Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Manage large scale capital projects from design conception, preparing approval and justification documents, installation, and commissioning.
• Control and administrate budgets and timelines.
• Conceive and plan projects, in collaboration with manufacturing team, involving major production activities (plant tests and commercialization of new products), exploration of product and/or process problems, definition and selection of new concepts and approaches in manufacturing operations.
• Partner with plant managers to design and implement capital projects.
• Partner with contractors to define scope, budget, and timelines.
• Identify, research, and adapt machine and equipment design to accommodate factory and production improvements including preparation of cost justification and capital request documents.
• Lead and drive projects with significant productivity and cost reduction impacts. Areas of focus are overall yield, waste reduction, chemical usage, and CIP optimization.
• Manage projects involving design and procurement of new equipment, specifying, evaluating, and recommending innovative technologies, strategies and methods that will benefit operations as needed.
• Lead and manages projects to accomplish measurable manufacturing objectives.
• Study and improve manufacturing processes, procedures, and sequence of operations aimed at lowering manufacturing costs. Aid in creating, implementing, and maintaining Standard Work for all production areas.
• Innovate, recommend, and collaborate with technical teams to develop new processes/services in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Provide technical training for operators to support making decisions at the lowest level.
• Provide innovative tools that support operators making changes to the process as authorized and required.
• Work with employees to identify and scope new process improvement opportunities in the areas of quality, cost, performance and preventative/predictive maintenance.
• Work with employees to identify and troubleshoot issues and ensure corrective action is taken as appropriate and required.
• Provide technical support and training to employees to improve operational effectiveness.
• Develop projects to eliminate waste and streamline the manufacturing flow.
• Communication skills as well as analytical and problem-solving skills also need to be very good for a change agent to be effective.
• Operate in a safe manner and ensure compliance with all safety and environmental standards.