2,716 Plant Engineering jobs in the United States

• Consult with the Corporate Director of Facilities to plan and prioritize facility maintenance and new construction projects.
• Interface with external subcontractors to ensure projects align with company standards and timelines.
• Manage and improve Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) systems, ensuring high availability and reliability of production equipment.
• Oversee plant modifications and support the orchestration of new construction from concept to completion.
• Develop and execute talent development programs to enhance skillsets within the maintenance team.
• Administer the maintenance budget effectively, ensuring optimal utilization of resources.
• Implement and uphold safe-working procedures to maintain a secure work environment for all staff.

• Proven experience in plant production equipment maintenance within a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with facilities maintenance and construction processes.
• Ability to lead and manage a team of 50+ personnel in a technical capacity.
• Strong organizational and project management skills to handle multiple simultaneous projects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective interaction with internal teams and external contractors.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field from an accredited institution.

• Advanced degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• Certification or significant experience in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
• Previous experience in a leadership role within a large manufacturing facility.
• Experience in budget management and cost optimization.
• Proven track record of improving plant safety and production efficiency.

• Strategic planning and execution in a high-paced industrial setting.
• Advanced problem-solving skills and the ability to manage complexities under pressure.
• Technically proficient with modern engineering software and diagnostic tools.
• Leadership and personnel management, including training and professional development.
• Commitment to implementing safety and quality standards across all aspects of plant operations.

• Four-day work week (Monday-Thursday) with weekends off (Friday-Sunday).
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance packages.
• Relocation assistance for qualified candidates.
• Steady employment in a company experiencing growth with plans to add two more plants.
• Generous vacation and leave policies.

Reporting to the Plant Manager at our Indianapolis Bakery facility, you will develop and implement overall plant technical strategies focused on engineering projects and systems. Develop vertical startup processes to ensure implementation of low loss production systems. Provide solutions to technical problems and recommendations for improvements in production activities. Develop plant specific engineering strategies to achieve performance goals. Maintain plant capital project list and work with Corporate Engineering to achieve the capital budget. Lead plant Early Management (EM) Pillar and Utilities team.

How Will You Affect Our Business?

• Assist plant in establishing safety of all of our team members as the plant's first objective.

• Lead the implementation of the capital plan including the engagement of related Plant and Corporate functions such as Safety, Sanitation, Quality, Environmental, Operations, Maintenance, Finance and Operations.

• Collaborate with the plant in setting delineated roles, responsibilities and accountabilities consistent with the principles of CPS.

• Lead the Early Management Pillar and support building capabilities within pillar and cell teams.

• Manage the Utilities team and ensure functionality and compliance within our plant utilities processes.

• Work with Platform Engineering to resource projects.

• Support the plant in conducting internal systems audits

• Provide project and technical support to the plant and division

• Support the plant in participating on and leading project teams that improve safety, quality, labor relations, sanitation, costs and customer service.

• Demonstrate ability to use available application computer programs.

• Lead the plant in conducting necessary team meetings for proper communications and development of teams.

Do You Have What It Takes?

• Bachelor's degree in engineering

• 3+ year's experience in Food Manufacturing

• Experience with Ammonia/HVAC, glycol, boiler, fire suppression, and utility preventative maintenance

• Experience with capital projects; up to $10 million

• Flexible work hours

Relocation assistance is available for this position. Preference will be given to local candidates.

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Compensation:

Pay Range:$1,000- 118,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement

• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan

• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement

• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye ®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Sun Chemical, a member of the DIC Group, is a leading producer of packaging and graphic solutions, color and display technologies, functional products, electronic materials, and products for the automotive and healthcare industries.Together with DIC, Sun Chemical is continuously working to promote and develop sustainable solutions to exceed customer expectations and better the world around us. With combined annual sales of more than $8.5 billion and 22,000+ employees worldwide, the DIC Group companies support a diverse collection of global customers.

