Plant Manager (Manufacturing)

Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; onsite role at the Mississauga manufacturing facility.

Company

hirify.global Technologies is a global photonics technology company delivering illumination, optical, detection, and imaging solutions for biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer, scientific, security, defense, and aerospace applications.

What you will do

• Lead daily production, supply chain, quality, and mechanical engineering operations.
• Own production performance metrics including output, OEE, schedule adherence, and first-pass yield.
• Maintain a safety-first, compliant operating environment and lead hazard assessments, corrective actions, and incident investigations.
• Manage plant financial performance, including labor, materials, scrap, maintenance, utilities, budgets, and cost-per-unit targets.
• Lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives such as 5S, value stream mapping, SMED, Kaizen, visual management, and standard work.
• Develop operations supervisors, resolve manufacturing bottlenecks, improve lead times, and support customer delivery commitments.

Requirements

• 5–10+ years of experience managing a high-tech manufacturing facility.
• 5–10 years of experience across customer service, service repair, global procurement, quality, warehousing, manufacturing engineering, or document control.
• Post-secondary diploma in Engineering and/or Operations Management.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, MRP or equivalent material requirements planning software, and Lean Manufacturing or Theory of Constraints.
• Knowledge of strategic planning, program implementation, performance measurement, budgeting, information systems, applicable legislation, and health and safety requirements.
• Ability to prioritize changing demands, communicate across organizational levels, manage conflicts, and negotiate with suppliers.

Nice to have

• Experience in an ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 13485 certified, and/or FDA QSR-compliant environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a global technology organization focused on photonic innovation.
• Contribute to a facility serving medical device, electronics, optoelectronics, bioscience, microscopy, instrumentation, and industrial markets.
• Operate in a regulated manufacturing environment with a strong focus on safety, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement.