Director Operations Engineering

Company Statement

Graham Packaging is a people, planet and values-based company and a leader in sustainable packaging manufacturing. From the kitchen to the laundry room, Graham Packaging is part of your everyday life. For employees at Graham, our Blue Culture is part of their everyday lives, too. In other words, Blue is how we do things here. At Graham, we are united by a clear vision.

We know our part and help those around us know theirs, encouraging one another to continuously improve. We create a safe, challenging environment to innovate by supporting creative ideas and new ways of thinking. We take the initiative to cultivate our individual growth and help others do the same, while keeping ourselves and one another accountable. And we actively promote cooperation, collaboration, integrity and respect across regions and teams to foster an engaged, diverse and connected workforce.

We value our employees, and a Blue Culture allows for the most rewarding employee experience as part of the Graham family. Blue is how we feel about what we do - together to create a better tomorrow. Working at Graham means you lead constructively with clear goals, use diverse thinking to drive excellence, accountability, innovation, as well as demonstrating collaboration, embracing learning, and taking action for continuous improvement and growth.

The Director of Operations Engineering provides strategic and technical leadership across the plant network, driving operational excellence by improving operational flow, reliability, safety, cost, and sustainability. This leader directs an integrated engineering organization that supports planned projects and continuous improvement while responding rapidly to developing issues and operational emergencies to restore flow.

The Director establishes priorities, governance, resource plans, and standard work for the Operations Engineering function. Using disciplined project management, structured problem solving, and data-based decision making, the organization delivers sustainable solutions, restores stable production, develops plant capability, and replicates proven practices across the network.

The position reports to the Vice President of Engineering and partners closely with Operations, Plant Leadership, Safety, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement, OEMs, and external technical resources.

• Set the strategy, priorities, resources, and performance expectations for Operations Engineering across the plant network.
• Lead and develop the Operations Engineering organization by aligning roles and resources, managing performance, building technical capability, and strengthening succession plans. Coach and mentor plant operational resources, and foster a culture of safety, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Act as a subject matter expert and technical authority for one or more of GPC's critical processes.
• Manage planned plant-support projects from scope of work through execution, startup, handoff, and benefits realization.
• Drive maintenance standardization and continuous improvement to increase reliability and throughput, reduce downtime, and control maintenance costs.
• Analyze SAP PM equipment and functional-location work history to identify predictive-maintenance and reliability opportunities.
• Use SAP PM, Intelligent Factory, and quality data to track progress, verify improvements, and sustain results.
• Partner with OEMs and third-party vendors to resolve persistent mechanical, quality, and process issues.
• Validate corrective actions that improve availability and reliability and leverage successful solutions across plants and sites.
• Direct engineering support during developing issues and operational emergencies to safely restore flow, correct root causes, and prevent recurrence.
• Apply engineering fundamentals to develop scopes of work, prepare bid documents, and assemble and present business cases to GPC leadership.
• Lead using structured problem-solving tools, including A3, 8D, and FMEA;
  Six Sigma Black Belt certification is preferred, with Green Belt certification acceptable.
• Apply disciplined project management and structured problem solving while managing budgets, technical standards, risks, and communication with plant and cross-functional leaders.

• Enterprise leadership: Connects plant needs with network strategy and allocates resources for the greatest overall impact.
• Operational urgency: Responds quickly while maintaining disciplined risk…