Ainsley Search Group is hiring a Plant Engineering Manager with solid experience in plant engineering and maintenance management for a High Growth Manufacturer located in Chester County. This Plant Engineering Manager will report to VP of Operations, lead and develop a maintenance and engineering team and plan, optimize PM, optimize plant reliability and equipment performance output, further promote plant safety, and reliability, oversee the life cycle of major plant engineering projects. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity with lucrative compensation, bonus, benefit and growth.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, mentor, and develop a plant engineering team, plan staffing outlook for maintenance and engineering team based on operational demand and make decision on hiring, training, etc.
• Report to VP of Operations and collaborate with cross functional teams to develop and implement a facility maintenance system, drive PM, reliability, process improvement on safety.
• Lead life cycle of major plant expansion, capital projects, oversee plant engineering projects design, execution, commissioning, close-out, manage contractor, equipment manufacturer, suppliers’ quality, performance and support contractor and supplier selection and qualification process.
• Develop, implement, and standardize maintenance practice, procedure and process across organization, plan and optimize resource for predictive and preventive maintenance, lead and manage plant maintenance programs, oversee equipment inspections, support safety and reliability training to optimize overall plant safety, reliability, and efficiency.
• Manage budget, cost and budget planning for all plant engineering projects, maintenance programs, identify area of cost saving opportunities and drive cost saving initiatives.
• Lead the security, sanitation, janitorial, utility, and property management programs across plant, create and maintain master site plan and collaborate with safety and EHS to ensure compliance with OSHA, GMP and EHS regulations.
• Collect, analyze maintenance data, KPI and operational data to track, monitor up-time, down-time performance on plant systems such as chiller, HVAC, condensate systems, plant steamer, etc, identify root causes and opportunities of improvement, further achieve higher efficiency, accuracy, cost saving on equipment performance output.
• Collaborate with EHS, Reliability Engineer, Project Engineer to support new capex investment, installation, commissioning, upgrade, routine maintenance, repair, and upgrade.
• Collaborate with Process, Quality, Reliability engineering and senior management, based on operational data, analysis to support CI, sustain and promote process safety, equipment reliability, and optimize operational output.
• Collaborate with executive management team on strategic planning regarding plant expansion, major capex investment, maintenance program, etc.
• Lead the new plant site design, development projects from start to finish, develop and modify new plant layout and expanded layout for existing plant facility.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in technical degree is a plus, higher education desired.
• Recent years of tenure as a hands-on senior leader as Plant Engineering Manager, or related roles within manufacturing industry, expose to high yield, fast speed automated manufacturing environment required.
• Hands-on leadership skill, ability to establish rapport and hold subordinates accountable, ability to restructure and develop a team.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skill, strong knowledge in Project Management skill.
• Strong mindset in process improvement, process safety and reliability, ability to make difficult decision independently.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite, CMMS and ERP based systems.
• Aspiration to advance to senior management level

Compensation and Benefit:

• Lucrative compensation
• Yearend bonus
• 401k with match
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Health, dental and vision
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance