What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Engineer position at Switch4 LLC?
Title: Plant Engineer
Location: Willows, CA
Job Type: FTE/Permanent
Summary
The Plant Engineer's role is to oversee, manage, and maintain the maintenance and engineering functions for a manufacturing facility. The Plant Engineer is responsible for all aspects of capital and maintenance budgets for the facility, including, but not limited to: Capex budgeting and management, long-term Capex budgeting development, monthly reporting for Capex spends, monthly review of maintenance and facility spend, equipment improvements, equipment reliability, supporting and driving productivity improvements, managing and staffing the Maintenance department, and energy management.
Your Day To Day
Location: Willows, CA
Job Type: FTE/Permanent
Summary
The Plant Engineer's role is to oversee, manage, and maintain the maintenance and engineering functions for a manufacturing facility. The Plant Engineer is responsible for all aspects of capital and maintenance budgets for the facility, including, but not limited to: Capex budgeting and management, long-term Capex budgeting development, monthly reporting for Capex spends, monthly review of maintenance and facility spend, equipment improvements, equipment reliability, supporting and driving productivity improvements, managing and staffing the Maintenance department, and energy management.
Your Day To Day
- Manage, staff, and coordinate the Maintenance department
- Schedule maintenance activities on a daily/weekly/monthly basis
- Develop and manage Capex Programs and report monthly on Capex spend
- Manage and control the Plant maintenance budget and report monthly on spend
- Maintain Capital Assets, Track plant equipment reliability programs
- Support, develop, and drive productivity improvements
- Implement and drive maintenance skills programs
- Manage and control plant energy programs
- Ensure environmental and safety compliance for the facility
- Diagnose and solve complex problems
- Troubleshoot/diagnose and maintain equipment
- Work and partner with Leadership teams to achieve business goals
- May be required to perform other related duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering with a minimum of 6 years manufacturing/project engineering experience and 2 years of experience in a leadership role
- Manages a staff, sets direction, and deploys resources. Responsible for performance evaluations, pay reviews, hiring, and terminating
- Thorough knowledge/understanding of Mechanical Systems
- Knowledge of Environmental and Safety regulations
- Working knowledge/understanding of SAP
- Strong leadership skills
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Proven problem-solving abilities
- Proven analytical and quality improvement ability
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Ability to interface with all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
- Ability to understand business principles
- Lean and Six Sigma experience strongly preferred
- May be required to lift, carry, push, or pull up to and including 25 pounds
- Minimal travel required
- Work environment is typical of a manufacturing facility; may be exposed to environmental conditions such as high noise levels, moving mechanical parts, heights, dust/mist/gas/fumes, extensive walking or climbing, etc.
