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Plant Manager roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, operations management, or a related field. Employers file the LCA with DOL before petitioning USCIS, and the 60-day grace period applies if your role is eliminated before renewal.
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Plant Finance Manager – Steel Frame Manufacturing
Location: Texas (TBD)
Reports to: Director of Finance (with a dotted-line to the Plant General Manager)
Position Summary
The Plant Finance Manager serves as the senior financial leader at the steel-frame manufacturing facility and a key member of the plant leadership team. This role drives financial performance, operational profitability, cost discipline, and internal-control excellence in a coil-fed, roll-forming production environment. The Finance Manager partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Sales to improve margins, manage steel commodity-cost exposure, optimize working capital, and support strategic growth initiatives.
This is a hands-on individual-contributor role responsible for plant-level financial management, standard-cost accounting for roll-formed steel products, forecasting, compliance, and business decision support.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership & Strategy
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the Plant General Manager on financial performance, risk management, capital allocation, and profitability improvement.
- Translate operational performance—including line uptime, changeover time, and coil utilization—into financial impact and actionable insights.
- Lead financial modeling and ROI analysis for capital investments, including roll-forming line upgrades, tooling changes, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Assess and report on steel commodity-price exposure (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized coil) and support hedging or pass-through pricing strategies in coordination with Sales and Procurement.
- Prioritize tasks effectively and manage competing deadlines to drive results independently.
Cost Accounting & Operational Finance
Own and maintain the standard-cost system, including:
- Labor, material (coil steel, coatings, and fasteners), and overhead standards.
- PPV and manufacturing-variance analysis, with particular focus on steel-input price volatility.
- Absorption analysis across roll-forming lines and product families.
- Inventory valuation and reserves for raw coil, work in process (WIP), and finished steel-frame components.
- Analyze scrap, yield, coil-to-finished-product conversion efficiency, labor efficiency, throughput, and overhead utilization by line.
- Monitor gauge/width yield loss and tooling changeover costs as key cost drivers.
- Drive cost-reduction initiatives and margin-improvement strategies specific to roll-forming operations.
- Partner with Operations to identify and execute productivity improvements, including line-speed optimization and reduced changeover downtime.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting
- Lead the annual operating plan and rolling-forecast processes, incorporating steel-market pricing trends and lead-time volatility.
- Provide monthly performance analysis, including price, volume, mix, labor, overhead, and steel-input cost variances; margin by product, customer, and gauge specification; and working-capital trends, including raw-coil inventory levels and positioning.
- Deliver accurate and timely financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
- Develop KPI dashboards aligned with plant-performance objectives, including yield percentage, scrap rate, on-time delivery, and cost per ton or unit.
Working Capital & Asset Management
- Monitor and optimize raw-coil and finished-goods inventory levels, accuracy, and turns.
- Oversee cycle-count processes and fixed-asset controls, including roll-forming tooling and die inventory.
- Improve cash flow through disciplined accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory management.
- Ensure strong internal controls in compliance with SOX requirements.
Compliance & Controls
- Serve as the site lead for internal and external audits.
- Ensure adherence to GAAP, SOX, and corporate policies.
- Strengthen the internal-control environment and drive continuous process improvement.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 8–10 years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
- 3–5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with full plant-level financial responsibility.
- Strong standard-cost accounting experience.
- Deep understanding of GAAP and SOX.
- Strong command of Microsoft Excel.
Preferred
- Background in heavy steel manufacturing, metal forming, or roll-forming operations.
- Familiarity with coil processing, gauge/tolerance specifications, and steel commodity-pricing dynamics.
- CPA and/or MBA.
- Experience with ERP systems in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in a public-company reporting environment.
- Fluent in Chine (Mandarin).
Key Competencies
- Strong operational-finance mindset with fluency in steel-manufacturing cost drivers.
- Strategic thinker with hands-on execution capability.
- Data-driven decision maker.
- Continuous-improvement orientation.
- Ability to influence plant leadership.
- High ethical standards and control discipline.
- Self-directed, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines.
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Job Description:
Plant Finance Manager – Steel Frame Manufacturing
Location: Texas (TBD)
Reports to: Director of Finance (with a dotted-line to the Plant General Manager)
Position Summary
The Plant Finance Manager serves as the senior financial leader at the steel-frame manufacturing facility and a key member of the plant leadership team. This role drives financial performance, operational profitability, cost discipline, and internal-control excellence in a coil-fed, roll-forming production environment. The Finance Manager partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Sales to improve margins, manage steel commodity-cost exposure, optimize working capital, and support strategic growth initiatives.
This is a hands-on individual-contributor role responsible for plant-level financial management, standard-cost accounting for roll-formed steel products, forecasting, compliance, and business decision support.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership & Strategy
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the Plant General Manager on financial performance, risk management, capital allocation, and profitability improvement.
- Translate operational performance—including line uptime, changeover time, and coil utilization—into financial impact and actionable insights.
- Lead financial modeling and ROI analysis for capital investments, including roll-forming line upgrades, tooling changes, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Assess and report on steel commodity-price exposure (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized coil) and support hedging or pass-through pricing strategies in coordination with Sales and Procurement.
- Prioritize tasks effectively and manage competing deadlines to drive results independently.
Cost Accounting & Operational Finance
Own and maintain the standard-cost system, including:
- Labor, material (coil steel, coatings, and fasteners), and overhead standards.
- PPV and manufacturing-variance analysis, with particular focus on steel-input price volatility.
- Absorption analysis across roll-forming lines and product families.
- Inventory valuation and reserves for raw coil, work in process (WIP), and finished steel-frame components.
- Analyze scrap, yield, coil-to-finished-product conversion efficiency, labor efficiency, throughput, and overhead utilization by line.
