Director Engineering

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Our vision is both simple and ambitious: to put our drinks on every table.

We are the leading global independent beverage solutions provider. We serve a broad range of national and international retailers as well as Global, National and Emerging (GNE) brands. Our products are distributed worldwide from our production sites in Europe, North America, and Australia. Although our own branding may not appear on the labels of the beverages we produce, there is a good chance you are reading this while sipping one of our drinks.

Our ambition is to continually improve and it’s what keeps us at the top of our game. We are solutions-based. We are innovative. We seek out new challenges and conquer them. This is our company ethos, but it’s our people’s too:
Refresco is at the cutting edge of a fast-moving industry because we have passionate people pushing the boundaries of what’s best.

Stop and think: how would
YOU put our drinks on every table?

• Reporting to the Vice President of Engineering and Project Management, the Director of Engineering drives improvements within the operations maintenance organization across 5+ facilities in the assigned region of Refresco NA. This role is responsible for advancing production technologies by applying sound maintenance and reliability principles. This role also ensures the effective execution of capital projects, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives to drive operational excellence.
  
  The Director of Engineering directly manages a team of Project Engineering Managers, each responsible for overseeing engineering efforts across multiple facilities within their assigned regions.

• Develop a support organization capable of managing plant maintenance operations regionally in US and Canada.
• Deliver criteria to determine whether the Maintenance Organization is fulfilling the needs of each Plant.
• Develop and manage engineering and maintenance budgets across all locations, ensuring effective resource allocation for seasonal rebuilds, equipment needs, and capital projects. Monitor expenses to optimize costs and maintain alignment with company financial objectives.
• Oversee the planning, execution, and prioritization of plant-driven capital projects to ensure alignment with company standards, cost-effectiveness, and business needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement new initiatives that enhance capacity, flexibility, cost efficiency, and quality across facilities.
• Provide strategic oversight on staffing, performance management, and workforce planning to meet business objectives.
• Lead the implementation of SAP Maintenance throughout the system.
• Other duties as assigned, including special projects that may require significant travel to manufacturing plant locations.
• Work as an integral member of the engineering, maintenance and Infrastructure design and installation teams to ensure the timely design, infrastructure and installation and insuring delivery is on-time and within project budgets.
• Creates and maintains planning and execution models for site/line startups by working with Process Improvement and Learning communities to clarify and Refresco Supply Chain Procedures to ensure best practice and standard work is appropriately valued and leveraged to support rapid Supply Expansion.
• Assess project requirements and workload. Allocate resources within the Engineering teams at each location
• Provide guidance to plant assigned engineers by defining scope of work, critical milestones and expected project completion dates.
• Establish strong cross-functional collaboration by communicating project plans, milestones, and results to stakeholders at all levels.
• Engage with plant leadership to align resources and adapt processes to meet evolving business needs.
• Establish and maintain adequate departmental staffing and manage consultant services to make possible the construction of equipment and facilities that conform to approved specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Clearly define and align department goals, communicate the goals to the team and hold yourself and your team…