10 Timken plant leaders
Plant Manager, Plant Manager - North America Rail Services and Plant Manager, The Schulz Group are among the current titles held by these Timken plant leaders. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at Timken from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Dale McClelland
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · The Timken Company
Dale McClelland has been Plant Manager at The Timken Company since August 2019, based in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area. Dale McClelland was Operations Manager at Timken from 2017 to 2019, Director of Operations at Fisher Barton South Carolina Inc. from 2016 to 2017 and Product Line Manager at The Timken Company from 1987 to 2006.
Ernie West
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · The Timken Company
Ernie West has been Plant Manager at The Timken Company since September 2025, based in Union, South Carolina, and was Operations Manager at The Timken Company from 1989 to 2025. The profile headline reads Plant Manager at The Timken Company, and Ernie West writes of enjoying teaching and coaching.
Heather Lewis
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · The Timken Company
Heather Lewis has been Plant Manager at The Timken Company since November 2025, based in Mooresville, North Carolina. At The Timken Company, Heather Lewis was also Operations and Supply Chain Manager from 2021 to 2025, Manager of Package Bearings Operations from 2016 to 2021 and Value Stream Manager from 2012 to 2016.
Jeffrey Smith
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · The Timken Company
Jeffrey Smith has been Plant Manager at The Timken Company since November 2023, based in Keene, New Hampshire, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager at Timken Keene. At The Timken Company, Jeffrey Smith was also Operations Manager from 2022 to 2023 and Materials Manager from 2020 to 2022.
Matt Corona
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · The Timken Company
Matt Corona has been Plant Manager at The Timken Company since January 2026, based in Charlotte Metro. At The Timken Company, Matt Corona was also Operations Manager from 2023 to 2026, Supply Chain Mgr 0-8 Low to Med Vol from 2011 to 2014 and Supply Chain Manager - Operations from 2010 to 2011.
Mike DiGiacomo
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager, The Schulz Group · The Timken Company
Mike DiGiacomo has been Plant Manager, The Schulz Group at The Timken Company since 2020, based in Wilmington, Delaware. At The Timken Company, Mike DiGiacomo was also Plant Manager, Smith Services from 2016 to 2020 and Operations Manager, Philadelphia Gear from 2007 to 2016.
Nelson Lewis
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · The Timken Company
Nelson Lewis has been Plant Manager at The Timken Company since November 2021, based in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager - Lebanon at The Timken Company. At The Timken Company, Nelson Lewis was also Engineering & Quality Manager from 2018 to 2021 and Engineering Manager from 2017 to 2021.
Randy Dunn
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager, The Timken Company · The Timken Company
Randy Dunn has been Plant Manager, The Timken Company at The Timken Company since June 2012, based in Abbeville County, South Carolina. At The Timken Company, Randy Dunn was also Manager of Bearing Operations from 2010 to 2012, Manager of Cup & Cone Finish Operations from 2006 to 2010 and Manager of Manufacturing Technologies from 2004 to 2006.
Todd Kingsbury
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · The Timken Company
Todd Kingsbury has been Plant Manager at The Timken Company since June 2019, with the role listed in Honea Path, South Carolina, and is based in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area. Todd Kingsbury also lists a Product Manager row at The Timken Company from 2017 with no end date.
Tony Koesters
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager - North America Rail Services · The Timken Company
Tony Koesters has been Plant Manager - North America Rail Services at The Timken Company since August 2020, based in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. At The Timken Company, Tony Koesters was also Plant Manager from 2018 to 2020, Operations Manager from 2016 to 2018 and Value Stream Manager from 2014 to 2016.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's own plant and the work they describe there to your question, since running one kind of plant can look very different from running another. Weigh how recently each person took the role, because someone new to a plant and someone who has led it for years will describe different challenges.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your plant?
- 02How do you split your own time between the floor and the people you report to?
- 03What from the roles you held inside a plant before leading one still shapes how you run it?
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