Director - Advanced Manufacturing Operations Engineering

Major Responsibilities

• Drive an Operations Strategic Footprint Roadmap development process that aligns with business long range planning;
• Ensure each manufacturing facility has a 5-year roadmap developed that aligns with all other operational disciplines to achieve the best leverage of the asset and systems within;
• Develop and implement operating methodologies and procedures designed to maximize floor space utilization, asset uptime and utilization, eliminate waste, and operation cost reductions;
• Research and evaluate new technologies and breakthrough processes to accelerate competitive advantages while meeting business requirements;
• Lead operational strategy and execution by aligning daily activities with company goals, improving productivity, and managing operational budgets.
• Oversee Adv. Mfg. operations engineering team, including project planning, technical guidance, resource allocation, and compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Manage facilities and infrastructure, ensuring maintenance, repairs, building systems performance, and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and implement policies related to operations, engineering processes, and facility management to support growth and efficiency.
• Cook up cross-functional collaboration with HR, finance, engineering teams, and senior leadership to support organizational priorities.
• Oversee capital projects and vendor management, including budgeting, contract negotiation, and performance tracking.
• Drive sustainability and workplace optimization initiatives, including energy efficiency, space planning, and long-term facility planning.
• Monitor KPIs and operational performance, using data to evaluate productivity, engineering output, and facility efficiency.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering and facilities teams, ensuring strong leadership pipelines and high performing teams.
• Support the reduction of the operating cost of each facility consistent with company objectives;
• Lead, coordinate and/or support the introduction of new/revised processes and technology that support cost reduction initiatives.
• Project Management
• Lead high level facilities projects, providing direction, guidance, and engineering expertise to team members. Facilitate project flow involving regular contact with engineering, manufacturing and other cross functional teams;
• Drive and project manage major strategic cost, quality, and delivery initiatives with aggressive focus on breakthrough process and technology improvements to achieve substantial competitive advantage;
• Provide guidance to cross-functional teams and leadership on key strategic decisions related to continued investment in core technologies and systems that enable a competitive advantage in the marketplace;
• Select, coach and develop a team, setting objectives that align with company strategy to inspire and motivate the team.
• Manage organizational talent through performance management, succession planning and development.
• Designs and directs processes by which team and individual performance are recognized, feedback is consistently delivered and performance is systematically improved.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline
• Work Experience: 10+ years related experience in Operations Engineering and Maintenance or equivalent
• 5 years of increasing responsibility for project and / or people management involving a broad range of operational technologies and processes
• Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering
• Extensive experience in the development and implementation of facilities and infrastructure systems to support the processes for manufacturing products related to safety, manufacturing, material handling, and product functional testing.
• Experience in deployment of processes at an enterprise level – both internally and externally with supply chain partners
• Experience working in an international company and in matrix organizations; Multi-site support experience;
• Previous experience using SAP or equivalent ERP
• Experience with Facilities / Structural engineering
• Experience using and /or implementing CMMS systems
• Large scale project management experience.