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The Role
If forecasting feels less like guessing and more like engineering to you, BKD's Plant Manager opening was written for you. An internship Plant Manager role that values ownership over busywork, pays $83,000 - $124,000, and invests in your long-term growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Turn an employee-centric board mandate into work the business team can start Monday
- Own the relationship with the Problem Solving vendor so it stops being a fire drill
- Sit in on manager hiring to keep the org chart matching the strategy
- Carry a high-trust business problem from whiteboard to working pilot in Owensboro, KY
- Keep the Plant Manager scorecard tied to outcomes, not activity
- Liaise with legal and compliance to keep business practices sound
- Find the customer segment BKD keeps overlooking and size the prize
What You'll Bring
- Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
- The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
- Resilience fundamentals plus the FMEA polish clients notice
- Familiarity with BKD-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
Recognized for our forever-learning work in business, BKD continues to grow its presence across KY. Our KY crew runs on candor, caffeine, and a stubborn refusal to ship sloppy work.
This manager role pays $83,000 - $124,000 and surrounds it with coaching, coverage, and hours that respect your weekends in KY.
This is an open, funded role that we intend to fill in the coming weeks.
Apply today and discover what makes BKD a great place to work.
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Skills
- Hydraulics
- Lean Manufacturing
- AutoCAD
- CAM Programming
- PPAP
- MRP
- FMEA
- Resilience
- Problem Solving
- Stakeholder Management
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Benefits
- Relocation Assistance
- Smoking cessation programs
- Eldercare support
- Frequent flyer program enrollment
- Vision insurance
- Performance Bonuses
- Open and transparent culture
- Earned wage access
- Volunteer Time Off
- Referral Bonuses
- Career coaching