Corporate Equipment Engineering Manager

About the position

Join Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling as the Corporate Equipment Engineering Manager, where you will play a crucial role in enhancing the performance of our manufacturing plants. This position is pivotal in addressing chronic downtime issues and driving improvements in equipment performance, particularly on liquid packaging lines, both hot fill and cold fill. You will provide essential plant support by developing preventive maintenance (PM) strategies, coordinating overhauls and rebuilds, and offering training and consultation on high-speed packaging equipment. Your expertise will be vital in troubleshooting and providing technical support, both on-site and remotely, ensuring that our manufacturing equipment operates at peak efficiency. As the Corporate Equipment Engineering Manager, you will serve as a resource for plants facing catastrophic downtime events and chronic issues. Building strong relationships with plant teams through solution-oriented communication will be key to your success. You will participate in system installations and retrofits, assist maintenance teams in evaluating PM effectiveness, and develop long-term asset care plans. Your role will also involve troubleshooting a variety of bottling and support equipment, coordinating vendor support during critical downtime events, and communicating findings to plant leadership to develop long-term strategies for improvement. In addition to technical responsibilities, you will work collaboratively with multi-discipline teams to observe machine performance and identify opportunities for enhancement. Leading structured problem-solving exercises and supporting automation hardware and software will be part of your daily tasks. You will manage capital projects, ensuring that new equipment installations meet company standards and contribute to the overall efficiency of our operations. This position requires a proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to continuous improvement in our manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities
? Serve as a resource both on-site and remotely for plants experiencing catastrophic downtime events, chronic nuisance issues and/or a lack of onsite technical resources
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? Build plant relationships in a professional manner through solution-oriented communication
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? Participate in system installation and retrofit activity on liquid packaging lines, both hot fill and cold fill
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? Assist manufacturing plant maintenance team with various tasks including evaluating effectiveness of PMs and PM program
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? Plan and coordinate equipment overhauls and rebuilds
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? Develop long term Asset Care plans and strategies
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? Work with manufacturing plant electricians and mechanics to assist with day-to-day equipment troubleshooting including electrical, mechanical and process related issues
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? Troubleshoot bottling and support equipment including fillers, cappers, depals, labelers, case and shrink packers, palletizers, wrappers, blenders, pasteurizers, sterilizers, boilers, ammonia compressors and air compressors
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? Identify when vendor support is needed because of troubleshooting outcomes
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? Assist with vendor coordination support for plants during critical downtime events
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? Communicate issues/findings from downtime events with plant leadership and assist in developing long term strategy for correcting issues
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? Work as part of a multi-discipline team to observe machine/line performance and identify issues and opportunities for improvement
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? Participate in and lead structured problem-solving exercises such as Breakdown Analysis (BDA) and other root cause analysis i.e., 5 Why, Fishbone, etc
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? Support automation hardware and software within the plants (Allen-Bradley/Rockwell and Siemens) including Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Human Machine Interface (HMIs), Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), industrial networks and other various electrical systems
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? Work with Operations Excellence (OE) group and plant leadership to ensure line controls are properly balanced for optimal performance
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? Maintain and update plant Line Information System (LIS) to ensure it is accurately reporting OE data
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? Support manufacturing plant operations network, including helping plants troubleshoot local issues, collaborating with vendors to support installs/updates and interfacing with corporate IT
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? Participate in Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) for new equipment to ensure that equipment meets company requirements and standards
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? Manage capital projects and new equipment installations, including scoping projects, submitting requests for appropriations, Request for Approval (RFA), coordinating and supervising vendors and interfacing with plant leadership
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? Assist with developing long term capital improvement plans for plants
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? Other projects or duties as assigned

Requirements
? Bachelor's degree, 6 plus years of experience in troubleshooting/investigating mechanical, electrical and process related issues and hands-on technical experience on electro-mechanical systems as applied to state-of-the-art packaging machinery and 3 years of people management experience or High School Diploma/GED, 9 plus years of related experience and 4 years of people management experience
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? Experience interpreting documents such as technical publications, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) procedures, safety guidelines, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
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? Ability to interpret mechanical and electrical diagrams
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? Strong written and verbal communication skills
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? Strong interpersonal skills
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? Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite inclusive of report creation and data entry
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? Maintain valid passport for international travel to OEM sites for training and FATs
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? Travel up to 80% to company's manufacturing plants based on area of responsibility
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? Available nights and weekends to provide technical support to the company as needed on an emergency basis
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? Strong ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical and process problems on electro-mechanical systems
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? This position must pass a post-offer background and drug test

Nice-to-haves
? Master's Degree
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? Extensive years of experience performing field service
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? Extensive years of experience working as applications engineer
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? Beverage packaging industry experience
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? Food industry experience
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? Familiarity with PLC's, online access and troubleshooting to the device level

Benefits
? Medical
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? Dental
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? Vision
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? 401K Match
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? PTO
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? Education Reimbursement

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