Manager, Operations Engineering

About Liberty

At Liberty Coca-Cola, we strive to make our workforce as inclusive and diverse as the communities we serve.  Our associates are our #1 asset, and we are committed to investing in our people, maintaining the highest safety standing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription drug plans, 401K with company contributions, paid vacation, company paid holidays, and more.  Discover what it means to be energized by a multitude of possibilities and a dynamic team. Join us here at Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages LLC.

Summary

Directly lead and coordinate the site engineering team’s daily and long-range activities, ensuring the team’s skills, competencies, and performance consistently meets business objectives. Ensure resources are properly deployed against both short term production responses and long-range strategic goals. Demonstrate and promote LIBERTY COCA-COLA’s core values through their team while ensuring the safety of our people, workplace and environment and meeting all company, legal and other requirements.

Responsibilities

• Directly lead and coordinate the site engineering team’s daily and long-range activities, ensuring the team’s skills, competencies, and performance consistently meets business objectives. Ensure resources are properly deployed against both short term production responses and long-range strategic goals. Demonstrate and promote LIBERTY COCA-COLA’s core values through their team.
• Actively participate in the site’s daily performance monitoring and reporting cycle. Partner with operations leadership on root cause investigations and solution development to overcome performance issues (OEE, Safety, Quality).
• In collaboration with the Sr. Director of Engineering, define, propose, and monitor the implementation of Safety, Quality, and Engineering Standards within the site. Through ownership of the Site’s Equipment/Process Management of Change (MOC) program, guide the engineering, maintenance, facilities, and operations teams in the proper reviews, work processes, and procedures required to execute changes within the site.
• Propose and maintain Engineering expense budgets as well as the factory's capital investment plans. The Site Engineering Manager will plan and manage all approved capital projects executed by themselves or their team.
• Contribute toward the Strategic and Tactical Leadership of the factory driving a Total Productive Maintenance culture including implementation of the Early Management Pillar. This includes up front collaboration with R&D on new product introductions as well as standalone installation and startup of new assets.
• Drive the implementation of Maintenance Best Practices and a Risk Based Maintenance (RBM) approach. Optimize Predictive Maintenance technologies (Condition Monitoring and inspections) to minimize unplanned downtime. Partner with the maintenance teams to utilize planned downtime for major equipment inspections and or overhauls.
• Initiate and coordinate the implementation of new processes/technologies, including partnership with the Digital Team in the implementation of new platform solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering - Electrical, Industrial or Mechanical or 1-3 years experience managing technical teams, while planning and executing commercialization and/or capital projects in a manufacturing setting.
• The ideal candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of maintenance technologies, and operation of utilities in order to support day to day operations, water systems and future projects
• Knowledge of beverage safety, regulatory requirements for safety and hygienic engineering design (OSHA, SQF, FDA, EPA, DEC)
• Experience implementing and administrating engineering programs required.
• Experience with Batch and Continuous Processing and/or High-speed packaging equipment experience required; food and/or beverage manufacturing experience a plus.
• Working knowledge and experience of water systems (RO Purification and UF Purification).

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Strong project management skills including planning, risk analysis and mitigation, prioritization, and resource management
• CAPEX budgeting, preparation, and execution
• Physical Asset and Maintenance Management including implementation of TPM Early Management programs
• Industrial Services and Energy Management (NEMT)
• Strong knowledge of processing equipment such as blending vessels, pumps, homogenizers, and thermal processing (HTST/UHT)
• Able to apply root cause problem solving to systemically resolve complex short term and long-term issues and opportunities (RCCA Processes)
• Strong organization and multi-tasking skills – ability to balance and prioritize several projects simultaneously
• Language Ability: Ability to read, write and interpret documents in English such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to ready, understand, and modify P&ID’s is required.  

Computer Skills

AutoCAD experience is required for equipment layouts and maintenance of the site master plan, SOLIDWORKS.

Additional Information

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.