Our client, located in the Atlanta, GA area, has an immediate opening for a Plant Engineering Director.

Responsibilities Include:

• Provide leadership for the preventative maintenance and upkeep of the plants and facilities equipment and required supplies to maximize uptime, minimize costs and meet health and safety regulatory standards.
• Safety Improvement
• Long term capacity planning
• Oversee the validation qualification of new equipment.
• Oversee the fulfillment of the strategic vision for the Engineering organization to ensure products are aligned with overall business and market strategy.
• Manage, coach and evaluate the team members.
• Create and support programs that encourage innovation.
• Provide leadership for the preventative maintenance and upkeep of the plants and facilities equipment and required supplies to maximize uptime, minimize costs and meet health and safety regulatory standard
• Provide technical leadership in setting strategy with regard to technical and product structural issues, choice of methodology and standards.
• Directs department activities to design new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop test procedures.
• Confers with Management, Production, and Marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
• Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests.
• Perform probationary and annual reviews of employees.
• Responsible for overseeing the design, manufacture, validation and implementation of the tooling and fixtures needed for the inspection and assembly of the product.
• Maintain and follow proper compliance and quality systems requirements.
• Lead projects including team members, and be responsible for all meetings, and working with all individuals from supporting departments such as Scheduling and Planning.
• Oversee the validation qualification of new equipment.
• Assist with manufacturing to resolve Production issues as required.
• Responsible for the review of designs to ensure manufacturability and verify costs to meet project requirements.
• Work closely with HR for the hiring, discipline and retention of the employees.
• Predictive maintenance programs

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Engineering Degree
• 5+ years of multi-site plant engineering
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• CNC Machining experience

Please feel free to contact me at ken@northpointsearchfroup.com if interested.

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