Manager, Plant Engineering

Jobtailor; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Stericycle is seeking a senior program manager to lead a centralized plant improvement program across international operations. The role involves directing capital projects, coordinating cross-functional teams, and delivering cost-effective engineering solutions.

The candidate will drive metrics, dashboards, and business-case analyses to improve plant performance and safety. The position emphasizes strategic thinking, remote team leadership, and strong financial acumen to meet ambitious targets

Qualifications

• 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 financial 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 financial 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a centralized program for plant and facility improvement, plant management, and engineering support across the international region as directed
• Responsible for leading and implementing all largescale capital improvements or new build outs of plants within Stericycle
• Develop Project plans, assign tasks to resources, and communication plans to ensure those affected by projects are informed and updated
• Support business case modelling, analyse and make recommendations on project feasibility studies to identify the most cost-effective alternative
• Work with operations and engineering to develop, implement, and monitor standard metrics, dashboards, processes and approaches within the plant environment
• Implement regular reporting surrounding equipment health, expected replacement costs and timelines, on-going maintenance cost expectations and spare parts inventories
• Support operations with engineering solutions for safety or operations related problems in the plant environment
• 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 efficiency

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Strategic thinking

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Education equivalent College/High School/University with emphasis in Business Management/Finance/Operations/Engineering

Tools

Dashboards

Reporting Tools

Business Case Modelling

Job description

• Develop and execute a centralized program for plant and facility improvement, plant management, and engineering support across the international region as directed
• Responsible for leading and implementing all largescale capital improvements or new build outs of plants within Stericycle
• Develop Project plans, assign tasks to resources, and communication plans to ensure those affected by projects are informed and updated
• Support business case modelling, analyse and make recommendations on project feasibility studies to identify the most cost-effective alternative
• Work with operations and engineering to develop, implement, and monitor standard metrics, dashboards, processes and approaches within the plant environment
• Implement regular reporting surrounding equipment health, expected replacement costs and timelines, on-going maintenance cost expectations and spare parts inventories
• Support operations with engineering solutions for safety or operations related problems in the plant environment
• 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 efficiency

Requirements

• 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 financial 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 financial 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.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Project Management, Financial Acumen, and Regulatory Knowledge within the waste, healthcare, and service industries. Capable of leading remote teams and implementing strategic projects to enhance operational efficiency and achieve financial targets.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Management
• Financial Acumen
• Regulatory Knowledge
• Team Leadership
• Operational Efficiency

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Project Planning
• Cost Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Metrics Development
• Capital Improvement Implementation

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Coaching
• Communication
• Problem-Solving
• Strategic Thinking

Industry Keywords

• Waste Management
• Healthcare
• Service Industry
• Operations Management
• Engineering Support

Tools & Technologies

• Dashboards
• Reporting Tools
• Business Case Modelling