manager, plant

Your tasks

Reporting to the President & COO, the Plant Manager is responsible for the overall hands-on leadership, performance, and management of the Kamloops facility. This role ensures the facility achieves its production, quality, service, safety, and financial objectives. The Plant Manager develops and executes operational plans, manages plant resources, and fosters an upbeat culture focusing on accountability, continuous improvement, employee engagement, and regulatory compliance.

Plant Leadership & Performance

• Provides overall hands-on leadership, supervision and direction for plant operations including Brewing, Packaging, Maintenance, and Plant Administration.
• Ensures production targets are achieved safely, efficiently, and in accordance with business requirements.
• Develops annual operating plans to support Company strategic objectives.
• Reviews and monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) and implements corrective actions where required.
• Leads continuous improvement initiatives focused on improved productivity, quality, cost reduction, and operational excellence & effectiveness.
• Provides timely reporting and updates to senior leadership regarding plant performance, risks, and opportunities.

Production Operations

• Coordinates with Supply Chain, Sales, and Product Development teams to ensure production schedules are achieved.
• Ensures adequate staffing, scheduling, and resource allocation to meet operational requirements.
• Promotes operational discipline and adherence to standard operating procedures and best practices.
• Ensures product availability while maintaining efficiency and cost objectives.
• Evaluates current and future operational capacity requirements.

Financial Management

• Develops and manages the annual operating budget for the Kamloops facility.
• Maintains operating expenses within approved budgets and identifies opportunities for cost savings.
• Reviews labour absorption to ensure targets are met and corrects or explains variances.
• Evaluates financial and operational results to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Supports business cases and recommendations for capital expenditures.
• Oversees and directs approved capital projects to ensure completion within scope, budget and timeline.

Quality

• Ensures compliance with all corporate quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Partners with QC Manager to maintain robust quality management systems.
• Ensures employees adhere to established quality procedures and operating standards.
• Supports investigation and resolution of non-conforming product or process issues.
• Maintains a culture where product quality is a foundational priority.

Maintenance & Asset Management

• Ensures preventive and predictive maintenance programs are effectively executed.
• Maintains focus on equipment reliability, uptime, and operational efficiency.
• Reviews maintenance performance and identifies opportunities to reduce downtime and extend asset life.
• Supports long-term facility planning and capacity improvement initiatives.
• Works with corporate leadership to identify capital investment priorities.

Health, Safety & Regulatory Compliance

• Promotes and maintains a safe workplace culture throughout the facility.
• Ensures compliance with WorkSafeBC requirements and all applicable health, safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
• Provides leadership oversight to the Joint Health and Safety Committee.
• Ensures incidents, injuries, and near misses are properly investigated and corrective actions implemented.
• Maintains high standards of housekeeping, sanitation, and environmental compliance.

People Leadership & Culture

• Provides coaching, mentoring and development opportunities for m

Requirements

The ideal candidate is a proven culture builder and hands-on leader who takes a genuine interest in the team, leads with a high level of care, and is visible and engaged in the day-to-day operation of the facility.