Duties & Responsibilities

• Works closely with Production and Maintenance to ensure that adequate resources are collaboratively working on proper priorities, providing technical leadership, appraising alternative approaches to the solution of problems, commiting and planning resources, setting deadlines, and following up to successful problem/project resolution.

• Tracks and reports on engineering targets for capital projects.
• Ensures that programs are properly resourced (both quality and quantity) for success, whether through assignment of direct resources, or leverage of external resources as required.
• Provides team leadership, support and development of direct and extended team.
• Process Owner for Program Management & Change Control.
• Ensures compliance to Company procedures (e.g. Process - Work Instructions) & standards.
• Ensures Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA’s), control plans, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and supports problem solving initiatives by implementing corrective action.
• Maintaining a knowledge of design techniques and all applicable software systems.
• Provide expertise in industrial engineering and process design to other departments.
• Understanding of the concepts of synchronous manufacturing and lean production manufacturing methodologies and the ability to formulate and implement a tactical plan.
• Assists in the commissioning of new plants/ lines equipment, and other systems to ensure that the introduction into the production facility is handled efficiently and with minimum disruptions.
• Provide technical and administrative coaching and mentoring for engineering personnel
• Conduct performance reviews including individual employee development goals.

• Time management for self and team to set priorities, goals and timelines.
• Interacts with, provides regular progress reports to management via various communication methods and tools.
• Perform risk assessments, as necessary.

• Participates in the preparation of the department’s operational budget.
• Coordinates with Product Development to manage new product trials, processes, etc.
• Interfaces with company and other outside technical resources. Includes reviewing and discussing general operations, production projections, inventories, discussing technical problems and requesting expertise and technical advice and support.
• Ensures good communication across all resources and multiple levels of the organization to achieve goals as defined by upper management.
• Participates in long range resource planning in support of identified production and maintenance plans.
• Coordinates the training and development of employees including identifying development needs, implementing programs as required, monitoring progress and coordinating with HR as required.
• Evalutes process and procedures and makes recommendations to management for Continuous Improvement opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or closely related field or eight (8) to ten (10) years process and/or production engineering experience in the nonwovens/pulp & paper industry.
• Five (5) years managerial experience.
• Intermediate computer skills including MS Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.)
• Problem solving and strong analytical skills required.
• Lean Manufacturing experience, preferred
• Six Sigma Greenbelt or other statistical based continuous improvement methodology, preferred

Competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from impacted parties.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work efficiently without direct supervision.
• Ability to work well under extreme pressure independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage direct reports in an efficient and engagement fostering manner.
• Ability to be a resource throughout the organization.

• 70% office based; ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• 30% standing/walking,climbing, bending, twisting, reaching.

• Constant communication with employees, peer, managers.
• May be required to work outside of normal working hours to meet the needs of production.

• Directly manages engineering and project management personnel.

• Must work in accordance with Health and Safety regulations, Company Rules, Plant Rules, policies and procedures.
• Must use or wear equipment, protective devices, or certain clothing as required by the company.