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Premier Magnesia, LLC

Engineering and Maintenance Manager - Waynesville, NC

Premier Magnesia, LLC, Waynesville, North Carolina, United States, 28786

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Job Details Job Location : Waynesville, NC 28786

Job Shift : Day

The Engineering & Maintenance Manager will provide strategic leadership and direction for all engineering and maintenance activities for multi-site, multi-state operations. With the guidance of the VP of Manufacturing, the Engineering & Maintenance Manager is 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. The scope of the position will include oversight for the Waynesville Bulk Plant, Hazelwood Bulk Plant, Repackaging Plant and Field Service organizations.

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

Provide leadership and major strategic project execution for all Premier Magnesia, LLC locations

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

Support the Hydroxide Process for breadth of involvement (Aspers, PA)

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

Management of major construction contracts

Proactively lead “Our House” initiatives to engrain the concept conceptually and tactically into our everyday culture

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 & Maintenance experience required

Thrive in an environment driven by constant change and effectively manage competing priorities

Must possess a strong mechanical/chemical aptitude with at least 8+ years of technical experience

Familiarity with 5-S and lean manufacturing processes preferred

Demonstrated excellent employee relations skills

Strong problem solving/analytical skills to investigate and formulate recommendations and action plans

Demonstrated process improvement experience

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