Sun Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of Sun Chemical Group Cooperatief U.A., the Netherlands, and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A. For more information, please visit our website at connect with us onLinkedInorTwitter

Job Title: Plant Engineering Manager

Location: Rockdale, IL

POSITION SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE :

Apollo Colors , wholly owned by Sun Chemical Corporation,is seeking a highly motivated and results-oriented Plant Engineering Manager to join our team. ThePlant Engineering Manager under the general supervision of the Operations Manager is responsible for all engineering, maintenance, and repair of the company's manufacturing equipment, buildings, and grounds. Support the operational day-to-day business and provide strategic planning through long range production equipment upgrades. This position is responsible for overall administration of Engineering and Maintenance Management for the Rockdale, IL site. This role has two (Plant Engineer & Maintenance Manager) direct reports and eight indirect reports.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Plan, organize and direct the maintenance programs and processes of the facility.
• Oversee maintenance of fire suppression system.

• Maintain ammonia system, in partnership with vendor, for efficient operation of the Ice House.

• Plan and execute the defined scope of process development and optimization activities, CAPEX measures.
• Evaluate opportunities, carry out process studies and process optimization, - evaluate opportunities, carry out process studies, process optimization, troubleshooting, and safety/reliability improvements.

• Oversee the process software that all chemical reactions and mixers are managed through.

• Develop, execute and evaluate maintenance-related performance (PM completion, R&M spend to budget, downtime, OEE) for manufacturing equipment and facilities.
• Coordinate corporate maintenance activities to reduce overall downtime of manufacturing equipment and expense. Ensure efficient utilization of maintenance staff.
• Administer PM program utilizing systems to drive operational improvements through preventative and predictive maintenance methodologies for manufacturing, creating a reliability centered environment.
• Manage CAPEX requirements related to manufacturing equipment, facility maintenance and improvement.
• Manage maintenance services provided by outside contractors.
• Obtain quotes and tenders from vendors and suppliers, calculate and compare costs for goods and services to maximize cost-effectiveness.
• Participate in plant programs and/or special projects as required such as, ISO, Six Sigma/Business Improvement, etc.
• Consistently administers corporate and local policies and procedures in accordance with their terms.
• Working knowledge of environmental stewardship and sustainability in a chemical manufacturing capacity (e.g. hazardous materials, environmental permits, etc.).
• Layout, design and budget capital projects
• Manage and develop a high-performing team to provide support.
• Ensure adherence to all safety regulations and best practices

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

• 7-10 years of experience in manufacturing engineering and maintenance, with a strong focus on ammonia, steam and batch manufacturing.
• 3-5 years of supervisor or manager experience.

• Strong proficiency in MS Office, MS Project, AutoCAD, and PLC Systems and Architecture.

Key Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Data analysis and decision-making capabilities.

Salary: $00k - 150k

BENEFITS

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k)+match and life insurance. Eligibility of benefit timing may vary.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

It is Sun's policy that applicants for employment are recruited, selected, and hired on the basis of individual merit and ability with respect to the position being filled. Sun prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Employment agencies are an important component of our talent acquisition strategy, and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. We will not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies for any employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Sun Chemical or directly to hiring managers in any form without a signed contract on file, and search engagement for that position, will be deemed unsolicited in nature, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired as a result of the referral or through other means. Additionally, any resume submitted without a contract in place will be considered property of Sun Chemical and no fees will be paid to the agency if the candidate is hired.

Job DescriptionJob Description

Join American Panel Solutions as a Plant Engineering Manager and take charge of manufacturing improvements, new product launches, and capital projects. You’ll lead a growing team of engineers, drive process innovation, and play a key role in shaping plant-wide operations and culture. This is a great opportunity to make a lasting impact in a high-tech, growth-focused environment.

