Division Project Engineering Manager

Johns Manville•Innisfail, AB

3d•$147,400 - $202,600•Onsite

About The Position

The Division Project Engineering Manager provides engineering leadership and oversight to Johns Manville’s Insulation System business unit, manufacturing plants, engineering group, and technical resources. Working closely with business leadership and teams across operations, engineering, finance, marketing, product development, sales, and research and development, the role ensures engineering efforts and projects meet business and financial objectives through effective planning, engineering, coordination, and service. The position leads the division’s capital program, including multi-year asset planning and annual operating plan planning and execution, and provides leadership and resources for divisional projects throughout their lifecycle. It supports plant performance, production capacity, product quality, cost reduction, safety, environmental compliance, asset reliability, and return on net assets. The manager also leads and develops project engineers and provides leadership to process and plant engineers, while managing the engineering department’s staffing, resources, and budget. The role requires heavy travel, up to 50% of the year. The stated work environment is typical of an office setting. The incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions; reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a relevant technical field.
At least 10 years of experience in engineering roles such as project, process, or plant engineering in an industrial or manufacturing industry, with progressing levels of responsibility.
At least 5 years of capital project management experience.
Demonstrated success managing capital projects of $5 million or more, of varying complexity and size, throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Proven project management and leadership skills.
Experience with all facets of day-to-day plant operations, including shift work, finance, maintenance, HSE, hiring, and firing.
Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement in engineering and project management.
Ability to mentor, coach, train, and develop others and provide program management.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
Ability to influence and present data, technical information, and financial information at all organizational levels.
Excellent problem-solving, negotiating, and process troubleshooting skills.
Ability to proactively complete assignments with limited oversight while managing multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
Strong leadership and demonstrated interest in adding value to the organization.
Ability to provide complex and innovative solutions to project and process engineering problems.
Demonstrated engineering and technical capabilities.
Solid understanding of corporate reporting, engineering economics, project justification, and technology used in manufacturing facilities.
Solid knowledge of OSHA regulations relating to manufacturing and construction processes.
Solid knowledge of construction-related environmental regulations applicable to typical JM construction projects.
Knowledge of contracts and contract management, including equipment specifications and guarantees.
Familiarity with applicable government regulations concerning environmental and operating permits and safety standards.
Knowledge of finance.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Ability and willingness to travel heavily, up to 50% of the year.
Ability to interface with people at all organizational levels, internally and externally.
Physical ability to perform essential job functions, with reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering leadership and oversight to the business unit, manufacturing plants, engineering group, and technical resources.
Lead the division capital program, including multi-year asset planning and annual operating plan planning and execution.
Represent the division and actively participate in the Engineering Council; coordinate closely with the VP of Capital Projects and Engineering.
Lead and resource key divisional projects across justification, scoping, budgeting, scheduling, engineering, forecasting, execution, and reporting to meet objectives and deliver expected benefits.
Work with the Director of Operations and divisional plant managers to increase production capacity, improve product quality, reduce costs, and improve operations and HSE results through technology, initiatives, projects, process improvements, and best practices.
Lead, mentor, train, and hire divisional project engineers, and provide leadership to division process engineers and plant engineers.
Maintain a strong safety culture and ensure safety procedures are implemented, refined, and updated to support a zero-incident environment.
Provide technical resources to troubleshoot and optimize plant operations, including quality, reliability, and metrics.
Provide technical resources to resolve unplanned efficiency or product quality degradations and equipment failures.
Provide technology operations training and update operating guidelines, SOPs, and Manufacturing Specifications.
Ensure processes and equipment are designed for safety, including consideration of ergonomics and identification and elimination of potential safety and health hazards during project execution.
Ensure processes and equipment are designed for environmental compliance, with permit requirements considered and potential environmental issues identified and addressed during project execution.
Promote urgency, continuous improvement, and benchmarking in engineering, project management, cost and schedule performance, asset performance, technical and operating details, constructability, maintainability, documentation, and training to improve asset reliability and return on net assets.
Provide engineering oversight for implementation of JM standards, procedures, policies, benchmarking, and best practices.
Manage the business engineering department’s staffing, resource plan, and budget to meet safety, productivity, and financial goals.
Stay informed about new processes, manufacturing and process equipment, process control equipment, and industry trends and best practices; help identify and execute new technologies across the division.
Advise and influence IS technology and product management groups on system, procedure, and process modifications to improve products, productivity, process control, and quality characteristics.
Perform other related duties as assigned.