Associate Manager, Engineering Project Manager

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method Mrs. Meyers Clean DayBabyganics andEcover. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet. If youre into pioneering the future and doing good while doing business come join us.

The LSB is part of SC Johnson a family-owned company and leading manufacturer of household cleaning home storage air care pest control and shoe care products as well as professional products. Originally founded in 1886 and headquartered in Wisconsin U.S.A. SC Johnson and the Lifestyle Brands division are at work for a better world.

The Companys Total Rewards package is at or above industry levels. The expected base salary range for this position is between 93600.00 USD - 122850.00 USD. Job related skills experience education and location will be considered in setting actual starting base salary. In addition to your base salary and depending on job level eligibility and performance a total package may include profit sharing a short-term incentive and/or long-term incentives. As a family company benefits are a key piece of our Total Rewards package as well and were proud to provide a comprehensive competitive and differentiated benefits program that our people and their families value.

Based in Chicago and reporting to the Site Engineering Manager this key team member will plan and execute capital projects assist in the continual development of the preventative maintenance program provide technical support to plant operations and participate in our continuous improvement effort as an

influential individual contributor.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Proactively engage the engineering maintenance and production teams to achieve productivity standards provide quality enhancements and deploy cost reductions using lean manufacturing preventative maintenance and other methodologies. Instill and drive a continuous improvement and problem-solving culture. Collaborate on team projects to solve problems and improve processes and procedures that enhance quality safety cost and supply assurance

• Partnering with the Site Engineering Manager build the multi-year engineering strategy to ensure our capital and engineering capability stays ahead of business requirements and new product evolution. Bring technical depth to the team in process design packaging machinery specification and deployment and/or industrial automation.

• Own the end-to-end technical delivery of capital engineering projects including supplier identification specifications costing contract negotiation and execution scopes of work development contractor selection work-site management scheduling and task-tracking and all activities related to the execution of the project.

• Assist the production team in the flawless execution of new product launches within the SSSB. Establish and document equipment center-lines develop documentation to ensure proper setup and performance of the process and production systems and champion initiatives to improve overall performance.

• Develop / maintain engineering standards process and procedures. Manage and maintain the drawings library for the facility and manage upkeep of key documentation.

• Be a passionate steward of the facility (South Side Soap Box). Ensure the site is well-maintained through partnerships with outside service providers. Rapidly respond to and resolve performance issues with the building systems.

• Provide floor-level technical leadership for the Manufacturing and Logistics organizations including facilities processing and production.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE YOULL BRING

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States

• Bachelors degree and 5 years Engineering experience within a manufacturing setting with 2 years demonstrated maintenance capital improvement projects and at least 1 year within liquid packaging industry.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS

• Engineering experience in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) space

• Demonstrated capability to manage capital engineering project over $500000

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work within tight timeframes and deadlines

• Strong interpersonal communication organization and experience leading teams. Excellent communication / collaboration / customer service skills

• Strong hands on approach. Independent and strong thought leadership. Well-developed creative problem-solving skills.

• Proactive approach and work ethic appropriate for a fast-paced team-oriented growing company

• Confidence in light of Ambiguity - Ability to identify the problem to solve recommend objectives and develop a course of action to deliver results.

• Willingness to learn ability to adapt to a changing environment

• Sense of humor a positive outlook with a can-do attitude!

• PLC/HMI/Productivity Apps programming (Rockwell Automation platform) skills and broad-based knowledge of automation strategies a plus

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Full-time on-site

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are be valued listened to and supported to do their best possible work.

Sure theres always more that can be done. But together with our team partners customers and community we can make everyone welcome.

Better Together

At SC Johnson we strive to create a positive inclusive and unique workplace. We strongly believe SCJ people are able to achieve their best when they can collaborate and work together in person.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of the Company is to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race color religion gender marital status sexual orientation national origin ancestry age gender identity gender expression disability citizenship pregnancy veteran status membership in any active or reserve component of the U.S. or state military forces genetic history or information or any other category protected by law.

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