Pernod Ricard · 1 month ago
Director, Maintenance & Engineering
Fort Smith, AR
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$124K/yr - $154K/yr
8+ years expPernod Ricard is a global premium spirits and wine company, and they are seeking a Director of Engineering to manage and lead all engineering, maintenance, repair, capital projects, and technological activities at the Fort Smith site. The role involves overseeing equipment reliability, budgetary performance, and developing maintenance strategies to ensure operational success.
Food and BeverageManufacturingWine And Spirits
Responsibilities
OHSA - Ensure compliance of Occupational Health & Safety Act
Establishing targets in equipment reliability and service standards, monitors performance against these targets/standards and determines root cause fixes that need to be made to resources, procedures, systems, equipment or technology
Oversee the overall maintenance and engineering and capital budgets, monitoring the cost and effectiveness of activities to optimize resources and prioritize spending
Setting high performance exceptions for self and others and holding them accountable for meeting established targets and results
Develop long term strategic plans to drive maintenance performance to world class standards
Negotiating large or strategically important supplier and vendor contracts to secure terms that are in the organization’s best interest
Building a highly competent maintenance and engineering team through coaching, training, targeted assignments and selection and creating a work environment where employees can maximize their talents and perform at or above expectations
Plan, organize and manage capital projects, delivering results first-time, on-time and on-budget
Chair organizational sub-contracting meetings
Work collaboratively with internal and external partners and customers to ensure overall business success
Develops business strategy for the Maintenance & Engineering Department, including business, production and/or organizational priorities. Drive business strategy by linking to department and individual performance plans
Leads the effort to achieve stretch business results by maintaining/instituting a Continuous Improvement culture utilizing Lean Manufacturing tools
Ensure that all aspects of the ISO 18001, 9001, 2200, 14001 programs are delivered on time. Ensure timely corrective action on all observations and non-conformances
Maintain maintenance KPI’s and drive improvements based on variance against long term plans
Qualification
Required
8 years professional experience in an engineering leadership role with a strong track record in leading change in a unionized environment
Prior experience in implementing and maintaining a best practice preventative and predictive maintenance program
Experience in project management and delivering transformational change in maintenance techniques and practices
Thorough understanding of lean manufacturing techniques
Knowledge of OHSA
Computer literate with experience in Microsoft Office (including Microsoft Project) and production systems, JD Edwards and Kronos Payroll
Required: Bachelor Degree, Engineering
Preferred
Preferred: Bachelor Degree, Mechanical/Chemical/Electrical Engineering
Benefits
Great benefits and perks
Company
Pernod Ricard
Pernod Ricard produces distilled beverages including a range of wines and spirits.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.3B2025-10-29Post Ipo Debt· $1.4B
2025-02-24Post Ipo Debt· $841.55M
2024-04-29Post Ipo Debt· $1.61B
Leadership Team
Florence Tresarrieu
Global Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Treasury and Group Cash Performance
Pierre-Yves Calloc'h
Global Chief Digital Officer
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