Meaning & use
plant manager
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Meaning
nouncountablebusiness
The person in charge of running a factory or industrial site, responsible for production, staff and safety.
Grammar: A job title: the plant manager, a plant manager at a steel mill.
Patterns
- plant manager at somewhere
- plant manager of something
The plant manager walked the factory floor every morning to check on the night shift.
She worked her way up from line operator to plant manager.
The plant manager announced that the plant would add a third shift.
Word forms
| plural | plant managers |
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Common combinations
- appoint a plant manager
- The company will appoint a new plant manager next month.
- plant manager at
- He is the plant manager at the car factory.
- report to the plant manager
- All supervisors report to the plant manager.
- experienced plant manager
- An experienced plant manager can spot problems before they stop production.
- assistant plant manager
- The assistant plant manager handled the safety audit.
Synonyms and how they differ
- factory manager
- Factory manager means almost the same but is the plainer everyday phrase.
- works manager
- Works manager is mainly British and slightly old-fashioned compared with plant manager.
- production manager
- A production manager oversees making the goods, while a plant manager is responsible for the whole site.
Word family
- plant noun
- a factory or industrial site
- manager noun
- a person who runs a team or business
- manage verb
- to be in charge of
- management noun
- the people who run an organization
Commonly confused: plant manager or plant nursery?
plant manager vs plant nursery
A plant nursery grows and sells garden plants. A plant manager works in industry, not gardening.
Practice
The ___ is responsible for the safety and output of the whole factory.
Choose one answer.
A plant manager runs the entire industrial site. The other roles have narrower tasks and do not oversee production.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “plant manager”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.