Manager Plant Engineering

STERICYCLE; Leeds; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Insurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

SteriCares employee support fund

SteriCycle University

Job summary

Stericycle is seeking a senior program lead to develop and execute a centralized plant and facility improvement program across the international region. You will oversee large capital projects, manage asset protection and reliability of plant equipment, and support REFTO and cross-functional teams to deliver on time and on budget.

The role may supervise Supervisors and Technicians, with focus on standards, regulatory compliance, and performance enhancements across plants and facilities.

Qualifications

• Education equivalent in Business Management, Finance, Operations Management, Project Management or Engineering.
• Experience leading remote teams on strategic cross-functional projects.
• Strong regulatory knowledge in waste, healthcare and service industries.
• Ability to lead teams and achieve challenging financial targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead large capital projects across international plants.
• Coordinate with operations, regulatory and external partners.
• Develop project plans, assign tasks and manage budgets.
• Standardize maintenance schedules and spare parts lifecycles.
• Support safety, permits and EHS compliance.
• Mentor Technicians and Supervisors and share best practices.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Remote leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Financial acumen

Education

Business/Engineering degree

Job description

About Us

Stericycle is a U.S. based business-to-business services company and leading provider of compliance-based solutions that protects people and brands, promotes health and well-being, and safeguards the environment. Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have grown from a small start-up in medical waste management into a leader across a range of increasingly complex and highly regulated arenas, serving healthcare organizations and commercial businesses of every size. Every day, we help our customers solve complex challenges by safely managing materials that could otherwise spread disease, contaminate the environment, or compromise one’s identity. Join us on our mission to protect health and well-being in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.

Position Purpose

Develop and execute a centralized program for plant and facility improvement, plant management, and engineering support across the international region as directed. Key functions of this role are planning and implementing large capital projects in plants, assist in Facility management and support the REFCO (Real Estate and Facility Committee), executing standards for process, equipment, and maintenance within plants across the organization. Also manages the asset protection and reliability of plant equipment. This position may supervise other Supervisors and Technicians.

Key Job Activities

• Project Management of Plant Improvements - Responsible for leading and implementing all largescale capital improvements or new build outs of plants within Stericycle. This involves partnering with the local operations team, regulatory and compliance and outside partners to ensure projects are delivered on-time, on-budget and to designed specifications. Develop Project plans, assign tasks to resources, and communication plans to ensure those affected by projects are informed and updated.
• REFTCO Management - Support business case modelling, analyse and make recommendations on project feasibility studies to identify the most cost-effective alternative. Implementing standard processes & plant analytics - Work with operations and engineering to develop, implement, and monitor standard metrics, dashboards, processes and approaches within the plant environment.
• Standardize around proactive maintenance schedules, spare parts inventories and replacement lifecycles. Implement regular reporting surrounding equipment health, expected replacement costs and timelines, on-going maintenance cost expectations and spare parts inventories.
• Work with Corporate PE, Operations, Engineering, and Sourcing to specify, source and standardize equipment and layout standards within the plant environment.
• Support operations with engineering solutions for safety or operations related problems in the plant environment.
• Support of permit submissions and regulatory requirements in corporation with EHS or cross-functional.
• Investigate in root cause analysis, plant down-time and support the operation to instigate suitable remedial action plans to prevent reoccurrence of issues.
• Coaches Technicians and Supervisors & share best practice with Plant Managers; provide on-going feedback, support to improve productivity, identify opportunities to support the operation for operational cation:

Experience (EMEAA)

Education equivalent College, High School or University Degree with emphasis in Business Management, Finance, Operations Management, Project Management or Engineering, or the equivalent in related work experience. Management experience in a related industry with a proven ability to remote teams as well as a track record of implementing strategic projects in a cross functional manner. Demonstrates sound regulatory knowledge as they apply to the waste, healthcare and service industries. Demonstrates the ability to work with internal stakeholders to improve or change situations using broad knowledge and expertise. Collaborates on identifying needs/ problems and/or developing action plans to support customer business objectives. Demonstrates the ability to remotely lead team members through a changing environment and achieve challenging financials targets. Demonstrates strong project management / organizational skills and is strategic in determining the appropriate priorities. Demonstrates the ability to lead a team through a changing environment to achieve challenging financials targets. Demonstrates strong financial acumen in managing multiple large-scale projects. Demonstrates the ability to make sound and thorough decisions after reviewing the facts, incorporating perspectives of others, applying technical knowledge, past experience, and incorporating company policy. Certifications and/or Licenses:

Benefits

Stericycle offers you: Contributory Pension SchemeLife InsuranceCycle to Work SchemeAccess to SteriCares, our employee support fundStericycle University - Our online library of self-development & learningAnnual performance related pay review. Referral Scheme (Earn by introducing people in your network to the Stericycle family)Flu voucherEye Test voucherAnd more

Disclaimer

The above description is meant to provide a summary of the nature and level of work being performed; it should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and requirements of the job. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and it does not constitute any right or guarantee of employment condition. This position is open to people with disabilities. Stericycle will consider requests for workplace accommodations for protected physical or mental limitations in accordance with its human resources and risks prevention policies and local laws. To the extent permissible under local law, and consistent with business necessity, Stericycle reserves the right to modify the content formally or informally, either verbally or in writing, at any time with or without advance notice.