Sr. Manager of Engineering

Dairy Farmers of America - Lansdale, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Lansdale, PA

10,001+ employees

Food Manufacturing

About the position

The Sr. Manager of Engineering at Lehigh Valley Dairy is responsible for delivering engineering services to an assigned plant, focusing on capital expenditures and maintenance enhancements. This role emphasizes improving productivity, minimizing waste, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The position requires leadership in managing engineering projects and collaborating with various departments to enhance operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Ensures mechanical and electrical expertise is available to production and other departments to maintain production systems, utilities, buildings, and grounds in a 24-hour 7-day per week operation.
• Collaborates with plant management and corporate staff to utilize equipment to improve employee safety, production quality, equipment reliability and overall equipment effectiveness utilizing Continuous Improvement techniques and a Management Operating Structure (MOS).
• Designs, specifies, and commissions capital projects which deliver project scope, on-time and on-budget, meeting agreed to stakeholder expectations.
• Utilizes a computerized maintenance management system to optimize asset utilization through scheduled preventative maintenance.
• Develops, reports, and analyzes key maintenance performance indicators as a means to create and implement corrective actions.
• Remains current with latest and emerging industry regulations and codes relative to mechanical and electrical systems design and operation.
• Ensures corporate policies and standards are followed in both capital project implementation as well as daily maintenance.
• Shares best practices within the Maintenance Department.
• Promotes a safe and environmentally sound workplace that complies with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
• Provides management of employees directly or through supervisors to ensure effective selection, retention, development, disciplinary action, and performance management.
• Cooperates in a cross-functional manner as a change agent with all departments within the Company.
• Ensures compliance with all Dean Corporate policies, procedures, and national suppliers.
• Engages in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating, and delegating.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline strongly preferred.
• 7 years of experience within an engineering role.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience required; 5 years of supervisory experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Auto CAD.
• Experience managing capital projects.
• Experience leading and following Safety/Security Policies and Procedures.
• Must be able to pass all pre-employment screens (including drug, background, and criminal checks).

Nice-to-haves

• Union (for union facilities), Safety, and Workers Compensation experience preferred.
• Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices.

Benefits

• Health and Welfare benefits begin 1st of the month after start date
• 401(k) with company contribution - 100% vested at day one of eligibility
• Competitive pay
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Career growth opportunities - we promote from within!
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Service recognition and employee rewards
• Employee referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Work for dairy farm families