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Manufacturing Plant Manager

Standard Bots· Manufacturing Operations
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Glen Cove, NY$160k - $260kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Plant leadership role responsible for day-to-day operations across Production, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, OpEx, HR, Finance, and EHS at Standard Bots' Glen Cove factory. Executes strategic and tactical initiatives to scale production, improve metrics, and ensure safety and quality on the manufacturing floor.

Responsibilities

  • Production Execution: Oversee assembly and testing processes.
  • PCB and SMT Line Ownership: Direct SMT/PCB line for quality.
  • SQDC Performance Management: Own plant metrics and improvements.
  • Financial Stewardship: Manage budget, reduce costs.
  • People Development and Team Leadership: Build and lead skilled teams.
  • Continuous Improvement and Production System Governance: Deploy and sustain TPS practices.
  • Capacity Planning and Production Scaling: Launch and optimize new production cells.
  • New Product Introduction (NPI): Partner for production readiness.
  • Vertical Integration and Insourcing: Insource processes, lead launches.
  • Cross-Functional Integration: Liaison for manufacturing alignment.
  • Environment, Health, and Safety: Ensure and reinforce safety compliance.
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Community Representation: Represent company professionally to stakeholders.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations, or equivalent hands-on experience.
  • 10+ years of progressive manufacturing operations experience, with meaningful time leading a plant floor or plant.
  • 5+ years of management/supervisory experience with direct reports in a manufacturing environment.
  • Hands-on experience in electromechanical assembly — mechanical fits, harnessing, wiring, actuators, sensors, and integrated test.
  • Demonstrated lean/TPS fluency and a real continuous-improvement habit — not just certifications on paper.
  • Ownership of SQDC metrics with a track record of improving them.
  • Thorough understanding of financial practices including capital equipment analysis, cost accounting, budgeting, and project cost analysis.

Skills

Required:Production executionPCB and SMT line ownership

Benefits

  • paid time off
  • medical/dental/vision insurance
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Employee Stock Options
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Standard Bots

The all-in-one, most intuitive, most affordable industrial cobots.

Standard Bots is a company that designs and manufactures industrial collaborative robots (cobots), providing affordable, intuitive, AI-native robotic solutions for automation across various industries.

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