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Plant Manager

Martin Marietta

Harrisonburg, VAFull-time$114–144K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$114–144K/yr
Location
Harrisonburg, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Plant Manager directs aggregate operations across three facilities, overseeing safety, environmental, maintenance, quality, and production-related activities. The role manages teams and resources, ensures compliance with applicable standards and regulations, and is accountable for production, profitability, and site budgets. The position covers North Quarry, Elkton Quarry, and Thorndale Quarry.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Production Processes, requiredQuality Control, requiredCritical Thinking, requiredProblem Solving, requiredSafety Focus, requiredEnvironmental Regulations, requiredProject Management, requiredRegulatory Compliance, requiredResource Management, requiredLeadership, required

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Equivalent Experience, required7+ Years Related Experience, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Career Development Framework (“CDF”) Information:

Band Description

  • Accountable for managing people, setting direction and deploying resources; typically, is responsible for performance evaluation, pay reviews and hire/fire decisions

  • Results are primarily achieved through the work of others and typically depend on the manager's ability to influence and negotiate with parts of the organization where formal authority is not held

  • Progression within Career Band reflects acquisition of broad technical expertise, business and industry knowledge, process and people leadership capabilities, scope/complexity of the role

  • Accountable for business, functional or operational areas, processes or programs, which may include dotted-line or matrixed management

Career Level Description

The Plant Manager will direct and manage the aggregate operations for three facilities with overall responsibilities for safety, environmental, maintenance, quality, and other production-related activities. The position ensures compliance with all standards, policies, and regulations for a safe, environmentally sound production of a quality product. This opportunity is perfect for the heavy industrial professional who is looking to grow their career with an industry leader. As the Plant Manager, you will have the opportunity to focus on leadership of a tenured and technically knowledgeable team as you begin your career with a proven leader in the construction materials industry. This position will cover three locations.

  • North Quarry

  • Elkton Quarry

  • Thorndale Quarry Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Manages an aggregates plant/site

  • Typically manages foremen and/or lead production employees with multiple teams of hourly production workers

  • Ensures annual production and profitability targets are reached

  • Has responsibility for the plant/site’s profit and loss (Pandamp;L)

  • Develops and manages the budget for own site

  • Ensures safety and health policies are followed

  • Complies with environmental programs, guidelines and policies

  • Complies with company, local, state and federal rules and regulations

  • Oversees planning and scheduling activities

  • Leads process improvements within own plant/site

  • Leads project or planning activities

Qualifications:

Minimum Education Details

  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience

Minimum Experience Required

  • 7+ years related experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Production process and methods
  • Quality control methods
  • Critical thinking
  • Problem-solving
  • Safety focus
  • Environmental regulations
  • Project management
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Resource management
  • Leadership

The hiring range for this position is $114,000 - $144,000 exclusive of benefits or bonuses (discretionary and non-discretionary). The offered base compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, business need, market conditions, proficiencies, skills, education, and experience. Additionally, at Martin Marietta we place a high value on internal pay equity and will consider the compensation for those in similarly situated roles and direct team members. The hiring range for this role represents the base compensation we expect to pay for the position at time of hire and does not represent the total possible base pay of the position. In addition to our base compensation, we also offer a competitive benefits package for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage; prescription drug coverage; health savings accounts; flexible spending accounts; life, AD&D and disability insurance; 401(k) with a company match and an employer-funded defined benefit pension plan. Other benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, education/tuition assistance, an employee discount program, adoption assistance, wellness programs and more. Part time employees are eligible to participate in the 401k plan and receive a company match. In addition, they are eligible to start accruing service for the pension plan.

How this job compares

Set against the 8,216 open Operations Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$114–144K/yr
  • Virginia median$86–125K/yr166 salary ranges
  • US median$83–115K/yr4,802 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $129K, is 22% above the Virginia median midpoint ($106K) — in the middle half of Operations Manager salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 230 open Operations Manager jobs in Virginia and 8,216 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Operations Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 6,220 postings).
Education
1,631 of the 8,216 open Operations Manager jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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