Director, Operations Technical Support

Altium Packaging

3d•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Operations Technical Support is accountable for operations-wide technical stabilization, emergency response readiness, and long-term capability building across all manufacturing plants in the United States and Canada. This role owns the technical emergency-response model for Operations—ensuring critical production, equipment, and startup failures are addressed rapidly, effectively, and consistently across the network. The Director provides strategic leadership, prioritization, and direction for a highly mobile team of Technical Support Technicians who deploy to plants during high‑impact events. In addition to crisis response, this role is responsible for ensuring that learned failures become institutional capability, reducing repeat incidents, improving uptime, and strengthening both maintenance and production performance across operations. Candidates can sit anywhere in the United States and must be open to up to 100% travel.

Requirements

Supports all manufacturing plants across the United States and Canada.
10+ years leading a Technical or Production team
Travel up to 100%, often with little advance notice.
Primarily leadership and oversight role; on-site presence expected during high-impact events
10+ years of experience in high-output manufacturing environments, preferably plastics or packaging
Demonstrated leadership in operations, maintenance, or technical excellence roles
Exposure to capital planning, reliability strategy, and standardized maintenance systems
Strong working knowledge of: Blow molding systems, Bottle processing and downstream equipment, Maintenance and production interfaces
Proven experience leading teams through unplanned operational crises
Experience in diagnosing and problem-solving various types of equipment
Experience with Hydraulics, Pneumatics and reading Blueprints
Ability to operate decisively with incomplete information
Strong communication skills (plant floor to SLT)
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and work in manufacturing environments (bend, climb ladders, walk and stand for prolonged periods of time, working in tight spaces in non-climate-controlled environments).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent operational experience
Experience leading multi-site or network technical organizations
Track record of building teams that perform under pressure
Experience with PLC systems or Master Electrician

Responsibilities

Own the Operations Technical Emergency Response framework for North America. Establish criteria for escalation, deployment, and prioritization of technical response resources.
Serve as the executive point of accountability for major operational disruptions, including: Extended or repeat downtime events, Critical blow molding or bottle processing failures, High-risk startups, restarts, or capacity expansions.
Partner with Operations leadership to determine when, where, and how Technical Support Technicians are deployed.
Ensure Technical Support Technicians are empowered with the authority, tools, and expectations needed to stabilize operations under pressure.
Directly lead and develop the North America Technical Response Leader(s). Set clear expectations related to: Speed to stabilization, Decision quality under crisis conditions, Capability left behind after deployment.
Conduct post-event reviews to assess effectiveness, decision-making, and outcomes.
Ensure consistent execution standards, troubleshooting rigor, and reporting discipline across all deployments.
Own the enterprise approach to maintenance and production technical capability, with specific focus on: Blow molding operations, Bottle processing systems and qualifications, Operator and technician troubleshooting depth.
Align emergency-response learnings with: Training strategy, Standard work, Equipment operating and maintenance practices.
Ensure improvements driven through deployments are sustained beyond the immediate crisis.
Identify systemic drivers of downtime, defects, scrap, or throughput loss across plants.
Translate recurring incident patterns into targeted improvement initiatives.
Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance leaders to eliminate repeat failures.
Track and report enterprise-level trends related to: Equipment reliability, Technical skill gaps, Emergency response frequency and resolution time.
Act as technical response advisor to senior Operations leadership.
Provide concise, executive-level summaries following significant interventions.
Influence capital, resource, and talent decisions using field-based operational insight.
Support plant and regional leaders without replacing their accountability.
Ensure emergency-response activities reinforce safety, regulatory compliance, and environmental standards—even under crisis conditions.
Set expectations that operational recovery never compromises safety discipline.