

Opportunity: Established operation with room to improve, stabilize, and optimize

Visibility: Key role within the organization with access to leadership