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.