Plant Manager at Lsi Industries in Columbus, OH

Job description

Build your Career with an Industry Leader Headquartered in Cincinnati, LSI is a publicly held company traded over the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the symbol LYTS. The company manufactures advanced lighting, graphics, and display solutions across strategic vertical markets. The company’s American-made products, which include non-residential indoor and outdoor lighting, print graphics, digital graphics, refrigerated and custom displays, help create value for customer brands and enhance the consumer experience. LSI also provides comprehensive project management services in support of large-scale product rollouts. The company employs approximately 3,000 people at 23 manufacturing plants in the U.S. and Canada. Additional information about LSI is available at www.lsicorp.com We are looking for a Plant Manager to support our team in Columbus, Ohio. Position Summary The Plant Manager is responsible for leading all daily operations of our manufacturing facilities and ensuring excellence in safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost control, and customer satisfaction. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across Production, Materials, Planning, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and supporting operational functions. The successful candidate will possess strong leadership experience within electronics manufacturing, PCB assembly, contract manufacturing, or a similarly complex, high-mix manufacturing environment. This individual must effectively balance customer requirements, engineering changes, material constraints, production priorities, and delivery commitments while driving operational excellence. The Plant Manager is accountable for maintaining compliance with the company's ISO 9001 Quality Management System and all applicable OSHA regulations while fostering a culture of Continuous Improvement, accountability, and employee engagement. Essential Responsibilities Plant Leadership & Operations Provide overall leadership and direction for all manufacturing operations. Establish and communicate priorities aligned with Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Customer Satisfaction. Develop and lead supervisors, group leaders, and operational staff. Set performance expectations and maintain accountability at all organizational levels. Promote a culture of ownership, teamwork, continuous improvement, and customer focus. Conduct regular operational reviews and plant communication meetings. Ensure appropriate staffing, training, and resource allocation to meet business objectives. Serve as the primary escalation point for significant operational issues. Foster employee engagement, accountability, teamwork, and a culture of continuous improvement. Ensure effective workforce planning, succession development, and talent retention strategies. Production Management Direct all manufacturing activities to ensure customer requirements and production schedules are achieved. Ensure production plans are realistic, executable, and aligned with available resources. Monitor daily production performance and implement corrective actions as necessary. Identify and eliminate bottlenecks impacting throughput and efficiency. Optimize labor utilization, equipment performance, floor space, and manufacturing capacity. Establish and manage operational performance metrics. Drive improvements in productivity, throughput, labor efficiency, and equipment utilization. Electronics Manufacturing Operations Oversee manufacturing activities including: SMT and PCB Assembly Through-Hole Assembly PCB Inspection and Testing Cable and Wire Harness Assembly Box Build and System Integration Final Assembly and Functional Testing Material Kitting and Handling Rework and Repair Operations Packaging and Shipping Additional responsibilities include: Partnering with Engineering, Continuous Improvement, and Quality teams to resolve manufacturing challenges. Ensuring engineering changes and product revisions are accurately implemented throughout production. Support