Senior Manager, Technical Operations

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

MD Cambridge

Job Type:

Engineering Manufacturing

Job Posting Title:

Senior Manager, Technical Operations

About Us: 

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of more than two dozen production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.  

What You Gain: 

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way. 

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups. 

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day! 

• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll. 

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays). 

• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs.  

Job Description:

About the Role:

This role serves as the Technical/Engineering functional leader for the site, responsible for leading and influencing the facility’s technical health, technical strategic vision, site capital plan, predictive and preventative reliability programs and processes, and the collective capability and skillset within the technical team.  You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Lead the capital management process and 5-year vision at the site, not only driving capital efficiency and capital stewardship, but also ensuring flawless execution.
• Execute and support capital and non-capital enabled projects, working with local and corporate stakeholders.
• Drive capital efficiency by looking at alternative technical solutions and ways to improve costs to implement projects.
• Drive site efficiency by constantly looking at opportunities to improve safety, maintenance costs and productivity wherein the operating life of the equipment is extended, efficiencies are improved, and operating costs are lowered.
• Promote and role model a “Zero Loss and Zero Breakdown” mindset.
• Provide an environment that encourages creative solutions to technical problems, rapid reapplication of best practices, and a willingness to experiment and collaborate. 
• Unlock value and execution excellence with the team by bringing new ways of working and developing technical capabilities in the relentless pursuit of driving exceptional site performance.  
• Work closely with the site team in building and executing against a master plan that enables improved performance.
• Work cross-functionally with the site leadership team, Capital Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance, Technical Services, Environmental Engineering, R&D and IT to