Director, Engineering – Meat, Cheese, Coffee, Snacks
About The Position
This position leads and directs the Engineering function with direct responsibility for the CapEx process, which includes deep technical case, project management, and financial cost management. The Director acts as a liaison with departments, sub-contractors, and vendors to resolve problems related to design, manufacture, product acceptance from a technical standpoint, product performance, competitive cost, and quality assurance. Although not a design function, the Head of Engineering is expected to constructively challenge technical solutions and drive optimal and sustaining solutions to projects for the applicable factories. The BU head of Engineering is responsible for developing the 1 to 3 year capital plan for the overall business unit in collaboration with the BU lead and Zone Technical Leader, equating cost, resources, and timelines. This role involves accurately scoping the financial components of the project and its cash flow in collaboration with the Finance department, adhering to the CapEx stage gate process with leading roles in technical peer reviews before project CAR submission, and approving CAR documents when needed. The Director must be able to concisely and convincedly present project CARs to different executive approval committees. The role also assigns engineering design, program, project review, and job release activity to technical project engineers, and assists various engineering staff in coordination of all engineering activities, including the CAPEX Projects & Systems process. Strong analytical reasoning and critical thinking are required to propose project options and evaluate trade-offs to deliver the best technical project solution, factoring in key areas such as EHS and FQS, and incorporating maintenance requirements into capital projects. The Director develops and formally documents improved processes, procedures, and standards, and develops performance guidelines/standards for engineering staff, defining and setting departmental and individual staff goals in support of management objectives, and evaluating staff performance. The Director serves as an advisor to other technical personnel and plant project engineers. Kraft Heinz is a global food company with iconic and emerging food and beverage brands, committed to disrupting the global food industry through consumer obsession and unexpected partnerships. The company fosters a culture of ownership, agility, and endless curiosity, and is dedicated to improving the company, communities, and planet.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited engineering school or related field is required.
- Minimum of 10-15 years’ experience in engineering, project management and /or technical leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders of the organization.
- Food manufacturing background and desirable understanding of meat processing, cheese manufacturing and refrigeration overall.
- Possess a credible authority both internal and external.
- Excellent knowledge of the Kraft Heinz Operation processes and Engineering Playbook.
- Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading cross functional initiatives across multiple plants / businesses.
- Experience implementing improvement strategies across multiple plants / businesses.
Responsibilities
- Leads and directs the Engineering function with direct responsibility to CapEx process, which includes deep technical case, project management and financial cost management.
- Acts as a liaison with departments, sub-contractors and vendors in resolving problems related to design, manufacture, product acceptance from a technical standpoint, product performance, competitive cost and quality assurance.
- Constructively challenge the technical solves presented and drive optimal and sustaining solves to projects to the applicable factories.
- Responsible for developing the 1 to 3 year capital plan for the overall business unit in collaboration with the BU lead and Zone Technical Leader equating, cost, resources and timelines.
- Responsible to accurately scoping the financial components of the project and its cash flow in collaboration with the Finance department.
- Adherence to the CapEx stage gate process with leading roles in the technical peer reviews before project CAR submission.
- Approval of the CAR document (when whenever needed by a project) and ability to concisely and convincedly present the project CAR to different executive approval committees.
- Assigns engineering design, program, project review and job release activity to technical project engineers.
- Assists various engineering staff in coordination of all engineering activities, including the CAPEX Projects & Systems process.
- Strong analytical reasoning and critical thinking to propose project options and evaluate trade-offs necessary to deliver the best technical project solve.
- Ability to factor other key areas such as EHS and FQS as part of the project requests.
- Ability to understand and incorporate maintenance requirements as part of capital projects.
- Develops and formally documents, improved processes, procedures and standards.
- Develops performance guidelines/standards for engineering staff; defines and sets departmental and individual staff goals in support of management objectives.
- Evaluates staff performance in relationship to the established goals and objectives.
- Serves as an advisor to other technical personnel and plant project engineers.
Benefits
- Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future.
- Plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs.
- Events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.
- Medical
- Prescription Drug
- Dental
- Vision
- Screenings/Assessments
- Paid Time Off
- Company Holidays
- Leave of Absence
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Recognition
- Training
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellbeing Programs
- Family Support Programs
- 401k
- Life
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Disability
- Performance-based bonus
- Additional compensation in the form of equity (Long-Term Incentive)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
