Manager, Plant Engineering

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We are a collection of engineers, renewable advocates, curious minds, and collaborators. Our manufacturing facilities in Tennessee and Alabama, along with sales teams across Spain and Australia, enable us to power clean energy solutions across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. We push boundaries and challenge each other to design, develop, and deliver solutions with the potential to change the world. We are the rebellious hero.

Position Summary:

The Manager, Plant Engineering is responsible for all aspects of engineering and technical services for the multiple plant locations in the Portland, TN area.  Oversight will include controls and systems integration, infrastructure, project management.  The incumbent leads and manages long-term technical capability in new and existing technology and technical systems as well as managing organizational capability to sustain technical competence. The incumbent provides leadership and technical expertise across the capital project process for operational activities through selection, purchase and installation of new equipment. The Plant Engineering Manager also supports and promotes safety, quality, regulatory compliance and effective team development through performance management processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the design, development, and the implementation of capital projects and technical systems improvements that support manufacturing reliability, process capability and cost objectives.
• Direct engineering/technical services, process control, capital planning, and support systems assuring that the necessary resources are committed to meet the business needs.
• Responsible for continuous improvement initiatives related to engineering to generate improvement plans that feature both short and long-term improvements, with and without capital investment.
• Support sustainability through optimized energy management and packaging reduction initiatives.
• Responsible for financial management of projects.
• Develop and sustain capability to rapidly ramp-up new products, packages, and processes to insure competitiveness in the marketplace.
• Drive key initiatives throughout the facility in the areas of fixed asset management, plant layout & flow manufacturing, line constraint optimization, FDA/GMP/ SQF compliance, safety, and automation.
• Engage in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring budgeting, planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating, and delegating for both Controls & Automation and Maintenance.
• Prevents departmental silos from delaying projects or causing subpar implementation.
• Provides management of employees, directly and indirectly to ensure effective selection, retention, development, disciplinary action, and performance management.
• Ensure collaboration and an effective working relationship between Engineering and Maintenance operating with a sense of urgency to maximize throughput and control costs.
• Effectively manages engineering staff to complete projects and necessary activities.
• Works with upper management to ensure appropriate engineering staffing levels to support business objectives.
• Keeps engineering team motivated through coaching, mentoring, training, performance feedback, and career development.

• Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Operations, Business. Master's degree is a plus
• Minimum 3 years of experience leading engineers in a plant environment with demonstrated success in coaching, mentoring, performance management, and ensuring successful project implementation.
• Minimum of 10 years of overall technical work experience
• Extensive knowledge of operations from a technical perspective
• High level management and business skills, extensive financial knowledge base as well as understanding of employment policies/procedures
• Organizational, interpersonal, communication and conflict resolution skills
• Able to influence and impact all levels in the Cooperative organization
• Willing to work on site.

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