Position Purpose The purpose of this position is to provide technical leadership, continuous improvement, and project management skills in a plant support and R&D capacity that ensures safe, efficient, and low-cost plant operations. This position reports to the Corporate Director of Engineering and Technical Services with a dotted line to the Commercial Park Plant Manager.
Job Functions • Works as a member of a cross-functional team, including Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Research, Development, and Supply Chain professionals, to set strategy and operationalize new product and process opportunities. • Works closely with the operations team to determine improvement opportunities and develop cost-effective resolutions to improve performance and limit risk. • Manages capital projects often up to $6 MM. • Implements best practices in process control, monitoring, HMI interfaces, and operational practices. • Develops and implements operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate problems, improve quality, and cost. • Recommends designs for new and existing production lines, processes to improve efficiency, safety, and productivity. • Creates, submits, and executes projects that meet established budgets and schedules. • Promotes a safe working environment in compliance with all OSHA and Westrock safety standards. • Assures that production practices are in compliance with FSMA SQF standards and FDA requirements where applicable. • Conducts technical specification reviews and resolution. • Coordinates the collection and dissemination of technical information between within the company and customer. • Schedules and monitors program activity to achieve an on-time and on-budget result, including follow-up with external suppliers to ensure timely response to action items. • Prepares quotations utilizing supplier information, cost standards, technical information from quality, manufacturing, engineering, design. • Ensures that project costs are correctly managed to ensure they are properly represented for accounting and closing process.
Assignments Assignments involve activities requiring knowledge of standard principles and techniques. Preparations involve activities requiring knowledge of standard principles and techniques. Preparing designs, drawings, plans, and specifications for projects, engineered systems, technical equipment, or components. Assisting in the preparation of probable construction cost estimates. Reviewing and monitoring project progress to assure quality and adherence to requirements of contract documents. Responsible for control of work-in-progress, ensuring accurate client billings, monitoring outstanding accounts receivable, and collection efforts on related projects.
Understanding Project Management Understands Project Management principles and managing to an established scope. Identifies scope changes and takes appropriate action to address changes.