Plant Manager
Smurfit Westrock
Lansing, MI · Posted November 3, 2026
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Where Lansing, MI ranks
Where Lansing, MI placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best college towns for entry-level and junior jobs49% · of 100
- #1Best cities for entry-level and junior jobs45% · of 100
- #2Best college towns for junior jobs in the Midwest49% · of 51
- #2Best college towns for junior jobs in the Great Lakes49% · of 39
- #3Best cities for junior jobs in the Midwest45% · of 69
- #3Best cities for junior jobs in the Great Lakes45% · of 53
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 76 open plant manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $120,000 to $164,500 and the median is $142,500.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial production managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial production managers: 1% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Smurfit Westrock has filed one layoff notice in the last twelve months, covering 52 workers, most recently June 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
About the job
...delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate. The Opportunity: The Plant Manager provides overall leadership for plant operations across three shifts and a workforce of more than 200 colleagues. This role is...