What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Manager - Bioscience Operations position at Didion Inc.?
Manager of Engineering - Bioscience
Didion Ethanol | Cambria, Wisconsin
Lead the Team. Deliver the Projects. Shape What’s Next.
Didion is looking for a hands-on engineering leader to guide our Bioscience engineering team and turn complex ideas into meaningful plant improvements. In this highly visible role, you will develop technical talent, lead major capital projects, and help shape investments that improve safety, reliability, efficiency, capacity, and long-term performance.
This could be an exciting next step for a current Didion team member ready to expand their leadership impact or an experienced external candidate ready to bring new knowledge and perspective to our organization.
What You’ll Do
- Lead, coach, and develop engineers and technical team members.
- Drive complex capital projects from initial concept and business case through construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout.
- Own project scopes, budgets, schedules, cash flow forecasts, contractor performance, and risk management.
- Apply chemical and process engineering expertise to improve production systems, equipment performance, capacity, and product commercialization.
- Partner across Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Safety, Quality, Environmental, and site leadership to solve plant challenges.
- Strengthen engineering standards, project controls, and continuous improvement practices.
- Ensure safety, environmental, PSM, MOC, and CAPA requirements are built into engineering decisions.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
- Seven or more years of progressive engineering experience in an industrial or continuous-process manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading and developing engineers or technical professionals.
- At least five years of experience leading complex capital projects through commissioning and startup.
- Strong knowledge of process design, project budgeting, scheduling, contractor management, and project controls.
- Ability to interpret P&IDs, process flow diagrams, engineering drawings, and technical specifications.
- Experience in ethanol, renewable fuels, chemical processing, grain processing, food manufacturing, bioscience, or a similar environment is preferred.
If you’re ready to develop people, lead significant investments, and leave a lasting impact on Didion’s Bioscience operations, we encourage you to apply
Didion Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other protected status.
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