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Mechanical Engineering Manager

Location: Goose Creek, SC

Our client is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Manager to join our maintenance organization. In this role, you will provide technical and development support to our maintenance teammates, with a focus on TPM. Reporting directly to the VP of Engineering, you will collaborate closely with our Production and Reliability teams. Your responsibilities will include ensuring overall asset health, analyzing process concerns and performance gaps, guiding resources to resolve issues, developing maintenance technical skills, and ensuring compliance with company mechanical engineering standards.

Essential Functions, Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to maintenance teammates, covering areas such as safety, housekeeping, 5S standards, lean manufacturing, planning, TPM/reliability, cost, efficiency, quality, and labor utilization (productivity).
• Implement TPM and Reliability best practices to ensure stability and machine efficiency.
• Analyze process concerns and performance gaps, and guide resources in resolving manufacturing and maintenance problems to minimize costs and prevent operation delays.
• Maintain compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, quality specifications, and safety standards.
• Lead TPM activities, including data collection through PMs, maintenance planning, coordinating planned work during outages, and continuously improving the maintenance planning and execution process.
• Manage departmental spend and budget.
• Support safety initiatives across the site and establish benchmarks within the maintenance team.
• Collaborate with capital project teams and initiatives to ensure maintenance and reliability are integrated into capital projects.
• Train and develop highly motivated teammates.
• Maintain continuous communication and transparency with all involved departments on project status and the progress of direct team members.
• Enhance the technical skill sets of the department, showing continual growth in positions that help the company meet and exceed its targets.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• Proven work experience as a Project/Plant/Manufacturing/Maintenance Engineer
• Experience with Predictive Maintenance or Condition-Based Monitoring (Vibration analysis, infrared thermography, ultrasonic emissions)
• Familiarity with TPM principles
• Greenfield experience is a plus
• Demonstrated commitment to zero incident safety culture, teammate engagement, active teamwork, continuous improvement while practicing JW's Target Behaviors
• Solid organizational skills and time management
• Proficient in MS Office products and MS Project
• Proficient in AutoCAD or similar drawing package