Manager, Engineering

About the role

The Engineering Manager at Voyant Beauty leads the plant-level engineering and maintenance organization at the Holmdel site. They oversee maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of production equipment, utilities, and facility systems, while also supporting high-volume production equipment in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily activities of the plant engineering and maintenance team
• Develop, implement, and monitor preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Lead reliability improvement efforts, including downtime analysis, repeat failure reduction, spare parts strategy, PM optimization, and maintenance work order discipline
• Support high-speed packaging and filling equipment, including liquid fillers, labelers, conveyors, wrappers/cello equipment, pumps, motors, sensors, VFDs, PLC-controlled equipment, and related line controls
• Aid in capital project execution, including scope development, vendor coordination, installation, commissioning, startup support, and handoff to operations and maintenance
• Partner with Operations, EHS, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and site leadership to improve uptime, safety, compliance, and production execution
• Manage department budget, parts, tools, outside services, contractors, and manpower to meet operational priorities
• Supervise, train, and mentor maintenance and engineering team members
• Ensure engineering and maintenance activities meet safety, environmental, regulatory, and site compliance requirements
• Support CMMS discipline, including accurate work order completion, PM compliance, backlog management, downtime follow-up, and maintenance KPI reporting

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related field
• 1-3 years of supervisory experience in maintenance, engineering, reliability, or plant technical operations
• 4-6 years of plant maintenance or engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in fragrance, beauty, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, consumer products, chemical, or other regulated manufacturing environments
• Experience with packaging, filling, automation, utilities, capital projects, and CMMS-based maintenance systems
• Experience in environments involving flammable materials, alcohol-based products, chemical handling, or PSM/process safety considerations

Skills And Abilities

• Working knowledge of maintenance and reliability practices, including preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, downtime reduction, and spare parts planning
• Hands-on troubleshooting experience with mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, utility, and automation systems
• Working knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance KPIs, including PM completion, backlog, MTTR, downtime, repeat failures, and emergency work
• Strong leadership presence on the manufacturing floor, with the ability to coach mechanics, work with operators, and support production under time-sensitive conditions
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across maintenance execution, capital projects, compliance, utilities, and production support
• Practical understanding of safety and environmental requirements in manufacturing, including LOTO, machine guarding, electrical safety, contractor safety, and regulated operations

Education Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related field (Preferred)
• Certified Maintenance Manager (CMM) or equivalent (Preferred)
• Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP) (Preferred)