Factory Engineering Manager

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POSITION SUMMARY Provide professional engineering and strategic technical leadership in the Factory, ensuring people health and safety, product safety and environment are never compromised. Strategic leader for engineering function, leveraging Nestle's leadership principles in the following areas: capital execution, asset maintenance and utilities excellence, engineering compliance, and sustainability.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

People

• Live Nestle leadership principles in all aspects of the role.
• Set the technical strategic vision for the factory, leveraging other functional leaders and cascade objectives to all leaders in engineering department, within factory cost targets.
• Develop and maintain technical competencies at the factory, including detailed action plans, accountability to progress, talent review, career and succession planning.

Maintenance and Improvement

• Drive equipment reliability through implementing maintenance foundations in TPM.
• Build cooperation and collaboration with the production and other cross functional teams to build world class operation.
• Improve maintenance cost structure by improving technical skill sets and optimizing 3rd party spend.

Project Management

• Implement Nestle capital process to drive excellence in capital execution.
• Proactively develop, maintain and execute the capital market business strategy (MBS) to align with the business needs.
• Drive factory master planning to facilitate long term strategies across the factory for example in Safety, Quality and Warehouse.

Industrial Services/Sustainability

• Ensure full compliance with all governing bodies for utilities system relevant to the Modesto site. This is paramount and non-negotiable to have strong understanding in these utilities system.
• Maintain reliability through implementing maintenance foundations and TPM methodology.
• Develop and maintain all skillset necessary for internal management of utilities systems.
• Drive and execute plant sustainability objectives in line with market targets.
• Drive world class water management in the factory

Electrical & Automation

• Drive reliability in all electrical components in the factory
• Develop and drive automation plan for the factory
• Ensure full compliance with Nestle standards including calibration.
• Develop technical skills in maintenance to ensure electrical reliability.

Process & Packaging Optimization

• Drive Innovation/Renovation, initiating/coordinating implementation of new processes/technology with relevant Market, Product Technology Center, Corporate and Strategic Business Unit.

Expected Tools to leverage:

* Cascaded objectives to all leaders that are in-line with factory objectives

* Implement strategic technical OMP and factory master plan

* Detailed cost management plan for all aspects of engineering including YoY improvements

* Detailed action plan for all aspects of technical execution

* Maintenance Foundations/TPM

* Corporate resources and Nestle Market standards

REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:

• B.S. degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Chemical, Process required.
• 5-7 years' experience in a technical field, preferably in food or canning manufacturing facility including maintenance leadership.
• Minimum 3-5 years of leadership/management experience required.
• Knowledge of food safety, regulatory requirements for food safety and hygienic engineering (OSH&R) preferred.

SKILLS:

• Understands and/or can learn the role and responsibilities of the position, including:

Understanding of financial analysis and relevant business drivers such as Nestle Standard Costing, Asset and Maintenance Management, CAPEX budgeting and preparation.

TPM / continuous improvement process development, preferred

AutoCAD view, AMM, etc.

Strong technical and managerial skills.

In-depth knowledge of food processing plant and technology.

Maintenance technologies.

Operation of utilities.

Knowledge of food safety, regulatory requirements for food safety and hygienic engineering (OSH&R).

Analytical skills in problem solving.

Communication and networking.

Understanding of financial analysis and relevant business drivers.

Nestle Standard Costing.

Asset and Maintenance Management (AMM).

CAPEX budgeting and preparation (CIAT).

Project Engineering/Management - Plant Design & Construction.

Industrial Services and Energy Management (NEMT).

Theapproximate payrange for this position is $150,000 to $175,000.Please note that thepayrangeprovided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation mayvary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographiclocation.

Nestle offers performance-based incentives and acompetitive total rewards package, which includes a401k with Company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range ofother benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may varydepending on the position. Learn more atAbout Us | Making an Impact | Nestle Careers (nestlejobs.com)

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