Plant Engineering Manager

Plant Engineering Manager

Strivector Corp is a National Recruiting and Staffing agency established in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. Elevate your professional journey with us. Strivector's premier client (a well-known market leader in their space) is hiring for the following full-time direct hire position.

Position Overview:

As a Plant Engineering Manager provides strategic and operational leadership of the site engineering function (Automation, Process Engineering). This role drives world-class performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) through:

• Deployment of Excellence principles (Lean, CI, Zero Loss mindset).
• Development of high-performing technical teams
• Execution of site strategy deployment and Cost-to-Win (CtW) initiatives in collaboration with Site Excellence Manager

Core Responsibilities:

• Strategy Deployment
• Lead engineering input into Strategy Deployment (SDD) and site master plan
• Cascade KPIs aligned to SQDC priorities across engineering teams
• Align engineering roadmap to Excellence roadmap and maturity expectations
• Ensure integration of:
• Asset strategy
• Automation & digital roadmap
• Reliability and maintenance excellence
• Zero Loss & Continuous Improvement Leadership
• Champion projects around Zero Loss mindset across engineering domains (safety, quality, downtime, cost)
• Lead elimination of losses through:
• Root cause problem-solving
• Kaizen and focused improvement initiatives
• Own engineering contribution to Cost-to-Win (CtW) portfolio
• Deploy Lean tools:
• Standard work
• Visual management / Tier management
• Problem-solving (7-step / A3)
• Collaborates with Assess Manager around Asset Care, Reliability & Performance
• Partnering to establish and execute site-wide asset care strategy
• Ensure engineering resources to support:
• High equipment uptime and reliability
• Effective preventive and predictive maintenance
• Optimal spare parts and lifecycle management
• Drive engineering improvements that enhance:
• OEE
• Capacity utilization
• Cost efficiency

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related)
• 7–10+ years of engineering/manufacturing experience
• 3–5+ years leadership experience managing managers or technical teams
• Strong knowledge of:
• Lean / Continuous Improvement
• Reliability / Asset Care systems
• Manufacturing processes

Preferred:

• Six Sigma certification
• Experience with BD Excellence or similar Lean operating system

Additional Information:

• Compensation:
  Based on Experience. One of the best in the industry
• Minimum Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related)
• Minimum Experience:
  
  7–10+ years of engineering/manufacturing experience
• Type of position:
  Full-time Permanent position with benefits
• Location:
  
  Sumter, South Carolina
• Remote / Hybrid:
  No
• Relocation accepted:
  Possible for ideal candidate