Associate Director - Engineering (Facilities)

About the role

The Associate Director – Engineering (Facilities) is responsible for leading the strategic planning, development, and execution of all aspects related to facilities management of the Houston API Manufacturing. The role provides leadership and direction to the overall site facilities in coordination with the engineering and maintenance groups within the site engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supervising and coaching site facilities engineers and other staff, including completing performance reviews and development planning.
• Delivering site facility services and their supporting systems and operations.
• Managing external contracts, resources as well as internal technical and project management resources, as required.
• Providing site facilities maintenance work coordination in support of all manufacturing areas and site objectives and providing maintenance input to key functional groups and partners.
• Ensuring site facilities maintenance planning, scheduling, and work completion meet the site business needs.
• In coordination with engineering and maintenance function, setting and reinforcing standards for building maintenance and reliability into the overall site facilities.
• Ensuring compliance with corporate maintenance and reliability performance expectations (PM execution performance, reliability roadmap, etc.). Actively working within the global engineering/Engineering Tech Center network to ensure alignment with corporate initiatives and utilization of best practices.
• Supporting site governance through participation, influence, and leadership in cross-functional meetings and initiatives.
• Developing and maintaining metrics to measure performance against business objectives and making necessary changes to improve performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering preferred)
• 3+ years’ experience in leadership role supporting manufacturing, preferably in an API or chemical manufacturing facility.