Senior Manager, Technical Operations

Employee Type : Full time

Full time

Location : IA Cedar Rapids

IA Cedar Rapids

Job Type :

Engineering Manufacturing

Job Posting Title :

Senior Manager, Technical Operations

About Us :

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE : THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada.

At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families.

We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future .

What You Gain :

• Competitive compensation and benefits program
• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs
• Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth
• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs

Job Description : About the Role :

About the Role :

This role serves as the Technical / Engineering functional leader for the site, responsible for leading and influencing the facility’s technical health, technical strategic vision, site capital plan, predictive and preventative reliability programs and processes, and the collective capability and skillset within the technical team.

You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to :

• Lead the capital management process and 5-year vision at the site, not only driving capital efficiency and capital stewardship, but also ensuring flawless execution.
• Execute and support capital and non-capital enabled projects, working with local and corporate stakeholders.
• Drive capital efficiency by looking at alternative technical solutions and ways to improve costs to implement projects.
• Drive site efficiency by constantly looking at opportunities to improve safety, maintenance costs and productivity wherein the operating life of the equipment is extended, efficiencies are improved, and operating costs are lowered.
• Promote and role model a Zero Loss and Zero Breakdown mindset.
• Provide an environment that encourages creative solutions to technical problems, rapid reapplication of best practices, and a willingness to experiment and collaborate.
• Unlock value and execution excellence with the team by bringing new ways of working and developing technical capabilities in the relentless pursuit of driving exceptional site performance.
• Work closely with the site team in building and executing against a master plan that enables improved performance.
• Work cross-functionally with the site leadership team, Capital Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance, Technical Services, Environmental Engineering, R&D and IT to ensure cross-functional alignment and meet company objectives.
• Accountable for the Progressive Maintenance and Initiative Management Pillars at the site.

About You :

You’ll fit right in if you have :

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field; advanced degree and / or formal project management training or certifications a plus.
• 10+ years of progressive Technical leadership inclusive of leading a Maintenance and Engineering department.
• Adept at navigating in traditional Engineering and Maintenance support programs such as : AutoCAD, MS Project, SAP PM (or equivalent CMMS)
• Well versed in processing, filling, packaging, utility systems, etc., typically found in food manufacturing and breadth of experience in reliability systems and processes.
• Excellent capital management and project execution skills, with a successful track record of leading projects upwards of $3 - $5MM and setting an investment strategy for a site.
• Well-grounded in sanitary design principles, project chartering concepts, and processes deployed to ensure project startups are vertical.
• Operational experience with TPM principles (i.e., pillars, systems, standard work) is highly desired. Prior pillar-lead experience a plus.
30+ days ago