Plant Manager

Your Job

Smiths Interconnect, a Molex company, is seeking a Plant Manager responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing all manufacturing activities at the Salisbury, Maryland facility. This role ensures product quality standards are met, manufacturing schedules are achieved, and continuous process improvements and cost objectives are realized. You will have full P&L responsibility onsite.

Our Team

Will drive optimal employee performance and foster a high-performing culture, with the goal of creating and sustaining a world-class operations environment.

What You Will Do

• Champion and apply our Principle Based Management (PBM®) Framework by empowering principled decision making, driving accountability, and creating long term value through our culture. Lead with a shared vision, align the organizational direction, and enable high-performing, empowered teams to create superior business results.
• Prioritize Safety, Quality & Accountability: Foster a culture of ownership and teamwork to achieve superior safety, quality, and operational outcomes, while improving our EHS and quality risk profile.
• Focus on Leadership and Talent Development: Develop and enable leaders to, in turn, develop and enable their teams, creating the capabilities for a successful operation and the opportunities for fulfilling careers.
• Partner for Business Impact: Collaborate with commercial and functional leaders aligning operations strategies to business priorities and objectives, delivering measurable results.
• Enhance Operations & Asset Reliability: Lead operational, asset health, reliability and maintenance strategies to deliver stable and reliable operations.
• Enable employees to act and contribute through a bottom-up solution philosophy while recognizing and rewarding individual and team contributions.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Demonstrated manufacturing leadership experience with direct reports in an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Experience leading integrated teams to identify and capture strategic business improvement opportunities
• Experience leading transformational improvement strategies through people, process and technology innovations
• Broad knowledge of manufacturing processes, products, equipment and procedures.
• College degree, preferably in an Engineering or Science related subject.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of business financial analysis tools and processes.
• Thorough knowledge of applicable Quality accreditations, auditing & customer/ regulatory requirements and their application in the site environment.
• Proven problem-solving ability to resolve technical issues as well as employee and departmental and inter-departmental issues.
• Demonstrated high levels of verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively independently, as a team member, and as a team leader.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Effective at building, structuring and leading global teams potentially comprised of both direct reports and cross-functional resources.
• Ability to develop and present business results to all top management of Smiths Interconnect_Molex as well as to clients and customers.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills
• Proven ability to coach and mentor others
• Demonstrated ability to initiate improvements in manufacturing processes.

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In order to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status or be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulation

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

With a strong legacy of engineering excellence, Smiths Interconnect, a Molex company, is part of Molex’s Aerospace & Defense Solutions Division and represents the Signal Technologies business unit. Smiths Interconnect delivers mission‑critical connectivity solutions—including ruggedized connectors, cable assemblies, Fiber & RF, and high‑reliability technologies—designed to perform in the most demanding environments. From aerospace and defense to space, medical, and industrial applications, our innovative products enable reliability where it matters most. Join a passionate, global team helping shape the future of high‑reliability interconnect solutions.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities