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. Meyer’s Clean Day®, Babyganics® and Ecover®. 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 you’re 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 Company's Total Rewards package is at or above industry levels. The expected base salary range for this position is between 93,600.00 USD - 122,850.00 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 we’re 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 YOU’LL 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 $500,000

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

• Strong interpersonal communication, organization and experience leading teams.  Excellent communication / collabora