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Director, Engineering

Novolex · Cedar Rapids, IA · 3 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate like EEO etc. Must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. The posting includes a "Company Benefits" section with description of benefits. So Benefits section should be included. Pay and Schedule not mentioned, so omit. Also we need sections: About the role (maybe from "Why Choose Us?" and purpose?). Responsibilities (Key Accountabilities). Requirements (Knowledge And Experience). Qualifications maybe overlapping with Requirements? Might need separate but we can combine? The instruction: use headings for those categories if content exists. We have "Purpose Job Description" which includes why position exists, key customers, key actions. That could be About the role. Then "Key Accountabilities" is responsibilities. Then "Key Challenges" maybe also responsibilities? Could be part of responsibilities. Then "Knowledge And Experience" is requirements/qualifications. Then "Company Benefits" is benefits. Also there is "What You'll Get From Us Benefits" etc. So we will output sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. Possibly also Skills? The knowledge and experience includes skills like organizational, verbal, written, interpersonal, project management, etc. Could be Skills section. But we can include skills under Requirements or separate. The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine knowledge and experience into Requirements, and maybe Skills not separate. But we have explicit "Skills" heading allowed. If we have skill details, we could make a Skills section. However we need to avoid thin sections. The knowledge and experience includes many bullet-like items: Four-year engineering degree required; advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred. Related manufacturing and supply chain experience required. Proven manufacturing leadership focused on total customer satisfaction preferred. Project management training, such as PMI Basic Skills, required. 10-15 years of successful experience managing and leading multiple project teams of technical professionals. 5-10 years of capital machinery design and development experience, including working knowledge of the PMO, 3A standards, and current safety and electrical standards. Five years of high-speed processing or packaging machinery development is preferred. Experience initiating, negotiating, and managing joint product-development ventures and partnerships with external engineering design firms and equipment developers. Demonstrated knowledge of current technologies and methods for creating and delivering technical information, including using AI to improve equipment and the customer experience. Excellent organizational, verbal, written, and interpersonal skills. Proven ability to achieve results and lead and motivate teams. Excellent project management ability. Strong knowledge of design, build, and configuration management in the capital equipment build business. Experience in working with customers both externally and across departments. Good working knowledge of financial models. Cost accounting and financial justification, both internal and external, are a must to maximize return for the value we offer. Experience in a custom, capital goods manufacturing environment. Demonstrate competence to work with minimal supervision and at all levels in the company. Consistent track record for achieving results. Strong information management (IT) skills. The position requires the ability to deal with ambiguity, a willingness to travel, and a dedication to putting in the extra effort needed to meet schedule commitments. Ability to rapidly change direction, thought process, and focus is a must. That's a lot; could be split into Requirements (education, experience) and Skills (soft skills, technical skills). But we can keep as Requirements and maybe Skills separate if we want. However instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Having both Requirements and Skills may be okay if each substantive. Let's decide: We'll have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. We'll embed skills within Requirements or maybe a separate Skills section if we think it's substantive. But we already have many skill items; could be separate Skills section. However we might end up with many sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits. That's 5 sections, still okay. But we need to ensure each has real content. Let's extract content for each. About the role: from "Purpose Job Description" includes why position exists, key customers, key actions, outputs, deliverables. We'll paraphrase but must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. We need to keep details, not just summarize. However we can keep the sentences as is, maybe break into

paragraphs. Must not invent. So we can copy the relevant text. Responsibilities: from "Key Accountabilities" and also "Key Challenges" maybe. We'll include both as responsibilities. Requirements: from "Knowledge And Experience" (education, experience, etc). Could also include "Project management training, such as PMI Basic Skills, is required." etc. Skills: maybe extract the skill items like organizational, verbal, written, interpersonal, project management ability, strong knowledge of design, build, configuration management, etc. But many of those are already in knowledge and experience. To avoid duplication, better to keep them under Requirements. So we may not need separate Skills. Benefits: from "Company Benefits What You'll Get From Us Benefits..." includes medical, dental, vision insurance, well-being resources, etc. Also Community Engagement, Training and Development. We'll include those under Benefits. We must not include boilerplate like EEO statement, etc. Also must not include "Formerly Pactiv Evergreen" maybe considered metadata; could be dropped or put in short p. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it. "Formerly Pactiv Evergreen" is minor metadata; we can include as a short p at end maybe. But better to drop? It's not required to preserve; but we should preserve ALL substantive information; is that substantive? It's just a note about former name. Might be considered minor metadata; we could fold into a short p. We'll include a

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen.

