Sr Manager- Operations Engineering

Graham Packaging is a people, planet and values-based company and a leader in sustainable packaging manufacturing. From the kitchen to the laundry room, Graham Packaging is part of your everyday life.

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At Graham, we are united by a clear vision. We know our part and help those around us know theirs, encouraging one another to continuously improve. We create a safe, challenging environment to innovate by supporting creative ideas and new ways of thinking. We take the initiative to cultivate our individual growth and help others do the same, while keeping ourselves and one another accountable. And we actively promote cooperation, collaboration, integrity and respect across regions and teams to foster an engaged, diverse and connected workforce.

We value our employees, and a Blue Culture allows for the most rewarding employee experience as part of the Graham family. Blue is how we feel about what we do—together—to create a better tomorrow. Working at Graham means you lead constructively with clear goals, use diverse thinking to drive excellence, accountability, innovation, as well as demonstrating collaboration, embracing learning, and taking action for continuous improvement and growth.

Overview

Working across the Beverages North American plant network, the Operations Engineering Manager will lead and direct a team of Operations Engineers to work with plant operations staff of each assigned plant to drive operations excellence and assist the plant with reaching its operational goals, strategies and metrics. Specific focus will be in the Maintenance & Reliability Execution Element of the Graham Operating System which includes proactive, preventive, and predictive maintenance as well as optimizing and replicating best practices. Active engagement, training and development of the plant Technical Teams will be critical the success.

The Operations Engineering Manager will also be responsible for leadership of Focus Plant / PIT Teams process withing the vertical. Collaboration with other verticals to share best practices and changes in process will be critical to success. Leadership and direction of the Focus / PIT Teams throughout their evolution.

Job requires a high level of discipline in the development and execution of key multi-disciplinary impactful projects to deliver the required results in the assigned plants. Use of and development of scope of work, bidding, business case, timelines and project tracking is critical to the role.

Close relationships and resource sharing with other functional teams within the vertical will also be critical for success.

This position reports to the Vice-President of Engineering for the Beverages Business Unit.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) / Technical Authority for one or more of GPC’s critical processes.
• Coach, lead and mentor a team of Specialist Engineers.
• Leads complex multi-disciplinary projects of critical importance to GPC.
• Leads significant projects to support technical innovation.
• Leads multi-discipline teams to solve highly complex technical problems through the use of critical problem solving tools such as the A3 and 8D processes.
• Acts as leader for assigned plant reviews by GPC’s leadership.
• Works with Teams to shape and develop strategic decisions.
• Works with assigned plants to develop capital spending plans to exceed the plants AOP commitments.
• Develops scope of work, bid documents, and assembles and presents business case to GPC leadership for key plant improvement initiatives.
• Uses project management tools such as FMEA, MS Excel, MS Project, and action lists to track successful project execution to project closure including clear delivery of the project commitments and lessons learned.
• Manage projects, including timelines, resources and budgets
• Develops positive working relationships to effectively coordinate work activities.
• Uses strong influencing and communication skills to understand unique site needs and to effectively partner in delivering solutions.
• Documents issues and creates action plans to solve issues in a short term and long term manner.
• Works with plant and corporate support groups to drive improvement projects.
• Works with OEM, and third party equipment vendors to develop technical solutions to persistent mechanical, quality, and process issues.
• Participates in Maintenance Standardization efforts across the business units.
• Analyzes equipment and functional location work history data in the SAPPM system to assess opportunities to increase reliability and reduce maintenance costs; Predictive Maintenance.
• Assess and execute technical solutions to improve machine efficiency and effectiveness and/or reduce downtime.
• Ensures maintenance managers are engaged in the PM/PdM process and understand the options available from the Operations Engineering.
• Creates training programs to address specific needs of individuals and groups in plants.
• Coaches and mentors plant maintenance personnel.
• Evaluates/validates the impact of corrective actions that impact availability and/or reliability and leverages solutions across plants/site if appropriate.
• Uses data effectively to track progress and sustain results.
  
  

Requirements

Qualifications

• Require demonstration of technical authority in one or more of GPC’s critical manufacturing processes
• Must be able to use analytical thinking and trouble shooting skills to solve technical problems.
• Must be able to motivate and direct individuals and or teams of hourly and salary personnel as part of the day to day job function.
• Must have a functional understanding of:
• Industrial Safety, including critical life safety programs such as Energy Control and Electrical Safety
• Technical writing, including reports, technical assessments, machine audits and engineering change bulletins
• Some exposure to / understanding of budgets, financial reporting and accounting systems
• Good understanding and use of standard software packages, including:
• MS Word, Excel, Power Point
• MS Project
• AutoCad LT
• Prior work experience with the follow equipment:
• Extrusion Blow Molding; Blow Molders (Wheel), In Mold Labeling (IML), and other automated downstream equipment.
• Injection Molding: Huskies/Uniloy, Robots, Dryers, Resin Conveying, Blending systems
• Stretch Blow Molding; Single Stage and Two Stage equipment
• Container handling: Conveyors, Palletizers, Strappers, Wrappers, Bottle unscramblers
• Utilities support systems; Compressors, Pumps, Chillers, Towers, Water Treatment
• Inspection Systems: Vision, Leak Detection
• Labeling Systems: Post Mold Labeling (PML), Heat Transfer, Silk Screen
• Must be able to travel up to 85% of the time
  
  

Qualification & Education Requirements

• B.S. In a technical or engineering field
• 10 yrs experience as a maintenance manager, process engineer, project manager, plant engineer or equivalent
  
  

The standard compensation for this role is $124,800 - $180,300. Salary offers will be determined based on final candidate qualifications, experience, skillset, and other relevant factors.

Compensation Statement

The expected salary range for the position described in this posting is made in accordance with the legal mandates of certain jurisdictions within the United States. The final agreed-upon compensation is based on individual qualifications and experience.

Benefits Statement

Benefits include medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in the company’s 401K Employee Saving Plan and may participate in its Employee Wellness Program. Employees will also receive paid time off in accordance with company policy and state law requirements.

EEO Disclaimer

Graham Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, religion, creed, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.