Site Engineering Manager

Site Engineering Manager

Croda is a FTSE
100 organization driven around our purpose of Smart Science to Improve Lives™. With over 6,000 employees across 39 countries, we are focused on the research and development of novel and highly sustainable raw materials for the Life Sciences and Consumer Care sectors.

We are passionate and excited about how we can develop and utilize new technologies to shape and inspire changes within an ever-growing marketplace. As our business looks to deliver its ambitious strategy of growth, we are looking for a Site Engineering Manager to join our Operations team.

What You'll Be Doing

The Site Engineering Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Engineering department. Ensuring departmental operations meet business requirements, operational budgets and that all processes are compliant with Safety, Health, Environmental (SHE) and cGMP rules defined by Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the Croda Group, Region, Business Sector and Avanti as well as guidance from recognized regulatory bodies. Accountability for administrative and technical oversight, spend, and strategic direction of Capital Program & Maintenance Program.

Serve as a member of the local Site Leadership Team that has the functional responsibility for developing and implementing a site-specific operational strategy ensuring organizational capability and appropriate management of the site. Collaborating with peers in SHE and Quality to ensure plant utilities, equipment and systems are operated in a cost-effective manner that are compliant with all safety and quality policies and regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides administrative and technical oversight for maintenance, utilities, plant and project engineering, validation, site engineering competencies and information technology functions.
• Ensures departmental operations meet business requirements, operational budgets and that all processes are compliant with SHE and cGMP regulations.
• Is accountable for departmental capital spend, engineering expense budget, determination and performance of engineering providers, reliability of assets over short and longer term, and maintenance of engineering standards.
• Determines the strategic direction of site engineering, setting the plan for processes and manages interdepartmental relationships to increase efficiency and profitability.
• Develop and adapt processes and organizational structure to provide necessary management, capabilities, and resources to create a culture of operational excellence with the aim being to achieve growth plans through capex and continuous improvements.
• Collaborates with peers in SHE and Quality to ensure plant utilities, equipment and systems are operated in a cost-effective manner that are compliant with all safety and quality policies and regulations.
• Determines and implements the maintenance philosophy for the site to ensure all utilities, equipment, and systems are operated and maintained to deliver optimal reliability and uptime.

Safety, Health and Environmental Responsibilities:

• Ensure departmental adherence to all SHE programs and rules.
• Instill a culture of personal accountability for individual behaviors related to SHE activities.
• Provide feedback and coaching to coworkers on safe and unsafe behaviors and conditions.
• Actively participate in the SHE management system.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the performance management, coaching and mentoring of direct reports.
• Create well-defined performance plans and development opportunities for direct reports and hold them accountable for the successful completion of predefined goals and objectives.
• Provide training resources and professional development opportunities for staff to improve manufacturing operations as they relate to safety, operational excellence, process optimization, risk management, usage of new equipment and industry best practices.
• Seek opportunities to coach, mentor and influence all staff, including peers, for the purpose of developing future Avanti leaders.
• Develop a succession planning strategy for the production team and champion the career interests of appropriate employees.
• Establish and maintain functional training curriculum for the production department.
• Ensure departmental resource utilization and staff readiness with respect to capacity, training and capability are enough to meet operational requirements and customer expectations.
• Utilize reward and disciplinary processes as appropriate to motivate employees.
• Supervise the production department as appropriate to ensure all staff can perform the following work tasks to ensure Safety, Identity, Strength, Purity and Quality (SISPQ) of products manufactured s includes but is not limited to the following:
• Strict adherence to all written instructions and procedures to ensure all steps of an operation are appropriately followed.
• Strict adherence to good documentation practices to ensure all steps of an operation are appropriately documented.
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