Engineering Manager

Century Aluminum Company; Goose Creek (SC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Century Aluminum Company in Goose Creek, SC seeks a senior Engineering leader to guide Mt. Holly Engineering, overseeing project and reliability engineering, drafting, and technical services.

You will set standards, drive capital projects, and align engineering resources with safety and business priorities. This role partners with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Finance, and Corporate teams to deliver technically sound solutions, develop capability, and ensure delivery on plant goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related engineering field; Master's degree preferred.
• 7+ years of engineering/manufacturing experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams and projects.
• Licensed PE or equivalent preferred.
• Strong safety, reliability, and capital project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Engineering team and drive capability across the organization.
• Develop and execute engineering and capital projects with clear scope, justification, cost, and schedule.
• Coordinate development of the plant's capital plans (5-year and annual) and ensure technical soundness.
• Provide technical leadership for process, equipment, reliability, and production issues; conduct root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Finance, and Corporate resources to achieve plant goals.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering leadership

Project management

Capital projects

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

Job description

Exempt Goose Creek, SC, US

Summary:

Provides leadership and direction to the Mt. Holly Engineering organization, including project engineering, reliability engineering, electrical power engineering, technical services, and drafting. Serves as a key technical resource to plant leadership and is responsible for developing engineering capability, maintaining strong technical and engineering standards, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring engineering resources are focused on the plant's highest safety, reliability, operational, process, and business priorities.

Leads the development and execution of technically sound engineering solutions and capital projects that improve plant performance and support Century Aluminum's strategic objectives. Partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Finance, and Corporate resources while maintaining clear accountability for engineering analysis, reliability engineering, technical solutions, project development, and engineering quality.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable the Engineering team, including project engineering, reliability engineering, electrical power engineering, drafting, and technical support resources, while demonstrating and reinforcing Century Aluminum’s Purpose, Values, and Mission and building strong technical capability, teamwork, engagement, and succession depth.
• Establish meaningful measures for engineering, reliability, capital, and improvement initiatives; communicate significant technical risks, project status, priorities, and recommendations clearly to plant leadership and cross-functional stakeholders; and support achievement of plant business-plan and strategic objectives.
• Provide technical leadership in resolving complex process, equipment, electrical power, reliability, and production issues, including root-cause analysis and development of sustainable engineered solutions.

Role Description:

• Lead the plant reliability engineering function, prioritizing resources against the highest safety, operational, production, and technical risks while partnering closely with Maintenance and Operations.
• Develop, evaluate, and execute engineering and capital projects with clear scope, technical basis, business justification, cost, schedule, risk assessment, and execution plans.
• Coordinate development of the plant's five-year and annual capital plans and ensure proposed projects are sufficiently developed and technically sound before approval.
• Evaluate technical alternatives and investments using appropriate engineering and business analysis, including safety, operational impact, reliability, cost, risk, return on investment, and longterm
• Identify and advance technologies, automation, controls, process improvements, and other engineered solutions that improve plant performance and long-term capability.
• Ensure engineering designs, projects, and activities comply with applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, Century, and recognized engineering standards.
• Communicate significant technical risks, project status, priorities, and recommendations clearly to plant leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, and support achievement of plant business-plan and strategic objectives. Coordinate the activities of areas to assure focus on safety, training, and labor relations.

Requirements:

Education Bachelors in related field Masters in related field

Technical Experience 7+ years 10+ years

Management 3+ years 5+ years

Manufacturing 7+ years 10+ years

Training /Certifications

None Registered Professional Engineer (PE);

Project Management, or other relevant certification.

Other Preferred

• Experience in aluminum smelting
• Demonstrated strong project management skills and attention to detail

Additional Qualifications

• High proficiency in analytical thinking, structured problem solving, planning, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated success in project and people management and the ability to create a positive, challenging, team-oriented work environment.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and coaching capability.
• Ability to build and sustain effective working relationships and collaborate across functions.
• Achievement-oriented with a high level of initiative and personal accountability.
• Highly effective verbal, written, and listening communication skills.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. In accordance with the Company's ADA Policy, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job operates at times in a manufacturing plant environment. This role routinely will be required to walk up and down stairs, observe through vision and hearing, and may be exposed to heat, cold, and loud noises intermittently.

This job also operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and