Sr Manager Factory Engineering

Company: Nestle
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: January 27, 2025

Job Description:

At Nestle Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.At Nestle Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.
Position Summary:
Core member of the factory leadership team, leads the engineering & maintenance of the factory, drives continuous improvement of plant assets & facilities, drives the journey to zero loss and develop capabilities of teams under his/her responsibility. Guides the engineering and maintenance team efforts in alignment with Corporate Nestle Engineering and Maintenance foundations, standards. Key Responsibilities:
Provides leadership, development, and support to team members under the guidance of the Nestle Management and Leadership Principles.Site Leadership:
* Core member of the site leadership team responsible for driving the overall business results & objectives
* Drive continuous improvement mindset & sustainable processes enabling optimization of Total Delivery Cost of the site
* Provides technical guidance, support and expertise; assisting and coaching Engineering & Maintenance teams, Operations team members to ensure competency and capability development under the guidance of the Nestle Management and Leadership Principles through Leadership at Shopfloor, driving engagement through TPM & maintenance foundations
* Sets and evaluates departmental goals and objectives through a collaborative effort Responsible for the performance, training and development of all departmental personnelTeam Leadership:
* Accountable for capital investment and maintenance budget management. Provides leadership to key personnel to ensure proper capital investment and maintenance budget management is achieved within the factory, including proper communication and reporting. Provides the Engineering/Maintenance leadership for NCE/TPM & functions as a pillar lead.
* Provides both strategic and tactical leadership to the change management process to ensure the system maintains proper change management to meet regulatory requirements with methods that can be practically executed by the technical staff at a reasonable cost to Nestle.
* Ensures that skilled personnel are always available to meet technical business requirements and that talents are developed to sustain performance.
* Provides leadership, direction, and coaching to members of Engineering and Maintenance Staff as well as other staff members as required.
* Conducts performance evaluations and identifies development needs. Identifies training needs and provide the environment that ensures that all employees are sufficiently trained to perform their duties and continue career growth to meet the future growth needs of the department and NestleMaintenance & Compliance
* Ensures that factory operations, assets maintained, run efficiently within budget.
* Examines, analyzes losses and takes proactive steps to optimize total delivered cost
* Ensures that necessary utilities are provided to the factory.
* Examines, analyzes losses including energy consumptions and takes proactive steps to eliminate or optimize to improve yields and total delivered cost
* Oversees the evacuation of waste and effluent water from the factory
* Accountable for environmental permits for the site, environmental reporting and compliance of the plant in all environmental areas.
* Ensures that the factory is compliant at all time and Audit Ready for scope of responsibility.Capital Investments and Projects:
* Prepares the Capital Investment Budget based on business requirements for required production capacity, human and food safety, infrastructure improvements, compliance and the need to replace equipment.
* Provides leadership to develop plans for the implementation of the capital investment plan and directs key personnel to execute these plans with contractors or own staff as appropriate.
* Ensures factory investment strategies are in line with global business and technical direction and factory master plans.
Safety and Environmental:
* Drive factory safety & environmental objectives & targets
* Follow the plant safety rules, report incidents & unsafe conditions immediately
* Maintain compliance with regulations and refer to the Safety & Environmental Management System(s) on all related procedures and programs.
* Drive the environmental aspects and take action to reduce environmental impacts through elimination of wastes, reduction of consumption, reusing and recyclingQuality:
* Support factory food safety, quality objectives & targets
* Follow Nestle Good Manufacturing Practices, report food safety and quality issues immediately.
* Drive implementation of Hygienic Engineering and design
* Maintain compliance with regulations and refer to Nestle Quality Management System on all related procedures and programs.
Experience and Education Requirements:
* 5+ years of experience with a combination of project management, plant engineering experience and maintenance
* 3+ years of domestic or international experience in leadership of large TeamsRequisition ID:322575 #ENGCampaign2025It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestle. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestle seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you'll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestle home.The Nestle Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

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