Site Engineer Manager - Erlanger, KY

ADM; Erlanger (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ADM seeks a Site Engineer Manager to lead the Facilities, Maintenance, and Process Engineering team at our Kentucky site. You will drive process improvements, project management, uptime, and building enhancements, collaborating with operations, quality, and capital project engineers.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring, safety, and delivering high-quality manufacturing processes while managing budgets and schedules for capital projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work-related experience required.
• Five years of process engineering experience preferred.
• Three years maintenance and/or facilities experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership in safety systems.
• Strong organizational and planning abilities; capital planning support.

Responsibilities

• Provide process engineering support to develop and sustain quality products.
• Collaborate with experts on innovative plant operation and maintenance approaches.
• Set goals, objectives, and KPIs for plant engineering and capital projects.
• Lead safety initiatives and promote a safety culture of continuous improvement.
• Mentor and develop process engineers, facilities, and maintenance staff.

Skills

Process engineering

Leadership

Safety

Project management

Mentoring

Communication

Continuous improvement

Lean/Six Sigma/ TPM

Microsoft Office

CMMS

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

CMMS

Enterprise management systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Summary

The Site Engineer Manager will provide leadership to the Facilities, Maintenance, and Process Engineering team. This role will be responsible for driving day to day process and building enhancement through collaboration in the site’s Facilities, Maintenance, and Process Engineering team. This includes productivity improvements, project management, uptime improvement, designing, managing, and improving manufacturing processes to ensure products are made efficiently, safely and of a high quality. They will work closely with operations, quality and capital project engineers.

This is an exempt level position.

Essential Job Functions

• Collaborate with the Operations team to provide process engineering support as needed to develop and sustain quality products for our customers.
• Work closely with internal and external subject matter experts on the implementation of innovative approaches to plant operation and maintenance.
• Leverage Performance Excellence methods to establish goals, objectives, and KPIs for plant engineering functions and capital project management. Leverage deployment plans to establish an expected cadence of project completion to which everyone can be held accountable.
• Display an ability to lead, develop, support safety efforts, and promote a safety culture of continuous improvement. Promote continuous process safety improvement with knowledge of PSM programs being a plus.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and development for process engineers, facilities, and maintenance through a variety of methods including coaching, collaboration, and conducting training sessions.
• Collaborate with the Capex Engineering team to develop, execute, and manage capital projects that exceed 5M USD.
• Ensure stewardship of viable capital projects from inception through validation.
• Provide effective management of personnel and resources to balance schedules, budgets, and scope/quality of projects under the guidance of the Capital Engineers depending on the dollar value of the projects.
• Provide oversight of equipment and contractor personnel day to day and during the course of project by working in the field on a daily basis.
• Written and verbal communication of project activities and key metrics shall be provided to managers and other stakeholders.
• Develop requests for proposals, equipment sizing, equipment utility lists, detail P&ID’s, and other front-end engineering tasks.
• Proactively participate in safety, environmental, quality, and production processes in order to ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures.
• Develop short-term and long-term strategy for the Maintenance and Facilities team.
• Develop short-term and long-term building improvement plans.
• Maintain an awareness of industry trends and investigate the means by which projects can be improved, implemented, and managed – this includes capturing lessons learned and developing best practices ensuring compliance with all relevant engineering standards and internal procedures.

Education/Training

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work-related experience required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years previous process engineering experience preferred.
• Minimum of three years previous maintenance and/or facilities experience preferred.
• Demonstrated strong commitment and leadership in safety systems.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to plan priorities effectively, including assisting with capital planning.
• Proficient in mentoring, training, and development of colleagues.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) for coordination, training, and reporting.
• Able to utilize independent judgement to solve problems, have excellent organizational skills to effectively handle multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and strive for continuous improvement and high expectations for direct reports.
• Ability to achieve and track excellence using performance driven metrics leveraging Performance Excellence or similar continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, TPM.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of CMMS and enterprise management systems.

Working Conditions

• Dust
• Allergens – The scope of the position may require exposure to and use of materials containing allergens such as seafood and nuts.
• Some manufacturing processes within the facility are highly reliant on machinery and other processing equipment and, as a result, noise levels may reach or exceed 85 decibels and require use of hearing protection for most of the work shift.

Physical Requirements

• Able to lift and transport materials and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds on a frequent basis, up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis and up to 55 pounds overhead. Lifting or carrying weights over 50 pounds is rare. Employees are encouraged to request assistance in lifting or carrying objects that weigh more than 50 pounds.
• Able to move about or to a work site by stooping, bending, kneeling or squatting frequently during the course of a workday. May require periods of prolonged sitting or standing.
• Able to operate equipment or diagnose / detect issues of machinery that may be located at different heights. May require work on ladders, scaffolding or other work at heights.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.