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Engineering Manager

Henkel
Salt Lake, UT Full Time
POSTED ON 4/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2025
About this Position This role offers a Monday through Friday work schedule from 7AM to 4PM.

The Salt Lake City, UT Henkel manufacturing facility is looking for top talent to lead our facility to Best in Class performance levels and culture. We have a clear three-to-five-year journey laid out to build capability and deliver results using the processes of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Lean Six Sigma (LSS). If you enjoy working with others, and have a passion for improvement, come join our winning team!

The Engineering Manager will lead and manage all functions and activities of the Plant Engineering team. This position will partner with key plant and corporate stakeholders to implement and drive best practices for safety, engineering, maintenance, process engineering, reliability, environmental, and technology.

What You´ll Do

  • Development, implementation, and administration of the plant’s annual and long-term capital plans through leadership of the plant engineering team.
  • Lead and manage a team of Site Engineers and Project Managers to deliver the site’s aggressive engineering workload, including growth projects, productivity projects, and Safety and Quality projects.
  • Lead the development of a 5-year capital plan for the assigned plant overlaying the infrastructure needs of the facility with growth, innovation, and reconfiguration requirements.
  • Lead the development of the technical scope of work necessary to support business requirements, manage timelines, and budget requirements to support all projects in collaboration with the plant engineering team and all stakeholders.
  • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure the project definition addresses business needs while conforming to constraints as defined by customers, stakeholders, and sponsors.
  • Develop resource plans to ensure projects are staffed for success.
  • Engagement of external engineering services, as needed, to supplement the team, ramping up capability, where necessary.
  • Provide plant input to assist Henkel engineering in defining and refining technical specifications for equipment.
  • Support FAT, commissioning, and qualification of equipment, as needed.
  • Work with the plant and supply chain to support least cost sourcing and regional supply strategy based on fixed asset capacity and flexibility constraints.
  • Provide feedback to help determine additional fixed asset requirements to support growth and overall supply strategy.
  • Provide input to Regional Engineering for the development and maintenance of the plant capacity and capability model.
  • Overlay different manufacturing scenarios to evaluate different capital scenarios to support growth and innovation in collaboration with Regional Engineering.
  • Partner with plant leadership to develop operation readiness programs for all capital projects.
  • Ensure that the plant is ready to run the equipment at the same time engineering gets the equipment ready to run.
  • Ensure that SOPs are complete, accurate, and up to date.
  • All other duties, as assigned.

What makes you a good fit

  • Must have a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or Engineering, with at least 7-10 years of experience in roles with project management and leadership responsibilities within a manufacturing or supply chain organization, preferably within the Consumer Products industry.
  • A master’s degree in Chemistry or Engineering is preferred, with at least 7-10 years of experience in roles with project management and leadership responsibilities within a manufacturing or supply chain organization, preferably within the Consumer Products industry.
  • Must have at least 7-10 years of experience working in a manufacturing plant environment.
  • Must have experience designing equipment and processes with the end user in mind to ensure vertical start-up (VSU) and optimal performance.
  • Must have experience writing equipment specifications with performance guarantees, including factory and site acceptance testing.
  • Must have demonstrated the ability to manage multiple large and overly complex projects simultaneously.
  • Must have comprehensive working knowledge of project management, writing capital projects, and leadership of engineering disciplines and teams familiar with OSHA, NEC, NFPA, FM/Chubb requirements, and EPA regulations.
  • Must have demonstrated tenacity in driving through obstacles to achieve results and maintain project timelines.
  • Must have strong leadership skills, with a special emphasis in coaching, decision making, organization, and reliability.
  • Must have demonstrated the ability to establish and reach continuous improvement goals and initiatives.
  • Experience with implementing and starting best-in-class continuous improvement/lean manufacturing processes and systems is strongly preferred.
  • Must have the ability to handle high-pressure situations and prioritize tasks efficiently.
  • Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products to include Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • SAP experience is preferred.
  • Must be able to pivot and adapt to a rapidly changing environment in a high-speed manufacturing environment, with the ability to manage multiple priorities or multitask.
  • Must have strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving/troubleshooting, and attention to detail skills.
  • Must have strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and improve trusting relationships, all while thriving in a fast-paced, team environment.
  • Must be an effective communicator, both verbally and in writing, with the ability to adapt your communication style to different audiences, including active listening, clear presentation skills, and the capacity to provide feedback.

Some perks of joining Henkel

  • Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
  • Gender-neutral parental leave for up to 12 weeks
  • Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
  • Annual performance bonus
  • Employee recognition and referral programs
  • Career development and progression opportunities to include tuition assistance and student loan repayment
  • Comprehensive healthcare, including mental health support and 401(k) plan matched by employer
  • Family benefits including fertility support, fully paid parental leave, caregiver services
  • Generous Paid Time Off - sick time, vacation time, holiday time

There is a $1,000 SIGN-ON BONUS for this role. The yearly salary range for this role is $119,300.00 - $164,800.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and other legally protected characteristics. We welcome all applications.

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