Actus Nutrition · 1 day ago
Director of Engineering
Eden Prairie, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
7+ years expActus Nutrition is dedicated to creating high-quality ingredients for health and nutrition, focusing on both human and animal nutrition. The Director of Engineering is responsible for overseeing project engineering for capital projects, including project management, budgeting, and vendor management.
Dietary SupplementsFood and BeverageWholesale
Responsibilities
Create and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, and budgets, and ensure adherence to timelines and budgetary constraints, ensuring meticulous attention to detail in every phase of the project lifecycle, from initial conception to final execution
Collaborate extensively with engineering, operations, leadership, and other cross-functional teams to define project scope, goals, and deliverables, with a focus on optimizing production processes
Identify and proactively mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies leveraging deep industry knowledge and experience to develop robust contingency plans that safeguard project timelines and budgets
Forge strategic partnerships with finance and accounting teams through conducting thorough assessments of project budgets and coordinating seamless approvals for any necessary budgetary changes, ensuring financial integrity throughout the project lifecycle
Develop and implement project management processes, tools, and best practices tailored to the unique challenges and requirements driving continuous improvement in efficiency, productivity, and overall project delivery excellence
Facilitate seamless communication and collaboration among project teams, engineering experts, operations, and leadership by fostering alignment, transparency, and synergy throughout every stage of the project
Expertly track and meticulously report on project progress, status, and key performance metrics relevant to employing advanced reporting mechanisms to provide stakeholders with actionable insights and promptly escalating any critical issues as needed
Manage procurement activities with a keen focus on sourcing high-quality equipment, parts, vendors, and additional resources specifically tailored to the unique requirements of dairy ingredient manufacturing projects, ensuring optimal operational performance and reliability
Perform special projects and other responsibilities as needed
Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in industrial, chemical, mechanical engineering or related field
7-10 years' experience in manufacturing plants in areas of maintenance / process, engineering and facility management with deep technical knowledge on the production process
Dairy processing experience with a deep understanding of lactose, whey protein, permeate, casein/caseinate preferred
Project management experience with an emphasis on procurement and vendor management
Experience with budgeting and spend management of CapEx Projects
Strong knowledge of INFOR/SYS21/EAM or other relevant computer software and systems
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Analytical thinker to collect data, evaluate it, and make recommendations
Team spirit, dynamic, innovative, results-oriented, and autonomous
Preferred
Dairy processing experience with a deep understanding of lactose, whey protein, permeate, casein/caseinate
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision and life insurance
401(k) company match program
Company
Actus Nutrition
Actus Nutrition is a manufacturer of protein, casein, and food ingredients.
1001-5000 employees
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