Senior Engineering Manager

Summary:

Chobani seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the plant technical teams to drive step change improvements in Safety, Quality, OEE and Cost. The successful candidate will be well rounded in leadership skills, reliability strategies, mechanical design, automation and six sigma methodologies. The scope of this role will include Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Manufacturing Engineering and Automation Engineering.

The responsibilities of this position include:

• Build a team that is capable of diagnosing equipment issues through root cause analysis and solving those issues through redesign and programming
• Stay current on equipment technology trends and ensure the team is leveraging them appropriately to deliver a competitive advantage
• Develop the technical capability and leadership skills of team members equally
• Partner with capital project teams to design reliability into new equipment
• Develop strategies for key business initiatives to deliver step-change YOY improvements
• Develop tactical implementation plans to assign resources to the work and deliver on the strategy
• Manage resource loading and 3rd party engineering firms to execute plant priorities
• Coach team members and provide feedback to help them achieve their full potential capabilities
• Understand team members’ career interests and goals and be a strong advocate and connector for them
• Partner with leaders in reliability to execute the Chobani Reliability Strategy
• Partner with leaders in operations in executing OEE and Cost initiatives
• Fill in for the Sr. Director of Technical Services during PTO
• Other duties as required

The requirements of this position include:

• Engineering degree from an ABET accredited university
• 5+ years of experience as an individual contributor engineer in a plant environment
• 5+ years of experience leading a plant engineering team
• Six Sigma greenbelt certified and proven experience implementing DMAIC tools
• Track record of continuous improvement delivering step change OEE and Cost results
• Knowledge in TPM reliability strategies
• Track record of building strong teams, developing talent and growing careers
• Experience in a high-volume, high-speed manufacturing environment
• Financial acumen as it relates to a plant P&L and CapEx
• Preferred – Experience in Dairy production

About Us:

After moving to New York from his native Turkey, Chobani’s founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya found that in America, yogurt just wasn’t as delicious and widely available as it was back home. He believed everyone deserved better options, so he set about making delicious, nutritious, natural and accessible Greek yogurt right here in the United States.

“Better food for more people.” It’s a simple precept, but one that drives Chobani forward every day. From that first revived yogurt factory in New Berlin, New York, to a gleaming state-of-the-art facility in Twin Falls, Idaho, to an international foothold in Dandenong, Australia and beyond – in the few short years since its debut, Chobani has climbed to the top of the yogurt category and turned Greek yogurt into a household staple.

With a growing team of thousands, Chobani strives to stay true to and honor Hamdi’s vision and goals for our company: To develop and foster meaningful relationships with those around us, to give back to our local and global communities, and to create one perfect cup of yogurt at a time.  As a company, we’re proud to offer careers with limitless opportunities.  We look for only the most passionate and hard-working people who will share this vision and help our rapidly growing company reach the next level.  Chobani gives us all the chance to make a difference.

Chobani is an equal opportunity employer.  Chobani will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on any basis including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, predisposing genetic characteristics and genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state and local laws.

 Compensation Range: $128,000.00 - $192,000.00, plus bonus.