Engineering and Maintenance Manager

DSJ Global is currently partnered with an industry leading chemical manufacturer who is looking to add an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to their team in Waynesville. The Engineering & Maintenance Manager will provide strategic leadership and direction for all engineering and maintenance activities for multi-site, multi-state operations. They will be responsible for developing the strategic direction and execution of all corporate capital plans regarding new and existing facilities, new and existing equipment and productivity efficiencies and improvement.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deploying resources to actively lead, manage, track, and report on numerous strategic projects to offer transparency on status and progress to ownership and management.
• Lead the work of the Maintenance and Engineering team to ensure a progressive culture of empowerment, responsibility, and accountability.
• Leading a nationally distributed Field Services team at a senior level.
• Accountability for managing high volume workloads, meeting assigned deadlines, achieving targets, and delivering on commitments.
• Expert knowledge of engineering processes, concepts, applications, and techniques.
• Strong financial acumen to develop, conduct analysis, and make strategic capital investment decisions.
• Coach managers to create and maintain a work environment with high morale and productivity.
• Compliance & permitting oversight.
• Support and optimize the use of Maintenance systems
• Manage and motivate diverse workforce to meet production requirements, quality, and cost.
• Drive involvement in Operational Excellence: Continuous Improvement vehicle
• Maintain sufficient supply of raw materials, spare parts, and other essential items
• Maintain inventory, manpower and productivity records using excel spreadsheets, as well as other reporting as necessary
• Oversee and assist with preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and change-over's
• Maintain good rapport with all support staff and other department managers and promote a team environment
• Create and present informative area reports outlining effectiveness, productivity, and challenges.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering with Manufacturing experience required.
• Must possess a strong chemical aptitude with at least 8+ years of technical experience.
• Familiarity with 5-S and lean manufacturing processes preferred.
• Strong problem solving/analytical skills to investigate and formulate recommendations and action plans.
• Demonstrated process improvement experience.
• Proficient computer skills (ie. MS Office, ERP/MRO systems).Bottom of Form