Plant Engineering Manager

FPC Hendersonville is assisting in a search for a Plant Engineering Manager to lead engineering, maintenance, and capital initiatives at a manufacturing site. Reporting directly to the Plant Manager, this role oversees the reliability and performance of all production assets and facility infrastructure, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary leader responsible for the condition, reliability, and lifecycle planning of plant equipment and facilities, including oversight of maintenance spending and capital investments.
• Drive effective use of the maintenance workforce through planning, scheduling, preventive/predictive strategies, and optimization of equipment layouts and workflows.
• Manage and execute capital projects from concept through implementation, ensuring alignment with operational needs and budget targets.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and external suppliers to ensure project deliverables, technical requirements, and timelines are met.
• Work closely with vendors to define equipment specifications, evaluate options, negotiate purchases, and ensure compliance with plant quality and safety standards.
• Lead and develop the maintenance team, ensuring resources, training, and support are in place to maintain high equipment uptime.
• Provide engineering expertise for process improvements, equipment upgrades, and facility enhancements; conduct technical analyses including design reviews, cost evaluations, lifecycle assessments, and equipment selection.
• Enhance plant controls, automation, and instrumentation systems to improve consistency, throughput, and operator ergonomics.
• Utilize automation strategies to reduce ergonomic risks and reinforce production standardization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or related degree.
• 10 years of maintenance, plant engineering, or project engineering experience within chemical, rubber, or similar process-driven industries.
• Hands-on experience with Rockwell controls systems (PLCs, VFDs, HMIs).
• Background working with batch processes and industrial process historians.
• Demonstrated leadership ability with strong communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Comfortable collaborating with personnel at all levels across the organization.
• Us Citizenship or Green Card required.