Plant Engineering Manager

About the role

At Niagara, we're seeking a Plant Engineering Manager to join our dynamic and entrepreneurial team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the design, construction, maintenance, and repair of plant equipment and machinery. They will also establish standards and policies for operating procedures and inspection of maintenance equipment.

Responsibilities

• Routine facility maintenance duties including plant electrical infrastructure, chilled water systems, HVAC and air exchange systems, facility structural maintenance compressed air systems and water farm systems.
• Develop monitoring systems which will evaluate the health of facility maintenance.
• Coordinate all preventative maintenance systems through in plant labor and outside services.
• Manage technicians as assigned to accomplish engineering department tasks.
• Perform technician tasks as needed to ensure ongoing positive operation of the facility, including: maintain product water and mineral injection systems, filtration, CIP tasks, ozone, filler sanitation, batching support and the like.
• Drive cost-savings projects and other projects as assigned to accomplish company strategies.
• Drive to continuously improve safety behaviors, environment and culture. Be a vocal safety advocate in all plant management meetings and initiatives.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of experience in field or similar manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in the position.
• Minimum 6 years of experience managing people/projects experience may include a combination of work experience and education.

Qualifications

• Preferred 10+ years of experience in field or similar manufacturing environment.
• Preferred 10+ years of experience working in the position.
• Preferred 10+ years of experience managing people/project experience may include a combination of work experience and education.

Competencies

• Lead Like an Owner: Makes safety the number one priority, keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately, effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals, shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly, responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers, responds to customer issues effectively.
• InnovACT: Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products, demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances, increases performance through greater efficiency.
• Find a Way: Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts, understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions, seeks solutions rather than placing blame.
• Empowered to be Great: Consistently looks for ways to improve one’s self through growth and development opportunities, communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across, communicates effectively to manage expectations.

Education

• Minimum Required: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or other related field.
• Preferred: Master's Degree in Engineering or other related field.

Certification/License

• N/A
• Preferred: N/A

Typical Compensation Range

Pay Rate Type: Salary
$118,265.81 - $168,528.81 / Yearly
Bonus Target: 15% Annual

Benefits

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
• Medical, including virtual care options.
• Dental.
• Vision.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Health Savings Account with company match.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members.
• Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements.
• Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan.
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities.
• And more!