Purpose of the Position:
Lead engineering for manufacturing improvement, new products, and capital projects.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Direct the plant engineering organization to achieve lowest possible costs, advantaged product attributes, superior quality and consistent, reliable operations. Specifically including:

• Understand, lead and improve the plant's manufacturing technologies and capabilities.
• Engage with division and corporate experts to create a long-term roadmap to expand these capabilities through continuous improvement and step change projects.
• With Plant Operations Manager, create objectives for near-term improvement.
• Create and manage project portfolio for performance improvement, cost reduction, and capital expansion, including supervising project managers to implement these projects.
• Engage with division planning experts to grow capacity on time to meet sales goals.
• This person will be play a critical role in establishing the plant-wide culture and behavior norms, aligned to Corning culture.
• As a member of the plant staff, this person will help develop plant policies and execute these policies, along with corporate policies
• He/she will regularly interact with senior management,
• Directly supervise engineering department heads, and department of 25 engineers & technicians, which will grow substantially in first 3 years.

Education & Experience

• 15 years of manufacturing experience including at least 5 in production operations and 2 years as a 2nd level supervisor
• Bachelors of Science in engineering or BS in another technical area
• Advanced degree in engineering or business a plus
• 2 years of experience in project management
• Experience in new product development a plus

Required Skills

• Outstanding engineering problem solving using rigorous methods and tools
• Quality systems and process control techniques, such as SPC
• Portfolio management and priority setting
• Budgeting and cost analysis

Desired Skills

• Experience in solar module or wafer manufacturing
• Experience in glass manufacturing
• Experience in manufacturing in clean environments

Soft Skills

• International & multi-culture communication & coordination ability
• Strong ownership of achieving plant goals
• Creative and with strong continuous improvement work
• Excellent presentation and reporting skill
• Ability to change the thinking of others to establish long-term behaviors, norms, culture

Job Selling Points

• An excellent opportunity to join a growing business and technologically advanced industry.
• 2 other factories can support and interact. Large engineering community to join with elite set of leaders to help guide and coach you.
• Our products will be in the most advanced automobiles.

Career Development Opportunities

• Direct reports will start at ~25 people, but will grow as additional lines are added to the plant. This position will have broad responsibility to grow the factory.
• Position can eventually grow to Plant Manager or other regional manufacturing or engineering roles.

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Worthington Steel is seeking a dynamic Plant Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team and drive capital projects, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives. This hands-on leadership role collaborates closely with operations and maintenance to enhance facility performance. Ideal candidates have 7-10 years of progressive engineering experience, a background in steel processing and lean manufacturing, and thrive in a high-volume production environment. Strong analytical skills, project management expertise, and cross-functional collaboration are key.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage capital projects, including cost estimation, Capital Appropriation Requests (CARs), and project tracking.
• Maintains CAR tracker to ensure accuracy and monitor project expenditures.
• Conduct regular meetings with Operations and Maintenance Managers to review project prioritization, CARs and upcoming initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Maintenance Manager to support staff development in troubleshooting and technical skills.
• Oversee the plant engineering change notice process.
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 in coordination with the Quality Manager.
• Manage facility upkeep, including buildings, grounds, equipment, and associated documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts focused on cost reduction, quality enhancement, and operational efficiency.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external contractors to ensure timely project execution.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Experience & Skills

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and complex projects simultaneously.
• Hands-on, team-oriented leadership style with a focus on process improvement.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Effective problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities across all organizational levels.
• Experience with steel processing (e.g., pickling, slitting, blanking, CTL).
• Proficiency in CAD software.
• Background in high-volume lean manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with NFPA electrical compliance and facility classification is beneficial.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive engineering experience with increasing responsibility required.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering field required.

Summary

Responsible for engineering support of facilities and processing equipment. Works closely with the operations manager and leadership team on a frequent basis. Oversee and assist the work of technical staff performing functions of maintenance, engineering, capital improvement project management, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement related to quality and process controls. Serves on management review team providing input and guidance for issues on safety, quality and productivity. Will be designated as Emergency Coordinator to direct or give guidance to events such as fire, utility interruption, oil spills and any other anomaly having adverse impact to plant operations. Responsible for electrical power distribution throughout the facility.

