Plant Engineering Manager

The Plant Engineering Manager is accountable for the management, planning, training and coordination of the Maintenance Department. This role supports plant safety, environmental, quality, production and cost goals/metrics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Confer with management for guidance in resolving employee complaints and or grievances.
• Ensure all associates adhere to maintenance, production, and processing standards.
• Plan, coordinate and manage the activities of hourly associates engaged in the maintenance, production, and project work in can/end production.
• Develop maintenance plans and activities.
• Direct, review, and approve design, and changes to the equipment or the facility.
• Analyze charts, work orders, historical data, maintenance and production schedules in order to meet customer requirements and set daily/monthly preventative maintenance activities.
• Ensure safe operation of all equipment, trains associates as necessary, and promptly investigates and reports all safety concerns.
• Managing the repair materials budget and spending
• Complete budgets and requests for funding in support of plant needs.
• Plan and establish maintenance schedules, assignments, to meet production sequences to meet daily goals. Create and follow up on the maintenance day schedule.
• Order and inspect materials, parts, and equipment to detect defects or malfunctions. Determine best problem-solving solution.
• Ensure all Company procedures and policies are enforced.
• Monitor work order system, parts inventory, using SAP, and other systems.
• Provide performance reviews as necessary.
• Establish a working environment which promotes the importance of employees acting with integrity and in an ethical manner.
• Ensure the execution of key internal controls within the area of responsibility.
• Demonstrate commitment to the Ardagh core values and policies and procedures.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree; preferably in Engineering.
• At least 5 years working in a high speed manufacturing environment as a manufacturing / maintenance manager or supervisor.
• Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production equipment and processes, quality control, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Administrative and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in planning, resource allocation, employee relations, leadership techniques, in the coordination of people and resources.
• Mechanical: Knowledge of machines, tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Electrical knowledge of PLC, Logic and Programming and IT systems.
• Understanding of analytical tools in making data based decisions.
• Understanding of reliability tools for asset utilization.
• SAP preferred.
• Experience in a union environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Six Sigma, Lean or other improvement philosophies.