Engineering Manager

Plant Engineering Manager

Relocation assistance provides, bonus potential and solid benefits

Provide oversight across multiple plant locations of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs, work request management, project engineering, project design, and project installation and commissioning. Provide engineering and design guidance to facility plant engineer(s). Develop engineering plans to support current and future plant requirements and develop systems in critical areas such as preventative maintenance, spare parts inventories, and work order systems. Lead or oversee capital and expense projects. Coordinate engineering projects with leadership, plant team, management, and contractors. Support maintenance excellence programs and plant maintenance departments within designated locations.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate with plant leadership to complete current and long-term project engineering objectives in accordance with company engineering standards
• Manage expense and capital projects as required. This may include labor, repairs, and maintenance expenses and outside contractor services
• Facilitate, through expansion, equipment and facility design or renovation, company goals and objectives of capacity, productivity, and efficiency
• Develop, organize, and maintain engineering specifications/standards and process equipment operational parameters to ensure process stability while maximizing yield, productivity and efficiencies
• Provide guidance and support to maintain facility operating systems to achieve optimum manufacturing process efficiencies
• Continually strive to reduce facility and manufacturing operating costs by providing best option technical solutions and/or utilizing best method analyses towards improving internal systems
• Utilize best practices across locations to drive continuous improvement for equipment reliability and maintenance department cost controls
• Support plant leadership to define facilities' budgetary needs f or capital and maintenance expense accounts with changing volumes
• Support plant leadership to accomplish maintenance and engineering tasks within budgetary constraints
• Develop and execute action plans associated with projects, production needs, and regulatory compliance
• Develop and execute action plans based on root cause analysis
• Train others to keep pace with the latest technology
• Provide assistance to plant maintenance managers in monitoring, managing, and supporting plant wastewater treatment facility
• Assist with ensuring that plant meets customer requirements
• Ensure all plant environmental policies and procedures reflect our current guidelines and regulatory requirements and proper reporting is completed
• Follow all our good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements
• The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

Requirements:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate degree in engineering or related curriculum or technical training in related mechanical or electrical studies (or equivalent combination of education and experience)

8 or more years of progressive engineering, maintenance, or related experience in a food manufacturing environment that includes team or project leadership experience, environmental compliance experience, PLC

programming, and capital project and budget management experience

Certification and/or License – may be required during the course of employment