KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintenance & Reliability Leadership
- Own and drive plant-wide maintenance strategy, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs
- Establish and continuously improve PM systems, work order execution, and spare parts strategy
- Drive measurable improvements in:
- Equipment uptime
- Mean time between failure (MTBF)
- Mean time to repair (MTTR)
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement permanent corrective actions (PCA) for major downtime events
- Build a data-driven maintenance organization with strong KPI tracking and accountability
Facilities & Infrastructure
- Oversee all facility systems, including electrical, mechanical, and utilities infrastructure
- Lead capital planning and execution for facility upgrades and expansion
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards
- Develop long-term strategies for capacity scaling and plant modernization
Manufacturing Engineering Leadership
- Lead the Manufacturing Engineering team to support production stability and continuous improvement
- Drive process standardization, line balancing, and labor optimization
- Support new product introductions (NPI) and ensure seamless equipment commissioning and ramp
- Partner with Operations to improve:
- Throughput (UPH)
- Yield and scrap reduction
- Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
Controls & Automation Engineering
- Oversee Controls Engineering and automation systems across the plant
- Drive improvements in:
- PLC architecture and standardization
- Automation reliability
- Robotics performance (Fanuc, ABB, etc.)
- Lead integration of new automated systems and ensure robust handoff to production
- Establish best practices for troubleshooting, diagnostics, and system scalability
Process / Industrial Engineering
- Own process engineering and industrial engineering strategy
- Drive:
- Standard work development
- Time studies and labor modeling
- Capacity analysis and constraint identification
- Lead initiatives to improve:
- Cost per unit (CPU)
- Labor efficiency
- Production flow and takt alignment
Capital Projects & Equipment Launch
- Lead execution of new equipment installs, commissioning, and ramp-up
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure:
- Cycle time achievement
- Safety validation
- Production readiness
- Manage capital budgets and ensure ROI realization
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent hands-on experience in high-volume manufacturing, automation, and engineering leadership will be considered in lieu of a degree
- 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing engineering, maintenance, and automation within high-volume production environments
- Proven leadership experience managing:
- Maintenance
- Equipment/Manufacturing Engineering
- Controls Engineering
- Strong background in:
- PLC systems (Allen-Bradley preferred)
- Robotics
- Automated production systems
- Equipment commissioning and production ramp
- Preventive maintenance program development
- Downtime reduction and reliability improvement
- Experience with:
- Root cause analysis (RCA)
- Continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
- Strong working knowledge of:
- Electrical systems and diagnostics
- Mechanical systems and fabrication
Pay Transparency
Chemelex’s pay scale is based on the expected range of compensation for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.
Compensation Range: $126,000 - $234,000
Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation.
Title:
At Chemelex:
We protect places of progress through electric excellence.
Pioneering plants, sprawling data centers, busy transport hubs, and your own home. These are the places that bring progress to the world, and the places that we protect with time-tested technologies, advanced engineering, and a suite of services. Because here, excellence is everything.
Our Dimensions of Excellence reflect the core values of Chemelex. Together, they inspire our decisions and guide our actions – defining excellence in our work for colleagues, customers and communities.
Experts with empathy
Explorer mindset
Example for others
Exceptional impact
We are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience in high-volume manufacturing, automation, and engineering leadership
- 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing engineering, maintenance, and automation within high-volume production environments
- Leadership experience managing maintenance, equipment or manufacturing engineering, and controls engineering
- Strong background in PLC systems, preferably Allen-Bradley, robotics, automated production systems, equipment commissioning, production ramp-up, preventive maintenance program development, downtime reduction, and reliability improvement
- Experience with root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean and Six Sigma
- Strong working knowledge of electrical systems, electrical diagnostics, mechanical systems, and fabrication
What We Do
Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions designed to protect critical processes, infrastructure, and people worldwide. Its business focuses on engineered technologies for thermal control, sensing, and operational protection in demanding environments. These solutions help customers safeguard essential assets, improve process reliability, and support critical operations across diverse industrial and infrastructure settings around the world for industrial customers.
