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KDC is a network of best-in-class custom formulators and manufacturers of color cosmetics, skincare, haircare, bath & body, fragrance, deodorant, home, health, industrial, and auto care products. KDC delivers high-touch innovation, operational excellence, and speed to market to well-known and emerging beauty, personal, and specialty companies from coast to coast. KDC has its head office in Longueuil, Québec. In addition, KDC has 10 operating facilities located throughout North America. Altogether, the company employs nearly 4,800 talented and dedicated employees in North America.
Summary:
Manage department technicians and engineers, plan and coordinate capital projects for the
site, develop engineering efforts to ensure proper installation of equipment and
processes, and oversee the development of in-house tooling for customer packaging needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee the capital management process, including capital project development, approval, implementation, and tracking.
- Manages large projects, including facilities improvements, expansions, and new business-related activities.
- Develops and utilizes capacity planning tools to develop improvement and/or new capacity plans that address any operational constraints.
- Designs and deploys plans to improve the manufacturing processes and methods that support cost-savings, quality improvements and effectiveness of equipment.
- Responsible for providing cost and timing estimates relating to new projects and product tooling.
- Supports Manufacturing and Packaging operations with the installation of machinery to improve Labor Efficiency and Safety.
- Manages budgets for operation of Machine Shop and Technical Support departments. Develops for department yearly budget.
- Responsible for the general supervision of personnel in department, including the administration of merit review and job classification policies, and assisting subordinates in solving work problems.
- Supports production and technical managers to help improve and/or maintain the level of quality of production.
- Evaluate achievement of standards of performance as called upon for Engineering employees.
- Develops reliability maintenance methods and strategies that ensure integration with Operations and optimizes the performance of equipment.
- Collaborates with Operations, Quality Assurance, and Customer Service in meeting operational, safety, GMP, and customer needs.
- Interfaces directly with customers on technical projects, issues, and problem resolution
- Works closely with Health, Safety & Environmental to ensure process and equipment meet safety & environmental standards.
- Communicate and collaborate with other managers, suppliers, and contractors.
- All other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS degree in Engineering.
- Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in Engineering preferred.
- Minimum of five (5) years in a management / leadership position preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Experience working in an OTC manufacturing industry
- Experience in a GMP environment.
KDC-ONE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. I understand that employment with KDC-ONE Company is at-will, meaning that I or KDC-ONE Company may terminate my employment at any time, or for any reason consistent with applicable state or federal law. I understand that KDC-One requires the successful completion of a drug and/or alcohol test as a condition of employment.
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