1.
factory manager; plant director
The person in charge of managing and overseeing the operations of a factory or manufacturing plant.
A compound of 工場 (factory) and 長 (chief, head). The 長 suffix is a productive pattern for titles: 社長 (company president), 部長 (department head), 課長 (section chief).
Common collocations
- 工場長に就任する: to assume the position of factory manager
- 工場長の判断: the factory manager's decision
- 工場長代理: acting factory manager