
Plant Manager
Russellville, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Darling Ingredients is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee plant operations, including environmental, health and safety, quality, production, maintenance, and capital planning. The manager will lead personnel and improvement initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance and product quality, and manage budgets, materials, energy use, and purchasing. The role requires at least three years of supervisory or management experience in an industrial or plant setting; rendering industry experience is a plus.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
3 - 20 years
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
We're one of the world's leading practitioners of circularity, transforming materials from the animal agriculture and food industries into valuable ingredients. Ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy.
The Plant Manager will oversee operations which include environmental, health & safety, quality, production, maintenance, capital planning and execution in a cost-effective manner while meeting all customer requirements.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Support, mentor and develop plant management and supervisory personnel through regular coaching and formal development tools.
Lead all safety improvement initiatives and create a safety-based culture.
Ensure ongoing compliance with all regulatory agencies including, OSHA, EPA, HACCP and other local and regional agencies.
Prepare monthly reports, analyze financial budgets and take corrective measures as needed.
Maintain efficient and timely flow of all raw materials received and ingredients shipped.
Lead continuous improvement efforts in all areas of responsibility.
Review and lead local Capital Projects, planning process to ensure compliance and development of assets for ongoing success and improvement.
Ensure all personnel properly trained and equipment is in good working order to meet ongoing and future business needs.
Assure all finish product shipped is in accordance with all quality standards and specifications.
Effectively manage and reduce energy use at facility.
Manage local purchasing activities.
All other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
High School diploma or GED equivalent.
Minimum 3+ years of experience in a supervisory/ management position in an industrial or plant setting.
Rendering industry experience is a definite plus.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree preferred; Engineering degree is an asset.
Labor relations background and leadership preferred.
Detail oriented; highly organized.
Ability to work well with internal staff.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
Self-starter; self-motivated.
Good math and computer skills.
Working Environment
Occasionally = up to 20% Frequently = up to 21% to 50% Constantly - at least 51%
Exposed to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environments such as high noise level, strong odors, and/or exposure to heat and cold: Constantly
Exposed to bio hazardous conditions: Constantly
Exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations: Constantly
Exposed to Electrical hazards; risk of electrical shock: Frequently
Handles or works with potentially dangerous equipment: Constantly
Physical Demands
Occasionally = up to 20% Frequently = up to 21% to 50% Constantly - at least 51%
Must be able to remain in a stationary position: Frequently
Must be able to move about inside/outside office or work location: Frequently
Operates a computer and other office machinery: Frequently
Must be able to position oneself to maintain computers in the lab, including under desks and in the server closet: Frequently
Must be able to ascend/descend on a ladder: Frequently
Must be able to use senses to; effectively communicate with co-workers and clients and detect hazardous conditions: Frequently
Must be able to occasionally lift up to 50lbs
Darling Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to r ace, color, creed, r eligion, age, pregnancy, s ex, s exual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military service, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Know Your Rights: If you would like more information, please click on the link and paste into your browser: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster of this job.
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
1656
How this job compares
Set against the 8,063 open Operations Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- Kentucky median$7/hr24 hourly ranges
- US median$21–28/hr631 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is close to the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the middle half of Operations Manager hourly ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 175 open Operations Manager jobs in Kentucky and 8,063 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Amazon14 open
- Compass Group, North America13 open
- Crane Worldwide Logistics6 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Operations Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (6,110 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,787 of the 8,063 open Operations Manager jobs (35%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 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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