Chief Engineer - Denver, Co

The Sr. Manager Engineering & Maintenance (Chief Engineer) is responsible to research, create and/or develop engineering solutions to improve operational efficiency and productivity through the implementation of engineering projects targeting:

• Waste reduction
• Labor efficiency
• Mechanization operators' routine-tasks
• Production lines automation
• Identifying, developing, and implementing good engineering and operational practices
• Implement projects to improve operational efficiency

Position is responsible to support engineering and maintenance functions of the enterprise by training, coaching or acting as Chief Engineer and/or maintenance manager or project manager in any of the manufacturing sites located across the country.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Become a liaison with Global Engineering office on development engineering projects

• Influence strategy on developmental engineering projects
• Coordinate communication and actions with global engineering office
• Prevent failure on developmental projects
• It is imperative for this person to have Global Mindset while acting locally.

CAPEX

• Development, justification, & oversight of a companywide annual CAPEX plan.
  • Develop business cases to implement capital projects for productivity and waste reduction
  • Department head meetings to develop an annual CAPEX plan that defines individual department needs, compliance, return on investments and justification of.
  • Oversight of the CAPEX plan to ensure successful completion of projects within critical timelines. Also includes regular updates to forecasted spend of CAPEX projects.
  • Development of a 3yr forecasted CAPEX plan.

Process Engineering

• Identify new technologies and process/system improvements to increase efficiencies and return on investment.
  • Industry shows, tech sessions, and vendor relationship development.
  • Benchmark industry in other geographies to capture opportunities for improvement
• Evaluation of current process & procedures to identify improvements, projects, and plans to increase system efficiencies.
  • Define standardized Operational Procedures for operating equipment
  • Departmental KPI reviews, process evaluations and analysis.
• Provide innovative solutions to current processes and equipment, which give proprietary advantages to Bimbo QSR for the development of bread products.
• Responsible for process equipment design and layout.
• Manage large scale equipment installations.

Environmental

• Management of all environmental policies/requirements to ensure compliance of data management, record keeping, permit filing, policy updates and training.
• Interactions with all required government agencies & contractors to ensure successful audits and compliance.

Sustainability

• Oversight of all sustainability projects, policies, & requirements to ensure compliance of data management, record keeping, polices and training.
• Management of annual sustainability driven projects to reduce utility usage/cost & environmental footprint.
  • Project development, oversight and reporting.

R&D

• Research for engineering solutions both inside and outside the baking industry to improve operational efficiency and productivity.
• Sales, Operations, & R&D support during developmental meetings and site visits.
  • Develop engineering solutions working with suppliers and or engineering and bakery personnel.

Maintenance Department Management

• Department Budgets
  • Development, review, & management of multi plant expense budgets.
• Facility, Process & Support Equipment Maintenance
  • Oversight of plant maintenance departments to ensure proper facility and equipment maintenance, programs, policies & regulatory requirements.
• Multi plant Maintenance Synergies
• Program best practices and policies.
• Maintenance Development & Training
  • Continued development of Maintenance Managers & Specialist
  • Departmental compliance training

Education and Work History:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (required)
• Master's Degree in Engineering or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in project engineering in industrial baking environment
• Minimum 10 years of experience in developmental engineering projects
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading a maintenance organization
• A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted
• Bilingual English-Spanish preferred.

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
BQ offers a Comprehensive Benefits Package, Paid Time Off, Annual Bonus Eligibility, 401k & Company Match, and On the Job Training with Advancement Opportunities