Senior Manager, Engineering & Maintenance

Lazarus Naturals; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance

FSA/HSA for eligible plans

Five weeks PTO & three holidays

Employee discount program

401(k) plan

Job summary

Etz Hayim, owner of Lazarus Naturals, seeks a Senior Manager of Engineering and Maintenance for our Portland facility. You will lead engineering and maintenance teams, drive capital projects, improve processes, and ensure equipment uptime while coordinating with production leadership.

The role requires 5+ years in engineering/maintenance leadership in a food/beverage or related manufacturing setting, with a Bachelor's in Engineering and strong project management skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leadership experience managing Engineering and Maintenance functions.
• 5+ years of experience in food, beverage, or supplement manufacturing.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Applied Science.
• Experience designing or maintaining fluid-handling and formulation processing equipment (pumps, mixers, blenders, and piping systems).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Passionate and skilled at recruiting, developing, coaching, and leading high-performing teams.
• Self-starter with excellent prioritization skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
• Proficiency with Excel/Google Sheets, ERP systems, and the interest and ability to learn new software.

Responsibilities

• Manage all Engineering projects including new production line install, automation, continuous improvement, and facility build-out.
• Develop annual facility, capital expenditure and engineering plans with Production Leadership and execute ROI analyses.
• Analyze existing production workflow and equipment to optimize output, quality and minimize loss.
• Develop operating SOPs, maintenance guidelines, and standards for new equipment and lines.
• Manage facilities projects, contractors and construction across Portland facilities.
• Maintain and design CAD drawings for utilities, building systems, production layouts and warehouse layouts.
• Oversee maintenance programs to ensure uptime and reliability.
• Lead KPI development and reporting for the Maintenance team.

Skills

Leadership

Food/beverage manufacturing

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Fluid-handling equipment

Analytical skills

Communication

People leadership

Excel/ERP

Self-starter/Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Applied Science

Master's degree in Engineering or Applied Science

Tools

ERP systems

CAD software

Excel/Google Sheets

Job description

Location: Portland, OR

Job Id:138

# of Openings:1

Senior Manager, Engineering and Maintenance

Etz Hayim is looking for a Senior Manager, Engineering and Maintenance to lead these departments at our Portland food manufacturing plant. We are looking for a pragmatic candidate who tackles challenges head on and is solution-oriented, enjoys getting their hands dirty, and is highly organized.

About the Company:

Etz Hayim owns and operates the brands Cycling Frog and Lazarus Naturals, as well as a sprawling operation that spans from farming over 300 acres of hemp, extraction, chemical processing, packaging, supply chain and warehousing to support both brands and private label customers.

Lazarus Naturals was founded in 2016 to make quality hemp-based CBD accessible to everybody. It's why we own our manufacturing process from start to finish – beginning at our hemp farms in Central Oregon to our extraction, formulation, and packaging – all to deliver safe, effective CBD at an affordable price. We provide a 60% Assistance Program to veterans, individuals with disabilities, or those experiencing income challenges, because we believe everybody should be able to experience the benefits of CBD regardless of their financial situation.

Cycling Frog is normalizing the consumption of casual use THC products. We are on a mission to make THC convenient, affordable, and fun by making a sessionable THC beverage the same price as a beer or soda. We want to change the way THC is consumed and viewed by our society by focusing on lower potency, ready to drink beverages that can easily fit into anyone’s lifestyle. Under the Federal Farm Bill it is legal to sell these low potency THC products across all 50 states via the internet, and anywhere you can grab a beer.

Job Responsibilities:

Engineering

• Manage all Engineering projects including new production line install, automation, continuous improvement, and facility build-out.
• Develop the annual facility, capital expenditure and engineering plans with Production Leadership. Develop and execute upon the planning, ROI analysis, risk analysis and execution for production and facilities projects.
• Analyze existing production workflow, equipment and processes to determine how we can improve and optimize output, quality and minimize loss. Develop a deep understanding of all processes and fundamental chemical and physical processes that need to take place, and how we can improve them.
• Partner with the Production Leadership to identify production line improvement opportunities, vet equipment suppliers, determine the ROI, and manage the execution of the implementation. Responsible for developing all operating SOPs, maintenance guidelines, and standards for new equipment and production lines.
• Manage facilities projects, contractors and construction projects across Portland facilities.
• Maintain & design CAD drawings for utilities, building systems, production layouts and warehouse layout.

Maintenance

• Manage facility and equipment maintenance, repair, cleanliness and good operation in compliance with our Quality requirements and operational needs.
• Develop and execute an annual preventative maintenance plan for all pertinent equipment. Lead the team to develop longer planning horizons for maintenance against forecasted use and known equipment lifetimes, and build contingencies and proper budgeting to ensure operational continuity.
• Develop and maintain SOPs and training protocols for the operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment and systems. Ensure that the maintenance team and operators are properly trained and capable.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight of all production, equipment, and facility systems. Responsible for uptime, reduced failure rate and optimization of equipment.
• Develop KPIs for the Maintenance team. Implement weekly and monthly reporting on equipment functionality, uptime, and KPIs.

Leadership

• Be a hands on leader who isn't afraid to jump into the weeds to understand our systems, enjoys working on the production floor, and prioritizes strategic leadership.
• Manage, train, and inspire your team. Develop an environment that promotes and rewards initiative, open communication, accountability and excellence.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of leadership experience managing Engineering and Maintenance functions.
• 5+ years of experience in food, beverage, or supplement manufacturing.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Applied Science.
• Experience designing or maintaining fluid-handling and formulation processing equipment (pumps, mixers, blenders, and piping systems).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Passionate and skilled at recruiting, developing, coaching, and leading high-performing teams.
• Selfstarter with excellent prioritization skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
• Proficiency with Excel/Google Sheets, ERP systems, and the interest and ability to learn new software.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering or Applied Science.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing complex automation systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale capital projects and managing equipment lifecycles.
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, or Reliability Engineering experience.
• Experience supporting highly automated food, beverage, or consumer packaged goods operations.

Physical/Functional 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 job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• Comprehensive benefits (medical, vision, and dental insurance, FSA/HSA for eligible plans, life insurance, EAP, and more)
• Five weeks PTO & three paid holidays per year
• Employee discount program
• Fully stocked kitchen
• 401(k) plan

Veterans strongly encouraged to apply.

Etz Hayim Holdingsis proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

At Etz Hayim Holdings, S.P.C. we are committed to operating in alignment with our values of being a socially, economically and environmentally responsible enterprise.

• Democratizing access to CBD and THC
• Normalizing Cannabis consumption in the United States
• Making effective natural medicines that are accessible and affordable to everyone within a broken health care system
• Building toward a fully circular and sustainable economy and supply chain