Maintenance & Engineer Manager

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet

We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We're on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.

You could be part of our vision. Because it's our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It's every one of us working together.

We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.

Job Summary

Supervises maintenance personnel either directly or through shift supervisors to meet or exceed established objectives in the following areas: safety, quality, productivity, and waste reduction. Responsible for training and career development, discipline, and performance appraisal process. Manages area operations and budget for the Engineering and Maintenance Departments.

Essential Functions

• Champions and fully participates in all company safety programs
• Implements CI process programs and projects
• Manages relationships with quality, planning, warehouse, thermoforming, printing, engineering, and production departments to ensure timely satisfaction of customer requirements, projects (including new equipment installations or upgrades to existing equipment), and seamless transition across material/product flow processes.
• Supervises up to 2-3 shift supervisors and approximately 40 hourly employees in the Maintenance & Engineering departments.
• Change agent for technological advances; identifies opportunities for site improvements.
• Establishes staffing levels for engineering and maintenance departments.
• Ensures established Company policies and procedures are followed relative to safety, quality, employee relations practices, etc.
• Responsible for the training and development of department personnel.
• Other responsibilities and tasks as appropriate to achieve Company initiatives.
• Participate in SQF Housekeeping and Food Safety Programs. Provide plant housekeeping support.

Job Qualifications

Required

• 4-year degree, preferably in Operations Management, Business Management or Engineering
• Discrete manufacturing experience in paper or paperboard food packaging along with flexo roll fed / litho sheet fed printing, and thermoforming preferred
• Understanding of SPC and lean manufacturing principles.

Preferred

• Team problem solving; facilitation.
• Computer literate: MS Office, MS Project or other project management software a plus.
• BPCS manufacturing software system knowledge desirable.
• Strong interpersonal skills: ability to communicate orally and in writing; ability to present information one on one and in group settings, at all levels of the organization, under all circumstances; diplomatic.
• Detail oriented; organized; self-starter; flexible; change agent.
• Must be able to work concurrently on multiple priorities and projects.

Environment

• Spends approximately 50% of time walking and touring manufacturing areas.
• Some automobile or air travel is required.

Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.