How to hire an industrial production manager

How to hire an industrial production manager, step by step

Here's a step-by-step industrial production manager hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an industrial production manager job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new industrial production manager
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your industrial production manager job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find an industrial production manager for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect industrial production manager also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of industrial production managers.

   Type of Industrial Production Manager	Description	Hourly rate
   Industrial Production Manager	Industrial production managers oversee the daily operations of manufacturing and related plants. They coordinate, plan, and direct the activities used to create a wide range of goods, such as cars, computer equipment, or paper products.	$35-72
   Plant Superintendent	Plant superintendents must have skills in operations, productions, and management. They also need a 4-year degree in business or industrial management... Show more	$32-64
   Manufacturing Director	A manufacturing director is primarily in charge of spearheading and overseeing a company's manufacturing procedures. Their responsibilities revolve around setting goals and objectives, coordinating and managing different departments, planning budgets, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of existing processes, implementing solutions, and developing strategies to optimize manufacturing operations... Show more	$48-102

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Lean Manufacturing
   • Production Processes
   • Production Orders
   • Processing Problems
   • Assembly Line
   • Logistics
   • Process Improvement
   • Inventory Control System
   • Quality Standards

   Responsibilities:

   • Flight line expediter ensures maintenance accomplishment and sortie production by managing, controlling and directing allocate resources and personnel.
   • Perform daily safety and quality internal ISO audits.
   • Keep time clock functioning and run payroll reports for accounting each week.
   • Programme and implement PLC connection with existing company system (Allen-Bradley) of the new process machine.
   • Flight line expediter ensures maintenance accomplishment and sortie production by managing, controlling and directing allocate resources and personnel.
   • Research & design of new grain dryer models or improvement upon existing models.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the industrial production manager job description is a good way to get more applicants. An industrial production manager salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for an industrial production manager in Tennessee may be lower than in Alaska, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level industrial production manager. Additionally, an industrial production manager with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average industrial production manager salary

   $105,232yearly

   $50.59 hourly rate

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   Entry-level industrial production manager salary

   $73,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 16, 2025

   Average industrial production manager salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$121,041	$58
   2	Oregon	$115,100	$55
   3	New Jersey	$111,318	$54
   4	New York	$110,729	$53
   5	Connecticut	$110,330	$53
   6	Washington	$107,171	$52
   7	Ohio	$103,234	$50
   8	Wisconsin	$101,674	$49
   9	North Carolina	$100,171	$48
   10	Illinois	$94,486	$45
   11	Texas	$92,837	$45
   12	Indiana	$92,227	$44
   13	Alabama	$88,329	$42
   14	Tennessee	$84,272	$41
   15	Florida	$79,559	$38

   Average industrial production manager salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Apple	$155,788	$74.90	8
   2	Meta	$140,040	$67.33	294
   3	Supermicro	$128,058	$61.57	2
   4	NVIDIA	$125,504	$60.34
   5	HBO	$124,929	$60.06
   6	Cisco	$121,519	$58.42
   7	Saint-Gobain	$118,945	$57.19	33
   8	ManpowerGroup	$118,239	$56.85	138
   9	Microsoft	$118,211	$56.83
   10	Salesforce	$116,671	$56.09	3
   11	Catalent Pharma Solutions	$115,350	$55.46	12
   12	Baker Hughes	$115,165	$55.37	4
   13	Brightstar	$110,975	$53.35	2
   14	Lt Engineering	$108,966	$52.39
   15	Siemens Enterprise Communications Inc	$108,894	$52.35
   16	Cameron International	$108,843	$52.33
   17	Ta Chen International	$107,967	$51.91
   18	E C O	$107,623	$51.74
   19	The News-Review	$107,273	$51.57
   20	Codexis	$106,379	$51.14

4. Writing an industrial production manager job description

   An industrial production manager job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of an industrial production manager job description:

   Industrial production manager job description example

   Job DescriptionIndustrial PM If you are a Industrial PM with experience, please read on!What You Will Be Doing- Construction Management/Engineering skills, Project Management, General Contracting, Design/Build
   
   - Able to apply principles and procedures of building construction, project management, or construction management to the completion of complex projects.
   
   - Able to work with minimal supervision on assignments that are broad and frequently require original and innovative approaches.
   - Proactively manage client expectations and report to owners and architects about progress.
   - Understand controlling activates for the entire project and effectively communicate the overall project plan to the entire team.
   - Ensure proper financial management processes are followed including creating monthly financial forecasts, projects profitability and revenue margins, subcontractor payments, and a timely project close-out.
   - Review all deliverables prepared by team before client submission.
   - Develop cost-effective plans and schedules for completion of projects that follow a logical pattern and utilize resources.
   - Monitor the progress of construction activities on a regular basis and hold regular status meetings.
   - Ensure that client pay, submitted on time, and that payments are received.What You Need for this Position- 5+ Years Experience as Project Manager for Light Industrial Work
   
   - 5+ Years Working on Light industrial, Distribution Centers, Tilt Wall, Big Box, or Cold storage Facilities preferred
   - Experience with large 15 Mil + Projects
   
   Strong Plus:
   - A Bachelor's Degree in a related field What's In It for You- Competitive Salary DOE
   - 401K
   - Dental
   - Vision
   - Bonus Potential
   - Medical
   - Vacation/PTOSo, if you are a Industrial PM with experience, please apply today! - Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
   
   CyberCoders, Inc is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
   
   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
   
   Your Right to Work – In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

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5. Post your job

   To find industrial production managers for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any industrial production managers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level industrial production managers with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your industrial production manager job on Zippia to find and recruit industrial production manager candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with industrial production manager candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new industrial production manager

   Once you've found the industrial production manager candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new industrial production manager. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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