What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Engineer position at BioTalent?
THE ROLE:
Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Plant Engineer is responsible for achieving the highest level of reliability for plant equipment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead a comprehensive safety process to prevent injuries.
- Lead plant compliance of all federal, state and local environmental and safety regulations.
- Effectively implement/maintain a reliability-centered maintenance process that drives machine uptime, improves OEE and lower operations costs.
- Provide department leadership to ensure the highest standards of plant condition and equipment performance are achieved and sustained.
- Ensure maintenance department personnel possess the appropriate skills and are qualified and proficient. Identify and support technical training and development for department employees.
- Scope and execute capital projects, participate in annual plant budgeting, manage department spend. Identify technical improvements to equipment/processes.
- Apply reliability tools to determine the root cause of critical equipment failures and downtime.
- Identify the appropriate countermeasures and solutions to improve equipment reliability and prevent recurrence.
- Perform as a key member of the plant leadership team – positive communicator and problem solver - driving for plant/process improvements, meeting objectives and setting the bar for performance standards.
- Support pillar continuous improvement activities.
MUST HAVES:
- Minimum experience 3 years of successful experience leading a plant maintenance department in an industrial manufacturing environment and/or 5 years of supervisory manufacturing experience.
- Minimum education required: Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with CMMS preferred.
- Experience in TPM or Reliability field preferred.
- Strong understanding of OSHA requirements related to equipment in-house. Ability to identify gaps and assist in implementing countermeasures to achieve Zero Safety Incidents.
- Ability to lead and develop a highly collaborative and effective team.
- Excellent organization, project management and communication skills
- Proficient in Root Cause Analysis techniques (FMEA’s, 5Why’s, ATS, etc.) and developing/implementing Countermeasures to drive Zero Breakdown culture.
- Process-oriented. Can identify gaps in any process and implement solutions.
- Basic mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, instrumentation, lubrication and predictive maintenance understanding.
