🚀 Director of Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering

Overview

Director of Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering role overseeing production processes and facility operations to ensure efficiency, compliance, and alignment with business goals. Responsible for maintenance/engineering staff, improvement initiatives, and maintaining a safe, productive facility.

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

Responsibilities

• Manufacturing Operations: Ensure all production equipment is properly maintained by executing a TPM strategy that maximizes equipment uptime, reduces downtime, and minimizes defects to meet quality standards and productivity goals.
• Overseeing building maintenance, utilities, and safety protocols, including HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems.
• Project Management: Lead engineering projects, including renovations, expansions, and new facility development.
• Staff Management: Supervising and developing engineering and maintenance staff, including hiring, training, and performance management.
• Strategic Planning: Work with Executive Operations Management to develop long-term plans for facility and equipment upgrades, manufacturing capacity and processes; implement Lean principles and optimize workflows.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to industry regulations and standards for manufacturing and facilities operations.
• Budget Management: Manage budgets for facilities maintenance, capital projects, and manufacturing operations. Collaborate with other departments to achieve organizational goals.

Required Skills and Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering, facilities engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Extensive experience in manufacturing, facilities engineering, or a related field, with a strong track record of leadership and management.
• Technical Skills: Knowledge of engineering principles, automation, and manufacturing processes.
• Leadership Skills: Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to identify and solve complex problems, both technical and operational.
• Business Acumen: Understanding of business processes, financial management, and strategic planning.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, speak, hear, and comprehend. The employee must be able to lift up to 50 pounds regularly. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. The employee is primarily in an indoor setting, but may be exposed to variable temperature conditions indoors and outside (occasionally extreme heat or extreme cold). The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, and dust and/or mite hazards. The employee must be prepared to respond to emergencies. The noise level is usually moderate.