Senior Plant Technical Manager

Join BIC World, a community of brands dedicated to creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that have been part of hearts and homes for over 75 years. We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways. Our culture encourages a "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission. The Senior Plant Technical and Automation Manager is responsible for leading the technical organization across Charlotte Operations, including Distribution Center, Packaging, and Manufacturing functions supporting a 2-shift operation. This role drives a culture of operational excellence by ensuring equipment reliability, developing technical talent, leading continuous improvement initiatives, and delivering operational performance in support of customer, safety, quality, and cost objectives. This leader will provide technical direction and leadership to the Maintenance Supervisor, Facility Supervisor, Automation Supervisor, and indirect technical teams including electricians, mechanics, machinists, setup technicians, facilities personnel, external vendors, and operations partners. The role also leads the execution of capital investment projects, specially the automation project, besides commissioning, qualification, and validation activities, while championing change management and organizational development. What You'll Do: Lead and develop technical teams to ensure equipment readiness and operational reliability in support of customer service, safety, quality, and cost goals. Provide leadership across maintenance, engineering, facilities, project management, and capital execution initiatives, including multimillion dollar capital investment projects. Drive execution of capital projects from planning through commissioning, qualification, and validation. Oversee facility operations and external vendor relationships to ensure effective site support and maintenance services. Manage and advise budgetary spending related to maintenance activities, parts inventory, equipment, and technical services. Partner cross-functionally with operations and site leadership to plan resources, establish priorities, execute work plans, and resolve operational challenges. Establish and govern preventive maintenance strategies that maximize equipment uptime and operational efficiency. Develop and implement strategic initiatives focused on process optimization, cost reduction, and equipment improvements. Provide hands-on technical leadership and troubleshooting support for manufacturing and operational equipment as needed. Build organizational capability through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and technical talent development. Use data and analytics to identify opportunities, improve decision-making, and drive continuous improvement efforts. What You'll Need: Bachelor's degree in Engineering; MBA preferred. 8-10 years of experience in highly technical roles within a manufacturing or production environment. 6-8 years leading technical projects and serving as a subject matter expert. PLC programming and troubleshooting experience. Strong electrical and mechanical expertise supporting manufacturing equipment and production systems. Experience with digital controls troubleshooting and industrial automation systems. Ability to modify equipment and processes to improve operational performance and business outcomes. Experience directing contractors and equipment installations in accordance with electrical codes, supplier requirements, and technical specifications. Working knowledge of AutoCAD and similar engineering tools. Demonstrated success leading people within fast-paced manufacturing environments, including coaching, performance management, and succession planning. Strong business acumen with a willingness to be hands-on and support onsite technical teams when required. Experience evaluating, managing, and executing large-scale capital purchases and investments. Location Requirements This role is based onsite at our Charlotte, NC facility and requires full-time onsite presence, five days per week. What Success Looks Like in This Role Equipment reliability and technical performance consistently support operational and customer service expectations. Preventive maintenance and troubleshooting processes improve uptime and reduce operational disruptions. Capital projects are delivered on time, within budget, and achieve expected business outcomes. Continuous improvement initiatives drive measurable gains in efficiency, cost savings, and process performance. Technical teams are engaged, developed, and building strong bench strength through effective coaching and succession planning. Cross-functional partnerships contribute to a high-performing operation focused on safety, quality, and customer satisfaction. Base annual salary around 140,000 USD #LI-onsite BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.BIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.