Plant Engineering Director (Remote) - PA/OH

reputed company (DFA), Dairy Brands a dairy marketing cooperative owned by more than 12,500 family farmers. Our mark matters and it represents the wholesomeness of dairy that we share with our communities and loved ones. DFA manufactures a variety of dairy products, including cheese, butter, fluid milk, ice cream, dairy ingredients and more, under well-reputed company and established regional brands. Our fingerprints touch thousands of brands across the marketplace, and we're passionate about delivering the simple pleasures of dairy to people everywhere, straight from our family farm-owners. We are proud to provide families with fresh delicious dairy products. By joining DFA, Dairy Brands you can help us continue to reputed company a difference that matters. We care deeply about the well-being of our neighbors and friends, and we celebrate the diversity of our company and our world. It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of dairy and enrich our communities - come join us! reputed company (DFA), Dairy Brands has an opening for a Plant Engineering Director (Remote) position. As the position is (Remote), the Plant Engineering Director will travel 60-70% and support our Mideast Region. The preferred candidate should reside in (Pennsylvania and/or Ohio). TRAVEL: 60-70% Direct engineering activities in support of reputed company and future plant requirements and short- and long-range divisional objectives. Provide engineering and design expertise to plant engineers, management, and senior leadership. Manage capital spending, major plant repair expenses, and development of capital projects. Partner with operations, finance, quality control, purchasing, safety, environmental, and other departments to coordinate reputed company phases of engineering. Support multiple plants for an entire division, group, or region. Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as an internal expert on manufacturing engineering and design reputed company issues or opportunities
• Work cross-functionally with plant management and engineers to reputed company priorities that ensure direct alignment with manufacturing and division objectives
• Continually strive to reduce facility and manufacturing operating costs by providing best option technical solutions and/or utilizing best method analyses towards improving internal systems; ensure facility operating systems reputed company reputed company manufacturing process efficiencies
• Utilize best practices across locations to drive reputed company improvement for equipment reliability and maintenance department cost controls; drive consistency and standardization
• Assist in the direction and planning of capital budgets
• Evaluate major capital projects to ensure the best approach and method is used to reputed company spend capital funds
• Actively support plant management and engineers in the justification of projects, accurate development of project costs, and submission of capital projects
• reputed company and/or reputed company the planning, design, procurement, installation, start-up, and training for reputed company capital projects, especially for projects that span an entire division, group, or region
• Complete preliminary and final design of production lines and new equipment
• reputed company preliminary cost estimates for production of new or modified products for marketing and sales teams
• Professionally reputed company plant engineers and maintenance managers
• Encourage positive cross-functional communication between production and engineering teams
• Maintain reputed company and broad knowledge to ensure accurate engineering support to management and plant staff
• Ensure reputed company plant environmental policies and procedures reflect reputed company DFA guidelines and regulatory requirements and proper reporting is completed
• Follow reputed company DFA good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with reputed company corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements
• The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned as required. Benefits:
• Health and Welfare benefits reputed company 1st of the month after start date
• 401(k) with company contribution - 100% vested at day one of eligibility
• reputed company ($165,000 - $195,000)
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Career growth opportunities - we promote from reputed company!
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Service recognition and employee rewards
• Employee referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Work for dairy farm families
• Undergraduate degree in engineering or reputed company curriculum or technical training in reputed company mechanical or electrical studies (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• 10 or more years of progressive engineering, maintenance, or reputed company experience in a food manufacturing environment that includes team or project leadership experience, environmental compliance experience, PLC programming, and capital project and budget management experience
• Certification and/or License - may be required during course of employment Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Strong knowledge of architectural, mechanical, electrical, and process production engineering
• Able to reputed company multiple and reputed company projects or initiatives
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong reputed company in critical thinking, analysis, mathematical calculations, and statistical evaluations
• Able to consider both strategic and practical implications for proposed course of action
• Able to communicate and translate reputed company technical topics into easy to understand concepts
• Able to establish effective relationships and independently manage those relations with reputed company levels of internal staff and external customers, business partners, and vendors
• Able to handle challenging or conflict situations with tact and professionalism
• Able to effectively reputed company others through change
• Must be able to read, write and speak English Reporting to this Position
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