Plant Manager

Company Overview

Chastain’s client transforms packaged food waste into renewable energy and nutrient-rich compost, creating local jobs and healthier neighborhoods. Their award‑winning campus operates one of the region’s only integrated depackaging and anaerobic digestion systems.

Chastain is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Plant Manager to oversee the operation of our client’s food waste anaerobic digester recycling facility. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing all aspects of the digester's operation, ensuring optimal performance, efficiency, and safety, as well as managing a team of operators and technicians.

The plant manager will be responsible for the operation of an 85,000 ton per year organics recycling facility. They will manage facility operations to continually improve and optimize throughput to meet and exceed production goals; champion best practices to improve process quality, safety, and reliability; operate to maintain compliance with local/state/federal permit requirements, general regulations, and product quality standards.

The plant manager demonstrates superior knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the facility operation and how each function correlates to the other processes and contributes to the overall facility performance. The plant manager should possess excellent analytic skills and disciplined problem‑solving techniques. In this role, they must be able to effectively communicate complex and technical material to other managers, staff, regulators, and outside stakeholders.

The plant manager must understand standard business functions including process costing, purchasing, financial record‑keeping and reporting, human resource management, and marketing. They review and contribute to standard operating procedures (SOPs) that encompass all facility processes and workflows, ensuring that SOPs are maintained, reviewed, and followed. They manage data and record keeping following proper document control procedures and change management.

They manage and supervise plant personnel, ensuring safety, efficiency, and compliance with all environmental regulations.

The plant manager should have prior supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment, wastewater treatment, or recycling. Candidate should possess a 4‑year degree from an accredited university in a technical field, such as civil, environmental, or mechanical engineering. Candidate should be equally comfortable on the processing floor as behind a desk; as a key member and leader of the team, the plant manager will be expected to ‘get their hands dirty’.

Ability to lift 50+ lbs. on a regular basis is required. Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time is required.

Send your resume and brief cover note to humanre with subject "Plant Manager Opportunity".

Chastain & Associates LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can contribute their fullest potential each day. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

In person

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Civil Engineering

Full‑time

$ - $ per year

Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Engineer, Operations and Maintenance, Sustainability, Anaerobic Digester, Plant Manager