The Plant Engineering Manager will serve as a Front Line Leader (FLL) and needs to provide guidance to the plant within all safety regulations and quality standards; provide support for all integration equipment and services; to exhibit the highest standard of professionalism and a positive attitude while handling multiple tasks and priorities.

• Reports directly to the Plant Manager
• Provide support for all integration equipment and services, as well as assisting with development of new technology, or breakthroughs, on existing equipment
• Maintains Project files on the specific drives, as required
• Participates in developing and conducting Technical Training documentation, as well as approving competency for employees, specifically, Production & Maintenance personnel
• Assist E H & S Manager with Risk Assessments and/or verification of appropriate Safety procedures for activities in the plant
• Assists with the Management of Change (MOC), as needed, for projects
• Maintains major equipment Master Data Sheets
• Participates in new equipment design reviews, installations, qualifications, & start-ups, as required.
• Using engineering principles, serves as a mentor & primary support for specific employees, with varying levels of knowledge, for the following type items:
• Leads Root Cause / Corrective Action for major failures in plant support systems
• Responsible for Facility Maintenance / Infrastructure / Technology upgrades
• Acts as Plant Green Belt / CI Leader
• Forms Teams / Charters for Continuous improvements
• Completes Lean Savings Projects by using appropriate Lean Tools to identify Continuous Improvement opportunities in the areas of:
• Safety
• Quality
• Productivity & Efficiency Improvements (EEF & MEEF)
• Scrap reduction
• Technology advancements in the Automation & Process Control areas
• Spare parts inventory availability / replacement
• Continue to advance personal technical knowledge through training & visiting other Berry & Customer plants
• Complete special projects as required.
• Perform all other duties as required.

FRONTLINE LEADER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provides clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.
• Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived, imminent safety risk.
• Completes responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures, and applicable laws
• Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritized corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks.
• Lead all required meetings with safety (i.e. Pre-shift, Department, Change Management, General communication, Town Hall, etc.)
• Completes incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.
• Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.
• Sets goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.
• Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback. Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.

CONTRIBUTION TO SAFETY, QUALITY AND GMP

• Maintain a clean, healthy and safe workplace by ensuring adherence to safety standards.
• Conduct required safety reviews of equipment and processes prior to project start-up.
• Support the accomplishment of your work groups through the quality, timeliness and professionalism of your attitude.
• Supply accurate and timely data as required by performance tracking and reporting.
• Apply resources in a manner that maximizes their effectiveness while assuring quality.
• Maintain a work environment that will contribute to the assurance of safety and GMP compliance.
• Adhere to established procedures, perform self-checking and pay attention to detail in the performance of you and your team’s work.
• Notify management in a timely manner of any problems with procedural compliance.
• Report observed quality problems and deficiencies in a timely manner.
• Make recommendations to management for improving the quality and efficiency of your work.
• Oversee work to ensure projects are completed.

COMPETENCY AND EXPECTATIONS

• Safety Leadership – Embodies commitment for a safe workplace; acts as a role model.
• Accountability – holds self-accountable evidenced by say/do ratio, initiative and ownership actions such as ensuring safety is more important than productivity).
• Communication – ability to communicate safety, goals and company expectations with appropriate levels of the organization; create clear, timely audience appropriate messages (both written and verbal)
• Engagement – communicate and support the vision of plant leadership; celebrate the wins and ensure employees actively participate in safety-related activities.
• Team Development – understand the development needs of employees in your organization; drive the culture of employees as safety leaders; champion talent development from pre-hire to continuous learning.
• People Agility – understand personal strengths and weaknesses; leads by example; promotes change through listening skills and seeking frequent input from employees; is genuine and approachable; firm but fair – consistent.
• Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution – identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; mitigates relationship conflicts and encourages constructive (problem-solving) conflict.

• 4 Year Engineering Degree in an Engineering field year degree preferred
• Minimum 3 years’ manufacturing experience. Plastics industry a plus.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal, communication, written and leadership skills
• Be computer literate
• Present a positive and professional attitude at all times
• Able to adapt to changes in the work environment.
• Able to define problems and seek out appropriate help for resolution.
• Able to coordinate multiple tasks.

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