Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

• 5-7+ years of Engineering / Maintenance / Facilities leadership experience in manufacturing plus progressive leadership experience, including prior leadership and development of high-performing teams

• Demonstrated success in managing multiple cross-functional projects and improving technician capabilities (through robust training systems).

• Ability to think strategically and impact strategic initiatives, understand business drivers and handle complexity.

Summary:

• Team Management: Manage the activities of Engineering, Facilities Maintenance, Refrigeration, Electrical, Controls and Power Systems, Wastewater Operation, and related contractor resources. Set goals, and priorities, monitor progress and evaluate the performance of staff to ensure the maximum benefit of the resources expended. Create an environment of open and healthy communications to ensure the goals and objectives of the business are clearly understood, resources are available and support is present.

• Capital Project Execution: Prepare and manage the Capital project annual budget. Ensure that projects are planned properly to provide sufficient funding, review data to ensure that results are achievable, and obtain necessary approvals (quarterly Board of Directors presentation). Implement an Advanced Quality Planning system for capital projects to ensure effective designs that are highly functional, safe, and financially viable. Closely monitor projects to ensure they are completed as planned and funds are utilized properly. On an ongoing basis, initiate design changes and modifications to further improve machine efficiency, facilitate packaging design changes and cost reductions, and expand the capability of existing equipment to handle new products.

• Strategic Planning: Development of the five-year strategic capital and site infrastructure plans, ensuring an acceptable return on investment for replacement of worn or obsolete equipment, expansion of capacity to meet sales growth, equipment modification or replacement related to packaging changes or cost reduction, as well as the development of expanded production capacity for new products. Coordinate the selection, design, and layout of processing, and packaging machinery to ensure efficiency, reliability, optimum space utilization, and adequate production and supporting facilities capacity.

• Organizational Development: Develop and execute on-going skills training for the technical staff. Continuously engage the engineering, facilities, maintenance, and operational teams to deliver reliability by building technician capability, driving continuous improvement and reducing waste. Provide specific performance feedback to ensure skills are fully developed and teamwork is effectively utilized.

• Process & Program Standardization: Responsible for ensuring that all engineering and maintenance processes are completely documented (including Capital start-up plans, SOPs, DOPs, and run documents), and implementing any changes to these processes. Accountable for the development and implementation of effective preventive and predictive maintenance programs, as well as the utilization of CMMS and MOC systems.

• Risk Management: Responsible for meeting all regulatory requirements in the areas of waste disposal, air emissions, and facility permits and codes. Responsible for timely filing of all regulatory documents to the appropriate Federal, State, and Local Governmental agencies. Ensure Process Safety Management (PSM) system is fully compliant with plant-wide ammonia systems. Coordinate the use of the Emergency Response Plan with the Safety & Security manager. Responsible for meeting all regulatory requirements of waste disposal, emissions, facility permits, and codes. Also, responsible for timely filing with the appropriate Federal, State, and Local Gov't agencies.

• Budget Management: Responsible for developing the facilities, maintenance, and capital budgets to align with corporate strategies and plans, while working closely with the leadership team members. Manage departmental expense budgets with appropriate accounting information and support. Participate in the business planning and budgeting process. Develop short and long-term cost containment/reduction strategies. Manage operating budget for Engineering, Facilities, and Maintenance.

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