Engineering Manager

Morton Salt is an iconic company with a strong heritage and a bright future. Since 1848, we have been improving lives and enhancing everyday moments – at home, at work and virtually everywhere in between. We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team who constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.

Job Summary:

Morton Salt Silver Springs, NY has an immediate opening for an Engineering Manager. The manager would be responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the Engineering Department at the Silver Springs manufacturing facility. Plans, directs and controls all aspects of capital project planning and execution. Provides technical assistance for EHS, quality, wet end and dry end operations, maintenance and building and ground infrastructure.

Major Job Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Accountabilities:

• Ensures Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) performance and compliance, promptly addressing the root causes of OIIs or near misses, conducting effective safety meetings, promptly addressing safety concerns raised by employees, leading by example.
• Accountable for Ensuring Compliance with all QC Requirements (GMP, FSP) and providing leadership to drive continuous improvements in product quality.
• As FSP Team Member shall ensure duties or work instructions are in place and communicated to all staff involved with the plant’s HACCP program and how it applies to product safety, legality, and quality.
• Accountable for providing engineering support for operations and participates in reliability improvement initiatives providing guidance to the maintenance department.
• Accountable for scoping projects, equipment specification and engineering design.
• Accountable for developing project estimates, submittal of project documentation for corporate approval, procurement of equipment and services, project management, cost control, working with operations to schedule and documentation.
• Accountable for managing contractors as necessary for project support.
• Accountable for managing Engineering Cost Center.
• Ensures that department is using standard business processes, PAMs, Management Control and Reporting System and Maintenance Excellence Work Practices and MOC process.
• Accountable for Equipment Specification & Standardization.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with development of annual capital budget, 5-year capital and monthly financial updates.
• Reports and explains capital project budget variances.
• Ensures compliance with corporate standards (e.g., financial, code of business conduct) and adherence to company policies.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

People Management/Development:

• Promotes open and honest communication.
• Fosters “team building.”
• Fosters a culture focused on problem solving and process improvement.
• Ensures decision making at proper levels.
• Ensures clear roles and responsibilities.
• Engages workforce.
• Maintains positive employee morale.
• Determines resource planning and deployment strategy.
• Performs recruiting and staffing activities, as needed.
• Facilitates performance management and employee development activities.
• Performs Human Resources recordkeeping and reporting activities, as needed.
• Ensures systems and processes are in place to maintain smooth operations during employee absences and staffing changes.
• Fosters culture that values diversity and promotes respect, inclusion, cooperation and responsibility.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience overseeing engineering projects in a manufacturing plant.
• Management (and/or) Supervisory experience preferred.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Possesses knowledge of technical information.
• Demonstrates background knowledge of operating procedure and process.
• Understands maintenance procedures and processes.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of SAP.

Key Internal/External Contacts:

• General Manager, Human Resource Manager, EHS Manager, Quality Manager, Maintenance & Reliability Manager, Production Manager, Mill Manager, Buyer, Controller, Reliability Engineer, Corporate Personnel.
• Site Contractors.
• Employees in maintenance department and operation departments.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Works in general office and manufacturing plant environment.
• Normal working schedule is daylight shift - flexible schedule and overtime may be required. Responds to urgent or emergency situations outside of normal working hours, as needed.
• Works in seated or standing positions for prolonged periods of time. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is sometimes required to stand; be at heights; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs and ladders or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, walk/work on open grating. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 55 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; vibration, high, precarious places; fumes and/or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; steam, liquids and gases at various pressures and temperatures and variations of environmental temperatures, including outside weather conditions and extremely hot, humid inside conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with potential to high noise level areas. Personal Protective Equipment, hairnets and beard snoods must be worn as required.
• Performs duties in confined space entries.

Salary starting at $105,000 and up based on experience.

At Morton Salt, we work best when we work as a team, when we treat one another with dignity and respect, and value the unique contributions of others. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, sex, religion, color, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.