Site Manufacturing Process Manager

The Site Manufacturing Process Manager is responsible for leading the site’s engineering and technical organization to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing operations. This role oversees process engineering, process improvement, and process optimization while serving as the technical owner of the site’s process and equipment standards. The Manager partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Supply Chain, Finance, and Corporate Engineering teams to improve equipment uptime, production capacity, quality, and cost performance. This position also acts as the site’s Engineering Manager of record and plays a key role in advancing technology, automation, and digital tools across the facility

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the site’s multidisciplinary engineering team, including process/chemical, electrical & instrumentation, reliability, and manufacturing technology engineers.
• Coordinate cross-discipline engineering problem solving to resolve equipment, process, and reliability issues.
• Drive improvement in key performance metrics such as MTBF, MTTR, preventive and predictive maintenance compliance, backlog aging, and maintenance cost effectiveness.
• Lead engineering support for capital projects from concept through commissioning and startup.
• Ensure projects are properly scoped, risks are identified early, and lifecycle considerations are applied.
• Assign and guide engineers during design reviews, installation, controls integration, constructability, and commissioning activities.
• Identify opportunities to modernize automation, controls, predictive maintenance, and digital data systems.
• Review budgets and project schedules on a monthly basis to support business and production objectives.
• Direct maintenance supervisors, planners/schedulers, and key technical specialists.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop engineering and technical talent.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering (equivalent experience in lieu of a degree may be considered, but is not preferred).
• Previous experience as a Chemical Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Process Engineer or similar, eventually moving into management. MUST have experience working within chemical, CPG or pharmaceutical manufacturing. Discrete manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, etc experience is not applicable.
• Experience managing team of 5+ people/engineers.
• Experience working in a packaging operations environment.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in process engineering and/or reliability roles within a chemical or industrial manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary engineering teams. Team player and tenured leader able to guide junior-level engineers towards success.
• Proven ability to improve team and asset performance through KPI-driven outcomes.
• Experience working in PSM-regulated manufacturing environments.
• Strong capital project management experience, including commissioning and startup support.
• Experience with continuous improvement/deploying lean tools to resolve issues.
• Local to OR willing to relocate to Elsmere, KY to work onsite 5 days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience implementing automation, process controls, or digital reliability technologies.
• Experience working within packaging operations for liquid cleaners and disinfectants specifically.

Compensation:

$145-165k.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.