Plant Technical Director

Post Consumer Brands•Battle Creek, MI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a high-visibility leadership opportunity to shape the technical future of the site and help position the plant for long-term success. The Plant Technical Director leads the technical direction of the Battle Creek plant, with responsibility across engineering, maintenance, and broader technical strategy for the site. This role partners closely with operations leadership to ensure the plant has the systems, processes, and long-term technical foundations needed to execute at a high level today and into the future. This is a strategic leadership role with broad organizational scope with 130+ people across multiple technical departments including maintenance, process engineering, project management, and controls engineering. You’ll help shape the site’s long-term capabilities while influencing performance, people development, and technical excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering strongly preferred, ideally in chemical, electrical, mechanical, or a similarly rigorous engineering discipline. Degree in Management or other science required.
Ability to relocation for future roles within the network, for your future growth and development.
Strong technical leadership experience paired with operational credibility in a manufacturing environment.
Experience that reflects more than capital projects alone, with backgrounds such as process engineering, process engineering supervision, operations management, or similar technical/operations leadership paths viewed favorably.
Strong preference for experience working in a union environment.
A leader who understands how to improve plant performance while developing others and building capability for the future.
Someone energized by value stream engineering, end-to-end process thinking, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Set the strategic technical direction for the plant across engineering, maintenance, and long-range site readiness.
Ensure the right systems, processes, and capabilities are in place so the site can execute reliably and improve over time.
Lead plant performance improvement through a focus on runtime, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and cost per pound.
Build and develop technical leadership bench strength, including succession capability within the organization.
Advance value stream engineering and process capability thinking across the plant to drive stronger end-to-end technical and operational performance.
Partner across functions to move the site forward with strong technical judgment, leadership discipline, and a future-focused mindset.