Sr. Center of Excellence (CoE) Functional Leader, Engineering

Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
• 15+ years of progressive engineering leadership in manufacturing, food processing, milling, agriculture, or related industrial operations, including multi-site or enterprise-level responsibility
• Experience delivering capital planning to executive level leadership or Board of Directors
• Experience coaching a team in Identifying opportunities or implementing changes to improve products or reduce costs using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, product design, materials, and parts.
• Experience developing strategic investment plans to match the enterprise strategy
• Experience in designing and implementing new methods and processes to improve existing operations.
• Experience providing guidance to the engineering team to troubleshoot new and existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
• Competent in Autodesk products, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Revit, Recap
• Develop engineering standards as related to engineering field
• Previous experience in due diligence and M&A asset integration into an organization
• Strong interpersonal skills including relationship-building with cross-functional team members
• Demonstrated strategic leadership, delivering expected outcomes
• Demonstrated experience building positive customer relationships

Physical requirements and working conditions
(with or without reasonable accommodation)

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as is required by the operating areas (i.e. safety glasses, protective footwear, hearing protection and, at times, a respirator)
• Ability to engage on the plant floor via periodic lifting, pulling, pushing up to 50 lbs., climbing and/or traversing stairways and ladders throughout the plant

Other considerations:

Ability to travel 50%+ within the US and Canada

Ardent Mills is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. This role follows a remote work arrangement and may be performed from a location where Ardent Mills is authorized to employ, subject to business needs and applicable policies. The successful candidate will not be expected to maintain a regular in-person presence at an Ardent Mills office location, except as needed for business meetings, team collaboration, training, or other business-related travel.

Candidates who currently reside in the following states are not eligible for employment in this role unless they are willing to relocate: Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia – Washington DC, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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Additional Information:

We provide market-drive base pay, based on skills, abilities, and level of experiences. Our salary ranges are broad and individual salary will be market competitive based on a candidate's unique set of skills and level of experience.

We offer a compensation range for this position that can range from $170,000 to $240,000 with additional earning potential possible commensurate with experience. This role is eligible for Ardent Mills Bonus Plan.

Additionally, we believe that our team members are the reason for our success and all team members are incentive eligible with target based on contribution, company performance, and individual results achieved. While the specific bonus plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

EEO Commitment: