Plant Engineer (Johns Manville) in Denver

Job Title: Plant Engineer
Company: Johns Manville
Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality building and specialty products. In business since 1858, the Denver-based company has annual sales of $2 billion and holds leadership positions in all of the key markets that it serves. Johns Manville employs approximately 7,800 people and operates 41 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and China.

This position is responsible for providing overall engineering leadership to the Oklahoma City Plant.

As a key leader in the organization, will be accountable for driving process improvement and increasing customer satisfaction.

The Oklahoma City, OK location manufactures roofing products for the built up commercial roofing industry.

Responsibilities:

· Responsible for providing overall engineering leadership to the Oklahoma City Plant.
· As a key leader in the organization, will be accountable for driving process improvement and increasing customer (internal and external) satisfaction.
· Provide technical training and guidance to maintenance team members.
· Supervise production equipment maintenance program including evaluation of
· predictive maintenance data, scheduling and conducting preventative maintenance activities.
· Lead and participate in plans to improve productivity, cost reduction and
· energy conservation and development.
· Show initiative in supporting safety.
· Develop and implement for new capital investment, cost reduction and
· equipment refurbishment.
· Work with internal departments, such as, Purchasing, and Transportation in maintaining services for the plant.
· Establishing and maintaining relationships with key engineering and maintenance vendors that support the plant.
· Supervise and maintain all utility services including water, gas, steam, electricity, roads, sewage, railroad spur tracks, and truck shop
· Develop business case for identified projects.
· Maintain the environmental control systems and ensure compliance
· Lead the maintenance team to efficiently and effectively in order to maintain the plant.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

· BS Engineering preferably electrical, mechanical or industrial engineering.
· Solid interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills.
· Ability to analyze and resolve problems.
· Provide complex and occasionally innovative solutions to process engineering problems.
· Ability to work in a team environment.
· Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage a large number of projects concurrently and handle stressful situations during critical projects.
· Demonstrated ability to provide productivity improvements.
· 5 to 7 years experience in a manufacturing environment.
· Experience in direct supervision of maintenance and engineering employees and exposure to manufacturing facilities shipping/receiving, safety and quality.
· Solid supervisory and leadership skills including providing safety, quality and maintenance support.
· Experience with PLC (Allen Bradley, Siemens)
· Ability to assist in budgetary process and administer programs to control material and labor costs.
· Ability to work with plant engineers, vendors, contractors and others to complete approved projects.
· Ability to recruit, train, and develop employees to assure operational flexibility and responsiveness, and increase technical knowledge.
· Reliability engineering experience
· Experience with continuous manufacturing processes.

Additional Consideration Given To Those With:

· Solid knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental, safety, and industrial hygiene laws and regulations.
· Solid negotiation skills.
· Black/Green belt certification would be a plus.
· Experience with a continuous process discipline such as Six Sigma/Lean/TQM manufacturing environment.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

How to Apply

http://jm.contacthr.com/22854075

Source: Mechanical Engineering Jobs at Engineer Jobs.com

This position, Plant Engineer (Johns Manville) in Denver, was posted on February 8, 2012. The job is located in Denver. The employer is Berkshire Hathaway. Since this job has been published, it has been viewed 56 times.