Engineering and Maintenance Director
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Location: Middletown, NY 10940
Description:
I. POSITION DESCRIPTION
Assist Vice President of Operations (Plant Manager) with the planning, coordination and management of activities involved in environmental controls and compliance, quality assurance, purchasing, maintenance and engineering.
II. PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
III. POST-HIRE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
IV. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to toxic, acidic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Must be able to wear required Personal Protective Equipment.
Assist Vice President of Operations (Plant Manager) with the planning, coordination and management of activities involved in environmental controls and compliance, quality assurance, purchasing, maintenance and engineering.
II. PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee general operation of assigned departments, equipment and employees to ensure proper equipment operation and maintenance, good housekeeping, and safety, environmental & regulatory compliance. Promote culture of excellence and lead operational areas in continuously improving from safety, environmental and operational perspectives as well as implementation of Lean Rules and Principles. Initiates, recommends or facilitates changes to improve the safety, environmental performance, operational control and efficiency of the facility, or to meet business needs.
- Plan production operations to meet sales and corporate requirements.
- Meet or exceed all personal and facility targets and objectives, including production, quality and efficiency targets, establishing and maintaining action plans where necessary.
- Assist Plant Manager with developing and maintaining operating expenses
- and capital budgets.
- Review and/or generate operations reports as required.
- Resolve production, quality, personnel or maintenance issues.
- Manage staffing levels to meet business needs, and ensure that all employees are appropriately selected, trained and supervised.
- Manage subordinates through coaching, counseling, disciplining, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
- Ensure proper recordkeeping for manifests, inspections, inventory, training, timekeeping, production, maintenance, and all other required records for the department.
- Communicate company policies to employees and enforce safety & environmental regulations. Recommends and enforces compliance with regularity agencies.
- Other duties as assigned.
III. POST-HIRE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
- Safety training (including OHSAS 18001 and for applicable equipment)
- Environmental compliance training applicable to the job
- EMS (ISO 14001) awareness, including plant EMS objectives and targets, and significant environmental aspects and impacts
- Quality system (ISO 9001) familiarization
- Journey To Excellence (JTE)
- Job instructional training
IV. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to toxic, acidic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Must be able to wear required Personal Protective Equipment.