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Plant Manager, Home Energy

Rehlko

The Role

Overview

Lead Home Energy assembly operations, overseeing safety, quality, cost, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

  • process optimization
  • regulatory compliance
  • preventive maintenance
  • assembly operations
  • production planning
  • team leadership

Tasks

-Champion continuous improvement and process optimization to eliminate waste, increase efficiency, and enhance flexibility. -Ensure compliance with environmental and regulatory requirements, including the Clean Air Act and related standards. -Partner with campus maintenance to ensure effective preventive maintenance programs. -Lead assembly operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. -Maintain strong daily contact with plant teams, production planning, and other site leaders to review performance and address risks. -Build external partnerships as needed, including suppliers and other Rehlko manufacturing sites. -Set clear departmental metrics, review performance results, and take corrective action when needed. -Lead, coach, and develop Production Supervisors and Manufacturing Engineers, ensuring role clarity and consistent communication across teams. -Collaborate regularly with corporate functions, product engineering, and other Home Energy business partners to improve quality, reduce cost, and share best practices. -Foster collaboration and alignment with Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, HR, EHS, Maintenance, and CI teams to meet plant goals. -Plan and oversee production schedules, budgets, and major capital expenditures.

Requirements

  • 7+ years
  • manufacturing
  • leadership
  • us authorized
  • bachelor's
  • plant management

What You Bring

-Minimum of 7 years of manufacturing leadership experience, including at least 3 years in a high-volume or repetitive production environment. -Strong leadership background with proven ability to develop and engage teams. -Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future. -Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related technical field. -Experience managing plant or production performance and leading major improvement or startup initiatives.

The Company

About Rehlko

-Its portfolio spans multiple divisions—Power Systems, Engines, Uninterruptible Power, Home Energy, Clarke Energy, Curtis Instruments and Heila Technologies. -Typical projects include data center backup systems, hospital microgrids, commercial and home standby generators, and complex industrial energy solutions. -An unusual milestone: it fueled the first successful Antarctic overland expedition and lit Hollywood sets and the Hoover Dam during its Kohler era.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Power Systems

Data Center

Fuel Cells

Generator Systems

After Treatment Technologies

Hydrogen

HVO

Switchgear Support

Uninterruptible Power

Home Energy

Engines

Visa Sponsorship

-no visa sponsorship; candidates must already be authorized to work in the us.