Manufacturing Innovation Engineering Manager

niagarawater; Las Vegas, North Las Vegas (NV, NV); On-site; USD 113,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid Time Off

Parental and caregiver leaves

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Health Savings Account with company  

Flexible Spending Accounts

Expanded mental wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Niagara seeks a Manufacturing Innovation Engineering Manager to lead the design, maintenance, and repair of plant equipment, ensuring safety and operational excellence at the Las Vegas facility.

The role requires extensive experience in manufacturing environments, with a focus on maintenance, monitoring, and project execution, including managing technicians and coordinating corporate initiatives. Strong safety leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years in field or similar manufacturing environment.
• 6 years in position and 6 years managing people/projects.
• Preferred 10+ years in field or similar manufacturing environment.
• 10+ years - Experience working in Position and managing people/projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversee routine maintenance of plant electrical, HVAC, water systems, and related infrastructure.
• Develop monitoring systems to evaluate facility health.
• Coordinate preventative maintenance with in-plant labor and external services.
• Manage technicians to accomplish engineering tasks.
• Perform technician tasks to ensure safe, reliable operation of the facility.
• Drive cost-saving and corporate projects aligned with company strategies.
• Be a vocal safety advocate in management meetings and initiatives.
• Ensure regular attendance is maintained.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Project management

Team leadership

Safety advocacy

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

Job description

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Manufacturing Innovation Engineering Manager

Responsible for the design, construction, maintenance, and/or repair of plant equipment and machinery. Establishes standards and policies for operating procedures and inspection of maintenance equipment.

Essential Functions

• Routine facility maintenance duties including plant electrical infrastructure, chilled water systems, HVAC and air exchange systems, facility structural maintenance compressed air systems and water farm systems.
• Develop monitoring systems which will evaluate the health of facility maintenance
• Coordinate all preventative maintenance systems through in plant labor and outside services.
• Manage technicians as assigned to accomplish engineering department tasks
• Perform technician tasks as needed to ensure ongoing positive operation of the facility, including: maintain product water and mineral injection systems, filtration, CIP tasks, ozone, filler sanitation, batching support and the like
• Plant project work including assisting with implementation of corporate projects, assisting with data collection initiatives as it relates to corporate requests and executing plant task assignments in the areas that are in need of evaluation and task corrective action.
• Drive cost-savings projects and other projects as assigned to accomplish company strategies
• Key contributor to ensuring overall plant safety, being an active advocate for team member safety. Drive to continuously improve safety behaviors, environment and culture. Be a vocal safety advocate in all plant management meetings and initiatives.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: 6 Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment 6 Years - Experience in Position 6 Years - Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Preferred Qualifications: 10+ Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment 10+ Years - Experience working in Position 10+ Years - Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner Makes safety the number one priority
• Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately
• Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals
• Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly
• Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively
• Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers
• InnovACT Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products
• Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances
• Increases performance through greater efficiency
• Find a Way Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts
• Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions
• Seeks solutions rather than placing blame
• Empowered to be Great Consistently looks for ways to improve one's self through growth and development opportunities
• Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across
• Communicates effectively to manage expectations

Education

Minimum Required: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or other related field

Preferred: Master's Degree in Engineering or other related field

Certification/License

Required: N/A

Preferred: N/A

Foreign Language

Required: None Required

Preferred: None Required

Typical Compensation Range

Pay Rate Type: Salary

$112,890.09 - $160,868.41 / Yearly

Bonus Target: 15% Annual

Benefits

Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

• Regular full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package, while part-time, intern, and seasonal team members are offered a limited benefits package.
• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves
• Medical, including virtual care options
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits