Head of Global Engineering & Maintenance

Position Title: Head of Global Engineering & Maintenance
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Oakbrook Terrace
Requisition ID: 27426
Opportunity, Scope & Profile:
The Head of Global Engineering & Maintenance will play a crucial role in shaping and leading the Company's engineering and maintenance strategy on a global scale. She or he will be responsible for developing engineering and maintenance standards to drive human and food safety performance, optimizing efficiency, reliability, and product quality. They will also ensure that all Capital Projects are executed according to the global standard. This individual will work closely with the Operations Senior Leadership Team and the Regional Engineering Leaders globally. The scope for this role spans 53 manufacturing facilities, ensuring that mid to large Capital Projects are executed according to global standards.
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a strategic global agenda for Engineering and Maintenance functions, emphasizing visionary leadership, functional excellence, and innovation.
• Set high standards for industry benchmarks, including Safety and Food Safety, with specific timelines and measures to ensure McCain Foods' prominence.
• Assume full accountability for all capital programs and spending, ensuring projects adhere to global standards, are within scope, and meet deadlines.
• Lead the capital budgeting process, defining global standards of engineering for greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Actively engage with ventures and startups, contributing to building new manufacturing plants and upgrading existing facilities.
• Demonstrate leadership through influence to create a cohesive global engineering strategy.
• Own Capex and approval processes for new builds, ensuring efficient utilization of resources.
• Continuously review operational requirements to sustain existing operations and ensure success in ongoing expansion plans.
• Develop the engineering organization through effective performance management, employee feedback, coaching, and growth-oriented development plans.
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• Prepare and deliver annual operating plans for all areas - Capital, Maintenance, etc.
• Constantly search and evaluate technology to ensure optimal and state-of-the-art processes and procedures.
• Foster and encourage a professional work environment with internal and external customers.

Required Experience & Technical Qualifications:

• 15 years of progressive or comparable experience in Engineering and Maintenance (a mix of both Operations and Engineering would be an asset)
• Minimum of 15-20 years of relevant experience in a similar role, experience in managing engineering functions in a complex and matrixed organization
• Program management skills: identification and management of stakeholders, milestone development and tracking of progress, resource management, risk mitigation, detailed action planning, and basic familiarity with change management
• Proven track record in a management role - experienced in managing direct reports
• Capital Spending - Timing, Budget Adherence, Project Delivery of Performance
• Maintenance - Spending, Budget Adherence
• Environmental - Regulatory Violations, Preparedness
• Sustainability - Water, Energy, and Natural Resource Consumption
• OEE - Overall Equipment Effectiveness

Business Acumen:

• Excellent general business insight and the ability to manage complexity within large global organizations.
• Ability to interact at various levels within the global and regional integrated supply chain.
• Ability to interface cross-functionally with other functions.
• Comfortable working in an environment with a high degree of ambiguity.
• Exceptional communicator, especially with individuals whose first language is not English.
• Ability to influence and provide leadership to large global teams in a highly complex, dynamic, and matrixed organization.
• Strong analytical and data-driven mindset.
• Systems thinking - able to connect vision and strategy to action plans.
• Willing to shift between strategic work and executing tactically, including administrative work required to set up new systems.
• Optimistic and positive outlook - a solution finder.
• Courage to have difficult discussions with all levels of the organization.
• Strong collaborator - this role must work closely with both regions/plants and IT resources to bring a solution to life that meets the requirements.
• Resilient after business setbacks and demonstrates persistence in tough circumstances.
• Results-oriented and committed to meeting timelines and deadlines.
• Consistently curious about new solutions and always striving to simplify and make things work better.
• Proven Talent Development capabilities and able to lead a team, to think without constraints, evaluate opportunities and challenges in a systematic manner.
• Willingness to travel to regularly visit the regions and plants.

Education:

• Min. Bachelor's Degree, Engineering, an additional qualification in Business Adm inistration (Master's level preferred) is a clear plus.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
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Job Family: Engineering & Technical
Division: Global Operations and Growth
Department: Global Engineering and Maintenance
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Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.