after sections. Now construct HTML. We'll use

for each section heading. Inside each section, we will use

for prose and

  • for lists. We need to decide where to use lists. For responsibilities we have many bullet-like items (Key Accountabilities each starts with a bold heading). We could turn each into
  • . Similarly for knowledge and experience items. Let's extract responsibilities list: Key Accountabilities: - Provide a Strategy - Develop and communicate short- and long-term strategies that help Engineering meet or exceed key performance measures and deliver correctly engineered, reliable equipment on time. Align the strategy with customer, market, and competitive needs. Accelerate product development and commercialization while reducing cost and resource requirements through strong leadership, practical judgment, PMI methodology, and innovative thinking. - Customer Satisfaction - Use engineering resources to reduce product nonconformances and improve product reliability and quality, supporting customer satisfaction and lower warranty expense. - Manage the Product Line - Support all Evergreen commercial products by managing sold-order and internal processes, providing technical support to internal and external customers, leading product improvement projects, and supporting manufacturing. Analyze machine and option cost structures to improve margins. Track schedules using Microsoft Project, PMI tools, and daily team discussions. Monitor project budgets using finance data, Excel, and PMI tools. - People Development - Maintain a strong leadership pipeline through high standards for selection and evaluation and effective processes for developing and motivating talent. Continually improve these processes. Build the technical and project management skills of direct reports through field training, one-on-one mentoring, and PMI courses. - Resource Loading Management - Implement and maintain systems that use Engineering’s technical resources effectively and efficiently. Streamline systems and processes to optimize the engineering support required for the product line. - Product Cost Reduction - Drive continuous product cost reduction. - Work Process Redesign - Ensure engineering and documentation teams fully use information management systems that connect functional areas and software platforms, increasing standardization and automation across the design, build, sold-order, and problem-solving cycle for all EPE equipment. - Standards - Work with engineers to establish drafting, design, and part-description standards for all internal and external resources, ensuring product consistency. - Product Data Management - Administer the Engineering Change Order (ECO) workflow, Publications Change Order (PCO) workflow, and related product data management processes. - Technical Manuals - Lead the creation of accurate, user-friendly manuals for packaging equipment. Manage translation projects, provide manuals electronically to Field Service, and use advancing technologies to improve publication usability, accuracy, cost, and delivery. Key Challenges also could be responsibilities but we can keep as part of responsibilities maybe separate? But we can incorporate as responsibilities as well. However to avoid too many sections, we can include them under Responsibilities as well. But we need to preserve all substantive info; we can include Key Challenges as a

    paragraph after the list. Now Requirements list: Knowledge And Experience: - Four-year engineering degree required; advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred. - Related manufacturing and supply chain experience is required. - Proven manufacturing leadership focused on total customer satisfaction is preferred. - Project management training, such as PMI Basic Skills, is required. - 10-15 years of successful experience managing and leading multiple project teams of technical professionals. - 5-10 years of capital machinery design and development experience, including working knowledge of the PMO, 3A standards, and current safety and electrical standards. - Five years of high-speed processing or packaging machinery development is preferred. - Experience initiating, negotiating, and managing joint product-development ventures and partnerships with external engineering design firms and equipment developers. - Demonstrated knowledge of current technologies and methods for creating and delivering technical information, including using AI to improve equipment and the customer experience. - Excellent organizational, verbal, written, and interpersonal skills. - Proven ability to achieve results and lead and motivate teams. - Excellent project management ability. - Strong knowledge of design, build, and configuration management in the capital equipment build business. - Experience in working with customers both externally and across departments. - Good working knowledge of financial models. - Cost accounting and financial justification, both internal and external, are a must to maximize return for the value we offer. - Experience in a custom, capital goods manufacturing environment. - Demonstrate competence to work with minimal supervision and at all levels in the company. - Consistent track record for achieving results. - Strong information management (IT) skills. - The position requires the ability to deal with ambiguity, a willingness to travel, and a dedication to putting in the extra effort needed to meet schedule commitments. - Ability to rapidly change direction, thought process, and focus is a must. We could split into Requirements (education, experience) and Skills (soft skills). But we can keep as Requirements. Now Benefits: Company Benefits What You'll Get From Us Benefits With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work. Community Engagement At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work. Training and Development We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization. We'll put these as

    paragraphs, maybe separate sections for each? But we can combine under Benefits heading with multiple

    . Now About the role: we need to extract from "Purpose Job Description" section: Purpose Job Description Ÿ Why does the position/role exist? – The Director of Engineering provides leadership and direction for Evergreen’s Engineering functions. This role ensures engineering teams fully use information management systems that connect functional

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