From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 - all while keeping the heart of "People Build Businesses" alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

While reporting to the Plant Manager The Plant Engineering Manager will lead the plant engineering function and oversee the production hourly staff, ensuring operational efficiency, equipment reliability, and regulatory compliance within our high-speed steel packaging manufacturing facility. This role will play a critical part in maintaining and improving plant processes, tooling systems, and maintenance programs while collaborating with corporate engineering teams and external agencies.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead and coordinate all plant engineering activities to support production and operational goals.

• Develop, implement, and monitor tooling control and change management systems in alignment with corporate engineering standards.

• Prepare budgets and Appropriation for Expenditures (AFEs) for plant projects, authorizing expenditures as needed.

• Maintain open communication with corporate engineering teams to ensure the swift adoption of new developments, standardized methods, and best practices.

• Establish and oversee a robust program for Maintenance & Repair (M&R) and tooling inventory control.

• Serve as the primary liaison with environmental, state, and local agencies, ensuring compliance with evolving regulations.

• Supervise and coordinate activities of external contractors, as well as the plant's electrical department and machine shop if applicable.

• Develop and maintain line control programming, ensuring optimal machine performance.

• Oversee building and site maintenance, ensuring facilities are well-maintained and compliant with safety standards.

• Lead the development and implementation of the Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) program to enhance workplace safety.

• Track and analyze project costs and timelines, providing updates to the Plant Manager.

• Coordinate health, safety, and environmental initiatives within the plant, working closely with corporate environmental services teams.

• Serve as the Emergency Coordinator, adhering to corporate emergency response guidelines when required.

• Administer fire protection, sprinkler systems, and fire alarm/evacuation systems to ensure a safe working environment.

• Travel up to 10-15% as needed for corporate meetings, training, or support activities.

This position is located in our Chestnut Hill, TN facility.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field preferred, or equivalent education/work experience.

• Minimum 4 years of experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment; mechanical and electronic skills are highly desirable.

• Experience in metal forming operations is a plus.

• Strong background in preventive maintenance systems (CMMS).

• Knowledge of environmental regulations applicable to manufacturing operations.

• Proficiency in managerial best practices, production technology, and equipment specifications.

• Ability to evaluate, modify, and implement engineering techniques to optimize plant performance.

• Experience negotiating with contractors for facility and building maintenance.

Compensation:

The annual base salary range for this role is from $104,400 to $117,450, plus annual target bonus of 7.5% of base salary.

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At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits. *Benefits listed below are for employees located in the U.S. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary depending on your location (within the U.S. or global), or if you are a union employee.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
• Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
• Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.

Russellville, AR, US, 72802

Job Title : Sr. Plant Engineering Lead

OC Business Title : Sr. Plant Engineering Lead

Location: Russellville, AR

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Sr. Plant Engineering Lead for the greenfield startup in Russellville, AR provides technical and business leadership in product manufacturing and product specifications. The Sr. Plant Engineering Lead interfaces across the technical network in the Foam Business to provide solutions to product manufacturing challenges as well as advances and innovation in manufacturing processes and materials. The Sr. Plant Engineering Lead is the subject matter expert on all plant process, quality, and raw material areas. The Sr. Plant Engineering Lead is a member of the Plant Leadership Team (NLT). As a member of the NLT, The Sr. Plant Engineering Lead helps develop and deploy strategies to meet business objectives.

Reports to : Plant Leader with a dotted line to the Director of Focused Improvement, Foam & Foamglas.

Span of Control : This position will be physically located in the Russellville Foam XPS facility and will have direct leadership over the hourly position of Quality Technician.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Leading safety, environmental and security for an injury free and compliant workplace

• Leads with the OC Safety Brand "Safer Together" and leads with all accidents are preventable, safety is everyone's responsibility, working safely is condition of employment.
• Ensures a safe, clean, and environmentally compliant work environment for all employees, contractors and visitors.
• Ensures all control plans, work instructions, and other procedures related to technical operations of the production lines ensure the safety of employees in accordance with Owens Corning standards.
• Shows passion and caring for our people.
• Actively participates in and follows requirements for Process Safety Management (PSM) and partners with cross functional teams to support, improve and enforce plant safety programs (LTT, Confined Space, Powered Industrial Vehicles, etc.).
• Ensures a clear and effective measurement system is established and implemented to drive results; rewards and celebrates safe behaviors and achievements as well as ensures accountability.

