Manager Plant Engineering
Lamb Weston

Job Info

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Title: Manager Plant Engineering

Location: Richland, WA

Country: United States of America

About Lamb Weston

Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world. For more than 60 years, we've produced innovative, inventive products that make life better for our customers and their customers.

Job Description Summary

Develops and implements overall plant technical strategies and tactics focused on engineering projects, maintenance, and reliability focused improvement programs. Develops and provides leadership to the Early Management (EM) Pillar to ensure implementation of low loss production systems. Provides solutions to technical problems and recommendations for improvements in production activities and manages the plant technical organization. Develops and leads plant specific engineering and maintenance strategies to achieve key performance goals. Creates and manages all plant technical expense budgets and works with Corporate Engineering to deliver the capital budget. Direct reports include: 2 Project Engineers, Sr Mfg. Engineer, Reliability Manager, Maintenance Manager, Sr Continuous Improvement Specialist and an Engineering Technician. The success candidate should have 7 years related experience in manufacturing environments.

Job Description

• Assist plant and provides leadership in establishing safety of all our associates to World Class Safety and Zero Incidents as the plant's first objective.

• Support and provide Leadership in Quality and Food Safety to achieve goals of Zero Foreign Material.

• Lead the cross-functional development and implementation of the capital plan including the engagement of related Plant and Corporate functions such as, but not limited to Safety, Sanitation, Quality, Environmental, Operations, Maintenance, Finance and Operations

• Collaborate with the Plant in setting clearly delineated roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities consistent with the principles of LOC.

• Fostering a team-based problem-solving methodology.

• Support the Plant in driving business literacy through education of key business issues and concepts.

• Work with Platform Engineering Director to resource projects including, but not limited to Engineering Project Manager, Subject Matter Expert and Start-up Manager roles.

• Assist Plant in delivering financial objectives.

• Support the Plant in conducting internal systems audits as required.

• Support the Plant in providing direction and lead the EM Pillar Team in the development of long- and short-term plans and goals for the Plant.

• Support the Plant in providing project and technical support to the plant and division when required.

• Support the Plant in participating on and leading project teams that improve safety, quality, utilization, labor relations, sanitation, costs and customer service.

• Demonstrate ability to utilize available application computer programs.

• Demonstrate executive maturity through decision making and effective communication with various departments and managers to ensure plant resources are efficiently utilized in maximizing true efficiency.

• Lead the Plant in preparing and conducting necessary team meetings for proper communications and development of teams. Must also have the ability to work with Maintenance, Quality, Production and Warehouse teams to create a cooperative environment.

• Responsible for giving work direction and coordinating mechanical and clerical activities in the maintenance department.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Engineering Degree required.

• Five years' experience in Food Manufacturing; three years Training experience preferred.
• Leadership skills to work as a peer and advisor to other departments.
• Ability to rotate shifts and work weekends and holidays when required.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; Computer applications skills.
• Key Leadership Competencies: Integrity/Trust, Ethics/Values, Action Oriented, Conflict Management, Customer Focus, Decision Quality, Managing Diversity, Functional/Technical Skills, Managerial Courage, Priority Setting, Drive for Results, Sizing up People, Building Effective Teams, Managing Vision and Purpose

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  
• Family-Friendly Employee events
  
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-230215

Time Type: Full time

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

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