Director Of Engineering

Overview:

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. With revenues of $1.6 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world. With over 7,000 employees, the Company serves its customers from a global footprint of 105 facilities in over 25 countries. Filtration Group operates across a wide variety of attractive end markets and produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80% of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes.

Filtration Group is an affiliate of Madison Industries, one of the largest and most successful privately held companies in the world. Madison builds entrepreneurially driven, branded market leaders that are committed to making the world safer, healthier and more productive by creating innovative solutions that deliver outstanding customer value. The team at Madison is committed to building something truly remarkable that long outlasts them while coaching others to reach their highest potential. Please visit Madison at www.madison.net.

Responsibilities: We are currently seeking a Director of Engineering at our Fairburn, GA facility. The Director of Engineering at Porex will lead the engineering team and will be responsible for all aspects of the facility and manufacturing asset reliability, operational efficiency and continuous improvement. In addition, this position is responsible for EHS and to initiate, design, develop, optimize and problem solve manufacturing and supporting processes, including TPM, OEE and people development. The Director of Engineering will report to the Managing Director and serve on the plant leadership team.

• Leadership of at least seven direct reports to include development and coaching of those personnel.
• Associate Development: Assist in the development of others in the area of his/her expertise, while demonstrating an understanding of those with a diverse background or experience.
• Safety: Support implementation of the loss control improvement process by compliance with critical safety rules. Visibly demonstrate that safety is a value by following safety procedures, maintaining a safe workplace and complying with safety rules. Develop equipment, processes and products that meet safety codes, policies and guidelines. Actively participate in achieving organization and personal safety objectives. Follow the Safety Roles and Responsibilities Matrix by holding yourself and all team members accountable.
• Quality: Improve process capability to deliver a reduction in defects and variability. Identify, develop, and implement products, processes, materials, systems, and procedures to achieve business objectives and drive continuous improvement.
• Development of strategic plan for plant and departmental development including 5 year capital plan to enable continuous improvement of the facility as a whole.
• Functions as project manager and implementer for process related capital improvement projects.
• Practice continuous improvement strategies while continually monitoring production activities (rates & yields) and support services in order to increase productivity and product quality while reducing waste.
• Solicit and provide ideas for the elimination of waste, continuous improvement and defect prevention.
• Initialize or provide input for part production instruction changes or updates.
• Develop/update procedures/training documents.
• Design and Development: Initiate, design, develop and optimize manufacturing assets and supporting processes
• Technical Knowledge: Develop knowledge and skills to be recognized as an implementer of engineering principles and /or scientific analysis in meeting objectives.
• Security and Documentation: Maintain security and documentation to ensure the retrieval of data and protection of proprietary information.
• Strong problem-solving skills particularly in use of DMAIC and Lean Six Sigma tools
• Strong Communication skills to effectively interface with internal and external customers.
• Diversity: Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results

• Provide support via root cause investigation and development of corrective action, implementation of resolution to quality issues, productivity improvement and waste reduction.
• Drive cost-savings initiatives and implement continuous improvement strategies for all production processes.

Expectations:

• Identify and resolve process and equipment problems.
• Initiate creative and practical designs which drive continuous improvement.
• Apply engineering standards and procedures.
• Document work to ensure information is retrievable

Qualifications:

• Allen Bradley PLC programming, automation and machine logic experience.
• Working familiarity with ladder logic and ability to troubleshoot non-standard problems and independently develop robust solutions and debugging code.
• Creation and maintenance/upgrade of RSView SCADA systems.

Education/Experience

• Minimum BS in Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry.
• Previous experience with polyethylene sintering processes, systems and manufacturing highly preferred.
• Previous experience with Lean and Six Sigma – LSSBB preferred
• Previous Operational Leadership is essential
• Authorized to work in the US (no sponsorships)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work across all levels of the organization
• Highly proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Minitab proficiency preferred
• Relocation a must

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell in a factory/warehouse facility, confined spaces and the use of personal protective equipment. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. You’ll need steel toe shoes.