Site Engineering Director (FORTUNE 500 Manufacturing)

CapstoneONE Search; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CapstoneONE Search represents a globally recognized Fortune 500 manufacturing organization seeking a Site Engineering Director to own an 80+ person engineering department within a 1,200+ employee campus.

Reporting to the General Manager, the candidate will lead continuous improvement initiatives, manage budgets, and partner with senior leadership to shape the long-term engineering and operations roadmap.

Qualifications

• Engineering/Technical degree required.
• 3–5 years of engineering leadership experience.
• Experience in high speed/fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and work cross-functionally

Responsibilities

• Lead a department of 80+ employees while owning budgetary responsibilities for a 1,200+ employee campus.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives including yield improvement and process optimization.
• Provide direction and leadership aligned with company and business plan goals.
• Maintain and develop strategic relationships with key suppliers and vendors.
• Direct and drive the use of problem-solving methods for plant and customer issues.
• Work with plant staff to develop HI-POT talent.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure launch program execution.
• Establish and track KPIs aligned with plant and business objectives.
• Provide strategic input into the long-term engineering and business roadmap.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous improvement

Process optimization

Problem solving

Communication

Budget ownership

Strategic thinking

Education

Engineering/Technical degree

Job description

We are representing a globally recognized FORTUNE 500 manufacturing organization who is actively seeking a Site Engineering Director. Reporting to the General Manager, this candidate would assume ownership over an 80+ employee department while working closely with Senior leadership. This is an 1,200+ employee campus, $1.2B campus.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• The Site Engineering Director will report to the General Manager and will be responsible for leading a department of 80+ employees while assuming budgetary ownership over a 1,200+ employee campus.
• Drive departmental continuous improvement initiatives inclusive of yield improvement, and process optimization.
• Provide direction and leadership consistent with company and business plan goals.
• Maintain and develop strategic relationships with key suppliers and vendors
• Direct and drive the utilization of problem solving methods for related plant and customer issues.
• Work closely with plant staff to development "HI-POT " talent
• Work cross functionally, partnering with different internal departments including Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure seamless execution of launch programs.
• Establish and track KPIs aligned with plant and business objectives
• Provide strategic input into the long-term engineering and business roadmap

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Engineering/Technical degree is required for consideration
• Candidate should have at least 3-5 years Engineering leadership experience for consideration
• Experience in high speed/fast paced manufacturing environment is required
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and work cross functionally with others