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Shoals Technologies Group · 1 day ago

Manager, Plant Engineering

Portland, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Shoals Technologies Group is a leading provider of electrical balance of systems solutions for solar and energy storage, headquartered near Nashville, Tennessee. The Manager, Plant Engineering is responsible for overseeing engineering and technical services across multiple plant locations, leading capital projects, and ensuring safety and compliance while developing team capabilities.

EnergyIndustrialSmall and Medium Businesses

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the design, development, and the implementation of capital projects and technical systems improvements that support manufacturing reliability, process capability and cost objectives

Direct engineering/technical services, process control, capital planning, and support systems assuring that the necessary resources are committed to meet the business needs

Responsible for continuous improvement initiatives related to engineering to generate improvement plans that feature both short and long-term improvements, with and without capital investment

Support sustainability through optimized energy management and packaging reduction initiatives

Responsible for financial management of projects

Develop and sustain capability to rapidly ramp-up new products, packages, and processes to insure competitiveness in the marketplace

Drive key initiatives throughout the facility in the areas of fixed asset management, plant layout & flow manufacturing, line constraint optimization, FDA/GMP/ SQF compliance, safety, and automation

Engage in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring budgeting, planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating, and delegating for both Controls & Automation and Maintenance

Prevents departmental silos from delaying projects or causing subpar implementation

Provides management of employees, directly and indirectly to ensure effective selection, retention, development, disciplinary action, and performance management

Ensure collaboration and an effective working relationship between Engineering and Maintenance operating with a sense of urgency to maximize throughput and control costs

Effectively manages engineering staff to complete projects and necessary activities

Works with upper management to ensure appropriate engineering staffing levels to support business objectives

Keeps engineering team motivated through coaching, mentoring, training, performance feedback, and career development

Qualification

Engineering degreeProject managementTechnical leadershipFinancial managementOperations knowledgeCoachingMentoringCommunication skillsConflict resolution

Required

Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Operations, Business

Minimum 3 years of experience leading engineers in a plant environment with demonstrated success in coaching, mentoring, performance management, and ensuring successful project implementation

Minimum of 10 years of overall technical work experience

Extensive knowledge of operations from a technical perspective

High level management and business skills, extensive financial knowledge base as well as understanding of employment policies/procedures

Organizational, interpersonal, communication and conflict resolution skills

Able to influence and impact all levels in the Cooperative organization

Willing to work on site