Wastewater Engineering Manager

Job Overview:

The Water/Wastewater Subject Matter Expert (SME) of Technical, Maintenance and Reliability Excellence is accountable for delivering core competency technical excellence and delivering top quartile performance in equipment reliability as measured by safety, quality, customer fill rate, OEE2, unplanned and planned downtime and maintenance rate per case.

The Water SME of Technical, Maintenance and Reliability Excellence will create the KDP Cold Beverage Supply Chain Strategy to deliver top quartile technical team and equipment performance. The job responsibilities will include development of our core competency skills development program in water and wastewater that will result in a team of highly skilled subject matter experts in our manufacturing core competencies.

This position is also responsible improving safety of the maintenance teams, improving quality by eliminating the potential for failures leading to recalls or withdrawals, overhaul planning and execution, project management/execution, delivering net productivity, root cause problem solving, and operational readiness of new product, package and/or equipment introductions.

Water/Wastewater SME of Technical, Maintenance and Reliability Excellence is a key member of the Cold Beverage Supply Chain Operations team, bridging the gap between engineering and manufacturing technical teams and developing our internal expertise in core competencies. This position will report to the Senior Director of Technical, Maintenance and Reliability Excellence.

Location: This is a remote position with up to approximately 50-75% domestic travel.

What you will do:

• Drive Performance Improvement in water and waste water

• Build and maintain maintenance standards for utility systems

• Liaison between CAPEX and plant on new installs

• Work with E&T Pillar owner to develop training for technical independence

• Work with AM/PM Pillar owner to develop Platinum Level PMs, CIL, cleaning and OH schedules

• Work with AM/PM Pillar to ensure annual audits are completed in a timely manner

• Work with OEMs on pricing for parts – align with audits and OH for group/bulk pricing

• Vertical ramp up of new equipment installs aligning with your SME category

• Lead capital projects, executing with excellence and vertical ramp ups.

• Collaborate with corporate Supply Planning teamon network capacity plans in delivering critical equipment maintenance activities.

• Collaborate with site leadership to ensure Operations Model labor standards are being met for maintenance teams.

• Lead and deliver maintenance and reliability related productivity projects.

• Responsible for functional area network dashboards, and corrective actions to drive KPI improvement. Drives sustainable improvements to positively impact the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), Manage SRM Dashboards, and Scorecards relative to cost, productivity and on-time delivery by optimizing labor and production capabilities.

• Work with Human Resources and Talent Acquisition to develop and execute improvement strategies for engagement, recruiting and retention across the network.

• Implement best practices and continuous improvement initiatives to optimizecases per maintenancelabor hour.

• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and bargaining agreements related to maintenance department planning as it relates to KDP programs.

• Develops tools to acquire, trend and analyze efficient production output.

• Follows all policies, ergonomic standards and safety requirements directed by KDP and the department.

• Liaison with OEM’s on training curriculum to ensure Operational Readiness that supports vertical start-ups and sustainable OOE2

• Performs other duties as requested by management.

Total Rewards:

• Salary Range: $96,800 - $177,870

• Actual…