Plant Engineering Team Lead — Projects & Operations

Yokohama Tire Corporation; West Point (MS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Yokohama Tire Corporation is seeking a Plant Engineering Supervisor responsible for overseeing a team within the Plant Engineering Department. The role focuses on efficient operation and maintenance of equipment, leading projects, managing budgets, and guiding Engineers to high performance.

The position requires 5+ years in manufacturing with at least 2 years in supervision and a Bachelor's degree. Strong leadership, safety focus, and MS Excel proficiency are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years manufacturing experience with 2+ years in a supervisory position.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.

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

Follow-up

Safety focus

Technical/analytic

Written/oral communication

MS Excel

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Yokohama Tire Corporation is seeking a Plant Engineering Supervisor responsible for overseeing a team within the Plant Engineering Department. The role focuses on efficient operation and maintenance of equipment, leading projects, managing budgets, and guiding Engineers to high performance.

The position requires 5+ years in manufacturing with at least 2 years in supervision and a Bachelor's degree. Strong leadership, safety focus, and MS Excel proficiency are essential.