Process Department Manager

This is a leadership role at the plant site, so you are reporting directly to the General Manager. Day to day, this means of course you'll be wearing many different hats, but you'll essentially be running the majority of the plant and driving overall process improvement -- so that means overseeing everything from our chemical process to managing people to creating efficiencies from energy standpoint, water usage, etc. The main areas that will need attention will be a combination of leadership and mentorship, plus someone who can strategically assess current operations and where/how we can find efficiencies or cost saving.

• Review daily processing operation with the processing team managers and supervisors with respect to overall efficiency, product requirement, and production schedule and develop plans to obtain desired results. Review current inventory levels and anticipated customer demand with Logistics to assure adequate order fulfillment.
• Partner with the Maintenance team to ensure scheduled maintenance is planned and completed timely.
• Develop and implement plans to improve performance, drive continuous improvement, and build technical depth and leadership capability. Determine the future state of the department and develop and implement plans that drive towards the future state.
• Develop and maintain a good working climate by developing a team. Conduct performance evaluations on a timely basis and establish performance goals. Ensure that supervisors and team managers are building teams, setting expectations and holding employees accountable.
• Manage union relationship and grievances with Human Resources.

Requirements:

• BS/BA in chemical engineering or similar (Mechanical Engineering helpful)
• AT LEAST 5+ years of experience leading operations required
• Must have overseen at least 200 employees and MUST have union experience
• Management experience in a unionized manufacturing environment
• Consumer products (especially sugar) manufacturing preferred.
• Mechanical understanding – basic knowledge, basic troubleshooting
• Chemical processes understanding - knowing how and where to create efficiencies (like energy usage, water usage)
• Leadership abilities, willingness to mentor junior engineers, exposure to union environment
• Industries: Open to food, pharmaceutical, petrochemicals, paper and other manufacturing industries – again, chemical process and mechanical knowledge is important