Plant Engineering Lead - Team, Projects & Reliability

Yokohama Tire; West Point (MS); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Yokohama Tire is seeking a Plant Engineering Supervisor in West Point, MS to oversee a dedicated engineering team and the maintenance of plant equipment and systems. This role emphasizes leadership, project delivery, budgeting, and safety compliance within a dynamic manufacturing environment.

You will guide engineers and technicians, plan outages, and ensure projects meet time, cost, and quality targets. Expect travel up to 20% and close collaboration with other departments to advance plant

Qualifications

• 5+ years manufacturing experience.
• 2+ years supervisory experience.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Engineers and Technicians to ensure high performance and professional development.
• Ensure Engineering projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Oversee maintenance of equipment and systems, ensuring they are operating efficiently and reliably.
• Estimates required hours on work order tasks, total work duration and skills required to perform the task.
• Conducts field walk-downs to identify and document job requirements.
• Creation of PM’s, schedules, calendars, and routes.
• Participates in outage planning activities such as scope identification and control, scheduling, coordination, risk assessment, execution and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all Engineering activities comply with safety regulations and company policies.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting expertise to resolve equipment failures.
• Manage relevant budgets, including forecasting and controlling expenditures.
• Work closely with other departments to support overall plant operations and objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Safety focus

Analytical skills

Excel expert

Time management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Yokohama Tire is seeking a Plant Engineering Supervisor in West Point, MS to oversee a dedicated engineering team and the maintenance of plant equipment and systems. This role emphasizes leadership, project delivery, budgeting, and safety compliance within a dynamic manufacturing environment.

You will guide engineers and technicians, plan outages, and ensure projects meet time, cost, and quality targets. Expect travel up to 20% and close collaboration with other departments to advance plant