Engineering Leader: Capital Projects & Reliability

Heraeus Holding GmbH; Santa Fe Springs (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Heraeus Precious Metals in Santa Fe Springs, CA is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the site engineering team and oversee capital projects, process improvements, facilities and automation. The role partners with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Quality and Finance to ensure safe, reliable and cost-effective operations.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, 8+ years of progressive engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, and strong leadership and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical, industrial or related engineering discipline.
• Eight or more years of progressive engineering experience in manufacturing, chemical processing, refining, or related industry.
• Experience leading engineers, technical professionals or cross-functional project teams.
• Experience managing capital projects through design, construction, commissioning and closeout.
• Strong knowledge of process engineering, industrial equipment, facilities, utilities and project execution.
• Experience with process improvement, risk assessment and management of change.
• Strong communication, leadership, analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to influence across functions and explain complex technical matters in business terms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the engineering team, including staffing, coaching, performance management and succession planning.
• Develop and execute the site engineering strategy in alignment with business and production needs.
• Prioritize and manage the site’s engineering and capital-project portfolio.
• Lead capital projects, equipment upgrades, process changes and facility improvements from concept through commissioning.
• Provide technical leadership for precious-metals refining and chemical manufacturing processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, yield, throughput, efficiency, reliability and cost performance.
• Partner with Operations and Maintenance to resolve equipment and process issues and improve asset performance.
• Oversee engineering support for facilities, utilities, infrastructure, automation, controls and instrumentation.
• Prepare project recommendations, business cases, cost estimates, schedules and risk assessments.
• Manage consultants, contractors, suppliers and other external technical resources.
• Ensure projects and process changes meet applicable EHS, quality, regulatory, security and management-of-change requirements.
• Communicate project progress, risks and performance to leadership and apply lessons learned to future work.
• Coordinate engineering scope and priorities for planned site shutdowns and major maintenance outages.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Decision-making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical, industrial or related engineering

Job description

Heraeus Precious Metals in Santa Fe Springs, CA is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the site engineering team and oversee capital projects, process improvements, facilities and automation. The role partners with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Quality and Finance to ensure safe, reliable and cost-effective operations.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, 8+ years of progressive engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, and strong leadership and