Drive Plant Quality Excellence

• Act as the gatekeeper to ensure all quality control specifications are met for all products according to ASTM standard testing, UL, R&D Industries and FM Global standards and internal specifications.
• Maintain master files and history on all specifications and procedures.
• Stay current on all Quality Control (QC) specifications and act as the subject-matter expert for QC.
• Educate all plant leadership and primary employees on quality control requirements.
• Train all primary employees on QC procedures and processes.
• Interface with Foam QC resources to ensure that plant has adopted all current QC specifications.
• Develop and sustain practices to minimize Cost to Non-Quality (CONQ).
• Constantly strives to improve product performance in all areas and matches up customer needs with technical solutions to ensure customer Fitness for Use (FFU) are met with our products.
• Provide technical and process support to our customers and sales support team as required.

Lead Plant Technical Excellence

• Owns and develops all plant product quality specifications, making modifications as necessary to ensure the specification is adequate to ensure customer FFU.
• Responsible for driving excellent performance in all extrusion processes.
• Prove out all product capabilities and constantly drive for improvement in product characteristics, system capability, and consistency of results.
• Establish repeatable recipes and settings for each product.
• Establish extruder start-up and shut-down processes.
• Drive product changeover consistency and effectiveness.
• Create and implement best practices at the extruder level for process setup and control.
• Interface with Engineering and S&T to solve all product and material challenges.
• Support implementation of new processes and product introductions.
• Conduct process improvement trials and incorporate learning into technical improvement plans.

Leading and Developing Talent

• Serve as a cross-functional team member on the Foam Divisional Process Engineers Network to improve process performance across the division.
• Provides guidance to operations technicians and maintenance technicians on the manufacturing process and process control procedures.
• Owns the development of all Extruder and Quality Technicians growing their technical capability through focused training and performance feedback.
• Leads, coaches, and teaches employees to reinforce OC values and ownership of plant processes and performance.
• Leads in the training and development of internal talent to establish a pipeline to fill future openings at the positions of Extruder and Quality Technician.

Lead FI Pillar

• Work with the TPM steering team to develop the master plan and subsequent strategies for the implementation of FI Pillar.
• Utilize FI methodologies to drive continuous improvement, lead root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Partner cross-functionally with finance, engineering, and other teams to understand the current performance challenges, while developing sound solution strategies.
• Effectively mentor teams and individuals of the plant around FI principles and processes.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

• 5-7 years manufacturing experience required.
• Academic and/or practical knowledge and experience of materials science and extrusion processes strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or applicable field preferred.

EXPERIENCE :

• Demonstrated success coaching and leading teams in a high employee empowerment culture, while training and developing technical skills in others.
• Managing and delivering results through projects and initiatives.
• Experience utilizing computer programs and Microsoft Office products.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES :

• Able to engage and care for others starting with safety.
• Leading and developing others - is mature, balanced and professional when acting to lead others. Able to lead and grow talent without direct authority. Skilled and confident when coaching and advising peers, leaders and primary employees.
• Quick learner - ability to learn concepts and new skills at a very rapid pace and apply learnings to the job. Can understand deep and complex concepts and troubleshoot problems based on abstract data.
• Collaborator - builds relationships easily with others and collaborates across leadership and technical networks to drive initiatives and results.
• Excellent communicator - written and oral, including presentation and training skills.
• Utilizing data and data collection systems. Able to utilize data driven problem solving methods for decision-making to eliminate manufacturing losses and unnecessary costs.
• Quality and detail driven; unyielding performance expectations of self and others in quality control.
• Achieves results fast, individually and through teams - can synthesize data and multiple points of view quickly and creatively to arrive at balanced solutions and has a strong bias for action.
• Understands deep and complex scientific concepts and can troubleshoot problems based on abstract data.
• Able to achieve results fast both individually and through teams.
• Takes business risks, grows from failures and celebrates success.
• Able to competitively drive results.
• Able to inspire and energize others.
• Excellent performance management skills and be able to differentiate rewards based on the performance of individuals.
• Ability to travel as needed. Travel will be heavier during start up as visit other OC plants to learn the business.

