Senior Director, Engineering at Ecolab

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Manufacturing, ChemicalsIndustries

Requirements

10+ Years experience, including experience working on manufacturing sites within an operations team
Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Discipline
Engineering responsibility across multiple sites
Experience managing maintenance programs
People leadership experience

Responsibilities

Set and maintain reliability standards and expectations across network sites, including KPIs, improvement actions, and achievement strategies
Spend extensive time at sites working with reliability & maintenance managers to build community and drive KPIs
Serve as executive sponsor for PM pillar, understand best practice PM, and make connections across sites and with TPM CoE
Manage metrics reporting (e.g., scorecard) and other reporting across the operating unit, compare metrics to identify trends and execute improvements
Manage assets per standards (own roadmap), align with central team, develop asset strategy with useful life including 5-10 year asset plan
Lead development of annual asset downtime plans and budget for reliability and maintenance
Act as capital engineering leader for Operating Unit (excluding Megacaps), with ultimate accountability for delivering capital projects on time, on budget, including cost, scope, schedule, escalations, and ROI assessment
Own capital execution, not just portfolio management
Effectively manage the operating unit’s capital budget and CAR process
Own the CRB and TBR process for the operating unit in compliance with central team processes, participate in every CRB and TRB
Partner with site capital managers on business case and value engineering for all projects
Establish career development roadmap for operating unit engineering team, including engineer rotation across sites/roles to grow network capabilities
Handle roadblock removal and escalation resolution on all capital projects, establish capital scorecard and escalation process for operating unit
Promote cross-functional collaboration of Regional Engineering team with functions like Indirect procurement, SHE & Process Safety, Sustainability, TPM, Finance, Process Engineering to capture requirements and E2E Supply Chain impacts
Direct capital responsibility for $5M - $20M / year

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

Reliability EngineeringAsset ManagementCapital Project ManagementKPI ManagementPreventive MaintenanceTPMMetrics ReportingBudget ManagementROI AssessmentEngineering Leadership

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the work arrangement for this role?

The position is hybrid out of St. Paul, MN.

What is the salary range for this position?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What are the minimum qualifications for this role?

Candidates need 10+ years of experience, including experience with reliability, asset management, and capital projects.

What capital responsibility does this role have?

The role has direct capital responsibility for $5M - $20M per year.

What experience makes a strong candidate for this position?

Strong candidates will have 10+ years of experience in reliability standards, asset management, capital project delivery, and cross-functional collaboration.