Director, Engineering - Meat, Cheese, Coffee, Snacks

Kraft Heinz, the company

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Head of Engineering The Head of Engineering for a Business Unit reports to the Head of Cap Ex and PMO North America. This position is responsible for 10 Kraft Heinz plants producing meats, cheeses, coffee and snacks. Responsible for developing the short- and long-term goals and objectives of engineering that are incorporated in the overall strategic plan to achieve successful financial and operational results.

The Head of Engineering has a wide scope on technologies and infrastructure to these factories and requires a strong understanding of manufacturing best practices and a strong background in process and packaging equipment for the food industry and plant facility engineering.Job Description

Primary Responsibilities
Leads and directs the Engineering function with direct responsibility to Cap Ex process, which includes deep technical case, project management and financial cost management.
Acts as a liaison with departments, sub-contractors and vendors in resolving problems related to design, manufacture, product acceptance from a technical standpoint, product performance, competitive cost and quality assurance
Although not a design function, it is expected that the Head of Engineer can constructively challenge the technical solves presented and drive optimal and sustaining solves to projects to the applicable factories
The BU head of Engineering is responsible for developing the 1 to 3 year capital plan for the overall business unit in collaboration with the BU lead and Zone Technical Leader equating, cost, resources and timelines
Responsible to accurately scoping the financial components of the project and its cash flow in collaboration with the Finance department
Adherence to the Cap Ex stage gate process with leading roles in the technical peer reviews before project CAR submission
Approval of the CAR document (when whenever needed by a project) and ability to concisely and convincedly present the project CAR to different executive approval committees
Assigns engineering design, program, project review and job release activity to technical project engineers. Assists various engineering staff in coordination of all engineering activities, including the CAPEX Projects & Systems process.
Strong analytical reasoning and critical thinking to propose project options and evaluate trade-offs necessary to deliver the best technical project solve
Ability to factor other key areas such as EHS and FQS as part of the project requests
Ability to understand and incorporate maintenance requirements as part of capital projects
Develops and formally documents, improved processes, procedures and standards.
Develops performance guidelines/standards for…