Senior Manager, Factory Engineering

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA • Sudbury, MA

1d • $168,000 - $195,000

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Factory Engineering manages factory engineering activities and provides professional engineering and strategic technical leadership. The role ensures that people’s health and safety, product safety, and the environment are never compromised. It leads the factory engineering function across capital execution, asset maintenance and utilities excellence, engineering compliance, and sustainability, while applying Nestlé leadership principles. Candidates outside the local market may be considered, with relocation assistance available where applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) is required, preferably in Engineering, including Mechanical, Chemical, or Process; experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• At least 10 years of related work experience is strongly preferred, including at least 3 years of leadership or management experience.
• Strong understanding of, or ability to learn, the role’s responsibilities and related financial analysis and business drivers, including Nestlé Standard Costing, Asset and Maintenance Management (AMM), CAPEX budgeting and preparation (CIAT), and Industrial Services/Energy Management (NEMT).
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Visio, CDM, AMM, ESAT, CIAT, NEMT, and similar technical tools or systems.
• Demonstrated technical and managerial capabilities, with in-depth knowledge of food-processing plant operations, technologies, utilities, maintenance systems, and hygienic engineering requirements (OSH&R).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to apply root-cause analysis and technical creativity to complex short- and long-term issues.
• Effective communication and networking skills, and the ability to perform under pressure and in ambiguous environments.
• Experience in project engineering or management, including plant design and construction.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of food safety, food-safety regulatory requirements, and hygienic engineering (OSH&R).
• Familiarity with TPM and continuous-improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define, propose, and monitor Factory Engineering team plans and objectives in accordance with Nestlé engineering policies, principles, and the Nestlé Engineering Excellence master document.
• Apply Nestlé leadership principles in all aspects of the role.
• Set the factory’s technical strategic vision, work with other functional leaders, and cascade engineering objectives within factory cost targets.
• Develop and maintain factory technical competencies through action plans, progress accountability, talent reviews, career planning, and succession planning.
• Improve equipment reliability by implementing maintenance foundations and TPM methodology.
• Collaborate with production and cross-functional teams to build world-class operations.
• Improve maintenance cost structure by developing technical skills and optimizing third-party spending.
• Implement Nestlé’s capital process and drive excellence in capital execution.
• Develop, maintain, and execute the capital market business strategy in alignment with business needs.
• Lead factory master planning to support long-term strategies, including those for safety, quality, and warehousing.
• Ensure compliance with governing-body requirements for utilities systems at the Modesto site.
• Develop and maintain the skills needed to manage utilities systems internally.
• Drive and execute plant sustainability objectives in line with market targets, including world-class water management.
• Drive reliability of factory electrical components and develop maintenance technical skills to support electrical reliability.
• Develop and drive the factory automation plan.
• Ensure compliance with Nestlé standards, including calibration.
• Initiate and coordinate implementation of new processes and technologies for innovation and renovation with the relevant Market, Product Technology Center, Corporate, and Strategic Business Unit.
• Cascade objectives to leaders in line with factory objectives and implement the strategic technical OMP and factory master plan.
• Develop detailed cost-management plans for engineering, including year-over-year improvements, and detailed action plans for technical execution.
• Use corporate resources and Nestlé Market standards.

Benefits

• Performance-based incentives and bonus eligibility.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Healthcare coverage.
• A broad range of other benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• Relocation assistance may be available where applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior