Senior Manager Factory Engineering
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 engineering function across capital execution, asset maintenance and utilities excellence, engineering compliance, and sustainability, while aligning technical plans and objectives with factory strategy and cost targets. The position develops factory technical competencies, equipment and electrical reliability, maintenance practices, utilities management, and sustainability performance. It also oversees capital planning and execution, factory master planning, engineering cost management, technical execution, compliance with applicable requirements and Nestlé standards, and the coordination of innovation and renovation initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) required, preferably in Engineering such as Mechanical, Chemical, or Process; experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- At least 10 years of related work experience is highly preferred.
- At least 3 years of leadership or management experience.
- Strong understanding of, or ability to learn, role responsibilities and business drivers, including financial analysis, Nestlé Standard Costing, Asset and Maintenance Management (AMM), CAPEX budgeting and preparation (CIAT), and Industrial Services/Energy Management (NEMT).
- Familiarity with TPM and continuous improvement methodologies.
- 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 root-cause analysis and technical creativity to resolve complex short- and long-term issues.
- Effective communication and networking skills, and 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).
Responsibilities
- Define and propose Factory Engineering team plans and objectives, and monitor implementation in accordance with Nestlé Engineering policies, principles, and activities.
- Apply Nestlé leadership principles in all aspects of the role.
- Set the factory’s technical strategic vision, collaborate with other functional leaders, and cascade objectives throughout the engineering department within factory cost targets.
- Develop and maintain factory technical competencies, including action plans, accountability, talent reviews, career planning, and succession planning.
- Drive equipment reliability by implementing maintenance foundations and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
- Build cooperation with production and cross-functional teams to support 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 (MBS) in alignment with business needs.
- Drive factory master planning to support long-term strategies, including safety, quality, and warehouse priorities.
- Ensure compliance with governing-body requirements for utilities systems relevant to 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 factory water management.
- Drive reliability of factory electrical components and develop maintenance technical skills to support electrical reliability.
- Ensure compliance with Nestlé standards, including calibration requirements.
- Lead innovation and renovation by initiating and coordinating implementation of new processes and technologies with relevant Market, Product Technology Center, Corporate, and Strategic Business Unit partners.
- Cascade objectives aligned with factory objectives and implement the strategic technical OMP and factory master plan.
- Develop detailed engineering cost management plans, including year-over-year improvements.
- Develop detailed action plans for technical execution.
- Leverage corporate resources and ensure compliance with 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 well-being.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