Nearest Major Market: Little Rock

Nearest Secondary Market: Russellville

• Directs, prioritizes and schedules activities of subordinates to achieve plant and department performance objectives for safety, quality, productivity, and delivery
  • Ensures proper training of engineers and mentors them and other key personnel to ensure a competent workforce
• Owner of capable manufacturing processes throughout plant
  • Directs the development, validation, documentation, control of all:
    • Injection molding processes and molding automation systems
    • Paint processes, robot programs and paint automation systems
    • Assembly processes
    • All other processes
    • Develops standardized work (Operator Instruction Sheets) and trains key manufacturing personnel
  • Leads root cause problem solving and continuous improvement activities, working with manufacturing and maintenance, to solve problems related to safety, scrap, operational availability (machine up time), and productivity (cycle times)
  • Collaborates with the plant lean manufacturing team on eliminating waste and implementing lean tools and practices.
• Collaborates with corporate engineering, advanced manufacturing, and plant staff on new products in development and production engineering changes( ECs)
  • Provides necessary plant Manufacturing Engineering resources necessary to complete KBPD development
  • Participates in program quote development, provides feedback and assumptions based on customer data received, ensures quoted machine sizes, cycles times and scraps rates can be achieved
  • Reviews part and system design for manufacturability considering molding, painting, assembly, and packaging perspectives
  • Leads development and maintenance of PFMEAs
  • Participates in Mold Design Reviews, assessing designs for robust tooling conditions, process and part removal optimization, and ease of maintenance
  • Leads paint process planning and directs and reviews paint rack concepts and prototypes assessing ergonomics, density, part retention, and ability to paint all surfaces per requirements
  • Participates in assembly process planning, reviews machine design for safety, ergonomics, robustness, and productivity
  • Directs customer, internal, and supplier product packaging development.
  • Champions introduction of new product tooling and processes into plant, collaborating with plant staff to schedule, train, process, trial run, document as required to fully prepare for production
  • Communicates ECs with the plant and schedules and manages implementation of changes to injection molds, paint, and assembly machines and processes
• Directs tooling and equipment preventive maintenance and repairs
  • Molding - Develops preventive maintenance instructions & schedules and directs repairs of injection molds, end of arm tooling, and degaters.
  • Paint - Develops preventive maintenance instructions & schedules and directs repairs of paint racks, paint fluid equipment, and paint lines
  • Assembly - Develops preventive maintenance instructions & schedules and directs repairs of assembly equipment
  • Directs outside vendors when required for maintenance and repair
• Ensures compliance with all OSHA and other regulatory and safety standards
• Supports development of and adherence to IATF 16949 systems and procedures
• Ensures compliance with environmental procedures and reporting requirements
• Administers and tracks cost reduction efforts.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors degree in related engineering discipline
• Five years' engineering experience in an automotive environment
  • Required - working knowledge of injection mold design, maintenance and repair, scientific injection mold processing, robotic part removal end of arm tooling and programming
  • Desired - working knowledge of paint processing and robotic programming, and secondary assembly processes (including plastic welding techniques, PLC programming)
• Supervisory or managerial experience in an automotive environment
• Independent thinking with strong analytical and problem solving skills is essential
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally both verbally and in writing at all levels in the organization
• Outstanding leadership, team building, coaching and decision making abilities
• High energy level and the ability to lead and motivate others

• A minimum score of 50 on the Wonderlic Select Assessment (Traditional Score of 26 on the cognitive section).