Plant Engineering Manager - Mill

it's what's inside that counts

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There’s more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it’s the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering:

• Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
• Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
• 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
• $500 Annual Company-paid Lifestyle Benefit
• Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Advancement Opportunities

Why This Job

CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel, construction reinforcement and ground stabilization industries and to grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day brainstorming in an office cubicle, operating a crane, running manufacturing equipment or troubleshooting technical obstacles, at CMC, you’ll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential.

What You'll Do

• Strategic Planning – Work alongside the Director of Operations and Department Managers to consistently develop the future strategic plan, outlining a roadmap for the next 5, 10, and 15 years.
• Team management – Successfully lead the engineering team by overseeing recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training of engineering personnel. Additionally, conduct performance reviews and assign tasks to the most suitable team members.
• Project Development – Lead your team and collaborate with operating departments to transform ideas into actionable projects.
• Develop construction specifications, bid packages, budget cost estimates, construction schedules, permitting, etc as required to insure completion of projects on time and within budget
• Project management includes overseeing projects from inception to completion, monitoring budgets and timelines, and ensuring safe and timely delivery within budget.
• Process Projects – Assist the operations and maintenance departments with various non-capex projects and enhancements, including plant infrastructure, process upgrades, safety improvements, and reliability and ergonomics initiatives.
• Planning – Lead the annual Capex planning process, thoroughly evaluate proposed projects for feasibility and readiness.
• Technical oversight involves reviewing project designs to ensure they meet engineering principles, contract requirements, and standards. It can also include conducting research and development for new products, designs, and processes.
• Collaboration - Working with other management personnel and teams within the company to coordinate work and get the resources their team needs.
• Communication – Ensure clear and efficient communication throughout the organization, both locally and beyond.

What You'll Need

• Five years' experience in equipment and/or facilities layout, basic process design, material handling design, or related field
• Must be willing and able to occasionally travel for short periods of time
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, Auto-CAD (Inventor and 3D modeling are a plus), Adept, SAP PS and Microsoft Project
• Analytical skills for evaluating information carefully and solving complex problems.
• Communication skills for overseeing staff, other management personnel, hourly employees and contractors / vendors. They need to be able to effectively communicate needs, instructions, details, good and bad news as it may pertain to each group.
• Detail-oriented for understanding complex systems and the ability to pay attention to details, as a minor error can result in major problems.
• Ability to read detailed AutoCAD drawings.
• Proficient abilities to modify drawings in AutoCAD
• Analyze update and produce detailed project schedules utilizing Microsoft project.
• Organizational skills for keeping track of various budgets, employees and schedules simultaneously.

Your Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.

We are CMC, a Fortune 500® company at the leading edge of our industry. Our construction reinforcement and steel products have supported construction projects and structures around the world. The secret to our success? We’ve built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging construction reinforcement problems facing our world for more than 100 years — and we’re just getting started.

If you’re ready to join a team working to make our industry more sustainable, support the bridges, roadways, buildings and infrastructure that connects our communities, and do meaningful work, you’re ready to join CMC. Apply today and start moving your career — and our world — forward. Let's build a better world!

CMC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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