Plant chief vs industrial production manager

The differences between plant chiefs and industrial production managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a plant chief and an industrial production manager. Additionally, a plant chief has an average salary of $109,379, which is higher than the $105,232 average annual salary of an industrial production manager.

The top three skills for a plant chief include plant operations, R and maintenance management system. The most important skills for an industrial production manager are lean manufacturing, production processes, and production orders.

Plant chief vs industrial production manager overview

	Plant Chief	Industrial Production Manager
Yearly salary	$109,379	$105,232
Hourly rate	$52.59	$50.59
Growth rate	3%	3%
Number of jobs	21,404	63,808
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	2	2

Plant chief vs industrial production manager salary

Plant chiefs and industrial production managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Plant Chief	Industrial Production Manager
Average salary	$109,379	$105,232
Salary range	Between $80,000 And $149,000	Between $73,000 And $151,000
Highest paying City	-	Hayward, CA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between plant chief and industrial production manager education

There are a few differences between a plant chief and an industrial production manager in terms of educational background:

	Plant Chief	Industrial Production Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Plant chief vs industrial production manager demographics

Here are the differences between plant chiefs' and industrial production managers' demographics:

	Plant Chief	Industrial Production Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 86.2% Female, 13.8%	Male, 80.3% Female, 19.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.0% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 14.0% Asian, 7.2% White, 70.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 13.0% Asian, 8.9% White, 69.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between plant chief and industrial production manager duties and responsibilities

Plant chief example responsibilities.

Manage daily operations of USDA facility.
Operate extrusion lines to produce PVC pipe and hose and, HDPE pipe ..
Maintain an OSHA compliant work environment, enforce affirmative attendance policy, maintain complete inventory records and met/exceed production goals.
Review KPI reports and other production indicators daily in order to direct the resolution of operational, manufacturing and maintenance problems.

Industrial production manager example 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.

Plant chief vs industrial production manager skills

Common plant chief skills

Plant Operations, 29%
R, 20%
Maintenance Management System, 19%
PLC, 14%
Plant Machinery, 11%
Plant Equipment, 8%

Common industrial production manager skills

Lean Manufacturing, 29%
Production Processes, 13%
Production Orders, 13%
Processing Problems, 11%
Assembly Line, 7%
Logistics, 7%

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