Corporate Equipment Engineering Manager

Position Summary:

The Corporate Equipment Engineering Manager will assist the company’s manufacturing plants with chronic downtime issues and drive improvement in equipment performance including liquid packaging lines, both hot fill and cold fill. This position will provide plant support by assisting in preventive maintenance (PM) development, evaluation, coordination of overhauls and rebuilds, service, installation, commissioning, training, and consultation on high-speed packaging equipment. The Corporate Equipment Engineering Manager will provide on-site and as well as remote technical support and troubleshooting of manufacturing plant equipment.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Evaluate effectiveness of PMs and PM program.
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) for new equipment to ensure that equipment meets company requirements and standards.
• Participate in and lead structured problem-solving exercises such as Breakdown Analysis (BDA) and other root cause analysis i.e., 5 Why, Fishbone, etc.
• Other projects or duties as assigned.
• Serve as a resource both on-site and remotely for plants experiencing catastrophic downtime events, chronic nuisance issues and/or a lack of onsite technical resources.
• Communicate issues/findings from downtime events with plant leadership and assist in developing long term strategy for correcting issues.
• Support manufacturing plant operations network, including helping plants troubleshoot local issues, collaborating with vendors to support installs/updates and interfacing with corporate IT.
• Develop long term Asset Care plans and strategies.
• Participate in system installation and retrofit activity on liquid packaging lines, both hot fill and cold fill.
• Manage capital projects and new equipment installations, including scoping projects, submitting requests for appropriations, Request for Approval (RFA), coordinating and supervising vendors and interfacing with plant leadership.
• Build plant relationships in a professional manner through solution-oriented communication
• Maintain and update plant Line Information System (LIS) to ensure it is accurately reporting OE data.
• Work as part of a multi-discipline team to observe machine/line performance and identify issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Assist with vendor coordination support for plants during critical downtime events.
• Troubleshoot bottling and support equipment including fillers, cappers, depals, labelers, case and shrink packers, palletizers, wrappers, blenders, pasteurizers, sterilizers, boilers, ammonia compressors and air compressors.
• Work with Operations Excellence (OE) group and plant leadership to ensure line controls are properly balanced for optimal performance.
• Work with manufacturing plant electricians and mechanics to assist with day-to-day equipment troubleshooting including electrical, mechanical and process related issues.
• Plan and coordinate equipment overhauls and rebuilds.
• Identify when vendor support is needed because of troubleshooting outcomes
• Assist with developing long term capital improvement plans for plants.
• Support automation hardware and software within the plants (Allen-Bradley/Rockwell and Siemens) including Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Human Machine Interface (HMIs), Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), industrial networks and other various electrical systems.
• Assist manufacturing plant maintenance team with various tasks including:

Required Skills and Experience:

• Available nights and weekends to provide technical support to the company as needed on an emergency basis
• Maintain valid passport for international travel to OEM sites for training and FATs.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical and process problems on electro-mechanical systems
• Travel up to 80% to company’s manufacturing plants based on area of responsibility
• Experience interpreting documents such as technical publications, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)procedures, safety guidelines, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite inclusive of report creation and data entry
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• This position must pass a post-offer background and drug test.
• Ability to interpret mechanical and electrical diagrams.
• Bachelor’s degree, 6 plus years of experience in troubleshooting/investigating mechanical, electrical and process related issues and hands-on technical experience on electro-mechanical systems as applied to state-of-the-art packaging machinery and 3 years of people management experience or High School Diploma/GED, 9 plus years of related experience and 4 years of people management experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity with PLC’s, online access and troubleshooting to the device level
• Beverage packaging industry experience
• Master’s Degree
• Food industry experience
• Extensive years of experience performing field service
• Extensive years of experience working as applications engineer

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Due to the nature of our business in regard to such things as delivery schedules, order inputs, selection, and Department of Transportation Hours of Service, overtime, attendance and punctuality are essential job functions. Should an individual in this classification not be able to adhere to this requirement due to a disability, they should contact their Human Resources department to see what, if any, reasonable accommodation may be made.