Senior Manager, Technical Operations

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

ON Kitchener

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 over 20 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.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!
• RRSP program with a 3% employer match (with increased matches awarded based on service) and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll!
• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days and 11 company holidays!
• 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.
• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.
  
  

Job Description:

About the Role: As the The Senior Manager, Technical Operations for the Kitchener plant, a manufacturer of Entertainer style crackers, you will be theTechnical/Engineering functional leader for the site. Your role is 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.
• 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.
  
  

Important Details:

• This is a full-time, on-site role on Day Shift (7:30 am – 4:00 pm). Occasional flexibility is required to support alternate shifts.
  
  

About You:

You’ll fit right in if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field; advanced degree and/or formal project management training or certifications a plus.
• Ten or more years of progressive technical leadership inclusive of leading a Maintenance and Engineering department.
• Adept at navigating in traditional Engineering and Maintenance support programs such as: AutoCAD, MS Project, SAP PM (or equivalent CMMS)
• Well versed in processing, filling, packaging, utility systems, etc., typically found in food manufacturing and breadth of experience in reliability systems and processes.
• Excellent capital management and project execution skills, with a successful track record of leading projects upwards of $3 - $5MM and setting an investment strategy for a site.
• Well-grounded in sanitary design principles, project chartering concepts, and processes deployed to ensure project startups are vertical.
• Operational experience with TPM principles (i.e., pillars, systems, standard work) is highly desired. Prior pillar-lead experience a plus.
  
  

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At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact [email protected]

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