- Monitor gauge/width yield loss and tooling changeover costs as key cost drivers.
- Drive cost-reduction initiatives and margin-improvement strategies specific to roll-forming operations.
- Partner with Operations to identify and execute productivity improvements, including line-speed optimization and reduced changeover downtime.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting
- Lead the annual operating plan and rolling-forecast processes, incorporating steel-market pricing trends and lead-time volatility.
- Provide monthly performance analysis, including price, volume, mix, labor, overhead, and steel-input cost variances; margin by product, customer, and gauge specification; and working-capital trends, including raw-coil inventory levels and positioning.
- Deliver accurate and timely financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
- Develop KPI dashboards aligned with plant-performance objectives, including yield percentage, scrap rate, on-time delivery, and cost per ton or unit.
Working Capital & Asset Management
- Monitor and optimize raw-coil and finished-goods inventory levels, accuracy, and turns.
- Oversee cycle-count processes and fixed-asset controls, including roll-forming tooling and die inventory.
- Improve cash flow through disciplined accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory management.
- Ensure strong internal controls in compliance with SOX requirements.
Compliance & Controls
- Serve as the site lead for internal and external audits.
- Ensure adherence to GAAP, SOX, and corporate policies.
- Strengthen the internal-control environment and drive continuous process improvement.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 8–10 years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
- 3–5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with full plant-level financial responsibility.
- Strong standard-cost accounting experience.
- Deep understanding of GAAP and SOX.
- Strong command of Microsoft Excel.
Preferred
- Background in heavy steel manufacturing, metal forming, or roll-forming operations.
- Familiarity with coil processing, gauge/tolerance specifications, and steel commodity-pricing dynamics.
- CPA and/or MBA.
- Experience with ERP systems in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in a public-company reporting environment.
- Fluent in Chine (Mandarin).
Key Competencies
- Strong operational-finance mindset with fluency in steel-manufacturing cost drivers.
- Strategic thinker with hands-on execution capability.
- Data-driven decision maker.
- Continuous-improvement orientation.
- Ability to influence plant leadership.
- High ethical standards and control discipline.
- Self-directed, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines.
At Nextpower, we are driving the global energy transition with an integrated clean energy technology platform that combines intelligent structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale power plants. Our comprehensive portfolio enables faster project delivery, higher performance, and greater reliability, helping our customers capture the full value of solar power. Our talented worldwide teams are redefining how solar power plants are designed, built, and operated every day with smart technology, data-driven insights, and advanced automation. Together, we’re building the foundation for the world’s next generation of clean energy infrastructure.
Nextpower is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We are Nextpower
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Plant Manager
Match your degree to the SOC code
Plant Manager positions file under SOC 11-1021. Pull the O*NET profile for that code and confirm your degree field aligns directly. A mismatch between your transcript and the SOC description is a common RFE trigger.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Run your target metro area through the OFLC Wage Search before any salary discussion. Plant Manager wages vary significantly by region and shift between Level I and Level III, which affects what the employer must certify on the LCA.
Target manufacturers enrolled in E-Verify
STEM OPT employers must be E-Verify enrolled, and many large manufacturers already are. If you're transitioning off OPT to H-1B, prioritize facilities where E-Verify enrollment is confirmed so your cap-gap authorization stays intact without delays.
Search H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Filter Plant Manager roles on Migrate Mate to surface employers with verified DOL Labor Condition Application filing history. This removes manufacturers who list the title but have never actually sponsored the role through the H-1B process.
Ask about multi-site operations before accepting
If the employer runs multiple facilities, confirm which plant address goes on the LCA. USCIS requires a certified LCA for each worksite location, and moving between plants mid-petition can trigger an amended filing requirement.
Time your petition around plant shutdown cycles
Many manufacturing employers plan budgets and headcount annually around Q4 or fiscal year-end. Submit your H-1B interest at least four months before the April 1 cap-subject filing window so the employer can complete the LCA certification in time.
H-1B Visa Plant Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Plant Manager role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the employer requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, or operations management. Generalist management degrees can create issues if the job description doesn't clearly tie the duties to a specific academic discipline. USCIS looks at whether the degree requirement is standard for the position in the industry, not just at your employer.
How do I find Plant Manager jobs where employers actually sponsor H-1B visas?
Search Migrate Mate to find Plant Manager openings filtered by employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history. Many manufacturers post roles without intending to sponsor, so filtering by verified DOL filing activity saves significant time. Targeting companies with prior Plant Manager LCA filings in your region gives you the strongest starting point.
Can I switch from one manufacturing employer to another on H-1B as a Plant Manager?
Yes, under H-1B portability you can start working for a new employer once the transfer petition is filed, as long as your prior H-1B was approved and you've maintained valid status. The new employer must file a new LCA for the specific plant location before submitting the I-129. Don't wait for approval before starting, but confirm the petition receipt is in hand.
What happens if my Plant Manager position moves to a different facility after my H-1B is approved?
A permanent relocation to a new worksite typically requires an amended H-1B petition with a new LCA certified for that location. Short-term or temporary assignments under DOL rules may not require amendment, but USCIS applies a facts-and-circumstances test. Confirm the transfer duration and distance with your employer's immigration counsel before relocating to avoid a status compliance issue.
Does the H-1B prevailing wage requirement affect Plant Manager hiring decisions?
It does in practice. Employers must certify on the LCA that they'll pay at least the prevailing wage for the SOC code and location, which USCIS verifies. In lower-wage regions, the DOL prevailing wage can exceed what the employer typically pays for the role, which sometimes causes employers to reconsider sponsorship. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check prevailing wage levels in your target metro before entering salary negotiations.