Plant Engineering and Technology Advancement Manager

Job Description:

Job Title
Plant Engineering and Technology Advancement Manager

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Plant Engineering and Technology Advancement Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring that the facilities, and the machinery used to produce materials and goods, run safely, are compliant, and operate with maximum efficiency and output while driving advancements through technology. This includes total preventative maintenance, managing breakdowns of mechanical, electrical, and automated equipment. You will manage people, budgets, and cost reporting. You will be a member of the Red Wing plant leadership team and work to help facilitate continuous improvement, improve customer service, and meet business needs.

As a Plant Engineering and Technology Advancement Manager you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading the Plant Engineering Hourly Technicians to provide Preventive, Corrective and Emergency support for our operations
• Leading the Systems, Controls and Data Automation teams to make step changes in our operational effectiveness in efficiency, quality and safety through systems and technology.
• Implementing and ensuring use of a Reliability Framework and Asset Management System to drive continual improvements in safety, employee engagement and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE/CEE)
• Coordinating our Site Facilities Projects including building and grounds, security, HVAC and emergency procedures
• Creating a training model for Plant Engineering to become multi-disciplined including mechanical, electrical and controls
• Increasing plant operational effectiveness, improving on project delivery, mean time between failure and downtime reduction, and manage and implement improvement plans.
• Develop the plant automation 5-year roadmap in conjunction with operations and value streams
• Driving Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) ensuring that Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are adhered to.
• Implementing and managing continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principles by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Associate's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Five (5) years of manufacturing plant operations, plant maintenance, project engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, lean manufacturing, quality, and/or EHS experience in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an Engineering discipline from an accredited institution
• Prior experience in an Engineering leadership role
• Experience with asset management and/or reliability analysis
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Work location:

• On-site
• Red Wing, Minnesota

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $160,284 - $195,903, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good fai