Limestone Plant - Engineering Reliability & Facilities Leader

Engineering Reliability, Maintenance & Technical Support

• Establish and maintain effective equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and repair procedures to minimize production downtime, supply costs, and labor costs.

• Provide technical leadership for plant electrical systems, power distribution, motors, drives, controls, production equipment, service equipment, buildings, and utilities.

• Assist other departments with electrical, controls, mechanical, facilities, and equipment-reliability issues.

• Identify and correct quality-system nonconformities related to the function.

• Ensure personnel have the training, qualifications, resources, and authority required to perform their work safely and effectively.

• Communicate changes in company policies, standards, and procedures to Engineering Services engineers, specialists, technicians, and other team members.

• Develop team capability and maintain appropriate backup coverage for key positions and critical technical responsibilities.

Facilities, Utilities & Capital Projects

• Coordinate the design, construction, installation, relocation, and modification of plant facilities and equipment following management approval.

• Recommend necessary changes, additions, repairs, and improvements to plant equipment, utilities, infrastructure, and facilities.

• Maintain and protect plant buildings, infrastructure, utilities, equipment, grounds, and property.

• Lead efforts to optimize the use of fuel, electricity, natural gas, compressed air, water, and other utilities.

• Advise management regarding equipment purchases, physical-plant condition, utility capacity, service equipment, operating costs, and technical concerns.

• Prepare project scopes, cost estimates, capital requests, and supporting financial information.

• Coordinate and monitor work performed by contractors, vendors, engineering firms, and other external service providers.

• Audit grounds and facility maintenance to ensure conditions meet location expectations.

Safety, Emergency Preparedness & External Partnerships

• Ensure safe equipment, work practices, and engineering standards are consistently maintained.

• Maintain responsibility for the condition and operation of plant fire-protection systems and related procedures, implementing improvements as needed.

• Serve as liaison with insurance representatives and coordinate completion of approved recommendations.

• Maintain effective relationships with local police, fire, emergency-response, and other governmental agencies as needed.

• Meet all company education and training requirements.

Leadership, Budget & Collaboration

• Determine staffing requirements and lead, coach, mentor, and develop the Engineering Services team.

• Promote associate engagement, collaboration, accountability, development, and positive working relationships.

• Control departmental labor and material expenses consistent with safe and effective reliability and engineering practices.

• Maintain a high degree of cooperation with Operations and other department leaders.

• Remain informed of developments in electrical engineering, controls, reliability, utilities, facilities, environmental compliance, and manufacturing technology.

Environmental Management System

• Lead and maintain Limestone's Environmental Management System and ISO 14001 requirements, including the Limestone Environmental Management Systems Manual.

• Ensure environmental programs comply with applicable federal, state, local, corporate, and location requirements.

• Maintain current environmental files in accordance with Corporate Legal and Corporate Environmental procedures.

• Maintain a tracking and follow-up system so regulatory reports, filings, tests, and permit-renewal applications are submitted on or before applicable deadlines.

• Immediately elevate matters that may be of regulatory interest to location management.

• Lead environmental programs involving natural-resource conservation, energy and water reduction, waste minimization, and pollution prevention.

Air Emissions

• Maintain a current site map identifying applicable air-emission sources.

• Partner with Corporate Environmental to prepare permit renewals, construction permits, and other required documentation.

• Maintain knowledge of air-permit requirements and establish processes to collect data demonstrating compliance.

• Ensure required emissions testing, calculations, reporting, observations, monitoring, and recordkeeping are completed accurately and on time.

• Monitor emission-source performance; immediately report adverse trends or permit excursions and recommend corrective action.

• Partner with Process Improvement and Engineering Services to eliminate air toxics and reduce other emissions.

• Verify the accuracy of emissions-based calculations, submissions, and fees.

• Respond appropriately to plant-neighbor concerns and consult Corporate Environmental as needed.

Waste Management

• Maintain periodic solid-waste data and submit required information to the appropriate corporate environmental representative.

• Develop and implement solid-waste and hazardous-waste reduction plans.

• Ensure procedures and training are in place for proper solid-waste handling, disposal, landfill-shipment tracking, and recordkeeping.

• Establish and maintain procedures for characterization, handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste, non-hazardous chemical waste, and used oil.

• Maintain disposal manifests, accumulation logs, and supporting environmental records.

• Conduct required audits of waste-accumulation areas and complete required training for waste characterization and manifest authorization.

Asbestos & Spill Response

• Ensure asbestos-containing materials are identified, documented, and labeled, and that approved procedures and records are maintained for removal or abatement projects.

• Maintain a current Spill Response Plan and procedure, including emergency contacts and escalation information.

• Ensure associates receive applicable spill-response training and that adequate spill-containment kits are maintained.

Environmental Audits, SARA & Stormwater

• Establish and maintain an internal environmental audit program using the plant Environmental Cross-Functional Team.

• Respond promptly to Corporate Environmental, regulatory, and external audits by developing and implementing corrective actions.

• Maintain procedures for responding to regulatory inspections and audits.

• Maintain periodic SARA-release data, develop reduction plans, and submit required SARA Title III reports and supporting documentation by applicable deadlines.

• Maintain current Safety Data Sheets for applicable chemicals and ensure required notifications to local and state entities remain current.

• Ensure required stormwater containment measures are completed and maintained.

• Implement procedures necessary to comply with stormwater regulations and permits and conduct required associate training.

• Perform other assignments as requested by management.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a closely related technical discipline.

• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing engineering, electrical systems, equipment reliability, facilities engineering, utilities, or a related industrial environment.

• Three or more years of experience leading technical employees, skilled trades, engineers, contractors, or cross-functional project teams.

• Demonstrated experience with industrial electrical systems, power distribution, motors, drives, controls, and plant utility systems.

• Experience developing or improving preventive and predictive maintenance and equipment-reliability programs.

• Experience coordinating engineering projects, equipment installations, facility improvements, and outside contractors.

• Experience managing departmental expenses, project costs, capital expenditures, or operating budgets.

• Working knowledge of manufacturing safety requirements, fire-protection systems, emergency-response processes, and applicable regulatory standards.

• Ability to interpret technical documentation, equipment specifications, electrical drawings, engineering drawings, permits, and regulatory requirements.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and applicable engineering, maintenance, or environmental management systems.