Engineering Manager

Summary:

Provides leadership and direction to the Mt. Holly Engineering organization, including project engineering, reliability engineering, electrical power engineering, technical services, and drafting. Serves as a key technical resource to plant leadership and is responsible for developing engineering capability, maintaining strong technical and engineering standards, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring engineering resources are focused on the plant's highest safety, reliability, operational, process, and business priorities.

Leads the development and execution of technically sound engineering solutions and capital projects that improve plant performance and support Century Aluminum's strategic objectives. Partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Finance, and Corporate resources while maintaining clear accountability for engineering analysis, reliability engineering, technical solutions, project development, and engineering quality.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable the Engineering team, including project engineering, reliability engineering, electrical power engineering, drafting, and technical support resources, while demonstrating and reinforcing Century Aluminum’s Purpose, Values, and Mission and building strong technical capability, teamwork, engagement, and succession depth.
• Establish meaningful measures for engineering, reliability, capital, and improvement initiatives; communicate significant technical risks, project status, priorities, and recommendations clearly to plant leadership and cross-functional stakeholders; and support achievement of plant business-plan and strategic objectives.
• Provide technical leadership in resolving complex process, equipment, electrical power, reliability, and production issues, including root-cause analysis and development of sustainable engineered solutions.
• Lead the plant reliability engineering function, prioritizing resources against the highest safety, operational, production, and technical risks while partnering closely with Maintenance and Operations.
• Develop, evaluate, and execute engineering and capital projects with clear scope, technical basis, business justification, cost, schedule, risk assessment, and execution plans.
• Coordinate development of the plant's five-year and annual capital plans and ensure proposed projects are sufficiently developed and technically sound before approval.
• Evaluate technical alternatives and investments using appropriate engineering and business analysis, including safety, operational impact, reliability, cost, risk, return on investment, and long-term plant needs.
• Identify and advance technologies, automation, controls, process improvements, and other engineered solutions that improve plant performance and long-term capability.
• Ensure engineering designs, projects, and activities comply with applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, Century, and recognized engineering standards.
• Communicate significant technical risks, project status, priorities, and recommendations clearly to plant leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, and support achievement of plant business-plan and strategic objectives. Coordinate the activities of areas to assure focus on safety, training, and labor relations.

Background:

• Education: Bachelors in related field, preferred Master's in related field
• Technical Experience: 7+ years, preferred 10+ years
• Management: 3+ Years, preferred 5+ years
• Manufacturing: 7+ Years, preferred 10+ years
• Training/ Certifications: None, Preferred Registered Professional Engineer (PE); Continuous Improvement, CRE, CMRP, Project Management, or other relevant certification.
• Other Preferred: Experience in aluminum smelting and demonstrated strong project management skills

Additional Qualifications

• High proficiency in analytical thinking, structured problem solving, planning, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated success in project and people management and the ability to create a positive, challenging, team-oriented work environment.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and coaching capability.
• Ability to build and sustain effective working relationships and collaborate across functions.
• Achievement-oriented with a high level of initiative and personal accountability.
• Highly effective verbal, written, and listening communication skills.

Other Important Items

Scope of Role:

The descriptions contained herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this role. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel in this classification. Other duties or responsibilities may be added at management’s sole discretion. Moreover, this description excludes the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Employees are expected to follow any job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the supervisor.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. In accordance with the Company's ADA Policy, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job operates at times in a manufacturing plant environment. This role routinely will be required to walk up and down stairs, observe through vision and hearing, and may be exposed to heat, cold, and loud noises intermittently.

This job also operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

At Will Status:

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. Employees in this position are employed “at will.”

EEO/ Affirmative Action:

The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race; color; sex (including sexual orientation and/or gender identity); marital status; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; creed; religion; national origin; citizenship status; ethnicity; age; disability; genetic information; HIV/AIDS status; veteran or service member status; or any other category protected by federal, state or local law. It is the Company’s policy not to request any employees genetic information or to make any employment decision based on genetic information.

The Company is committed to advancing the principles of equal employment opportunity through its affirmative action plan which it maintains in accordance with all legal requirements in order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment with the Company regardless of their race, color, gender, disability, and veteran status.