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Heritage Environmental Services, LLC Director, Corporate Engineering in Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, IN, USA | Corporate Engineering | Full Time
Exciting Opportunity to Join Our Legacy of Environmental Leadership!
Location: Headquartered in Indianapolis, with 2,000+ employees nationwide
About Us: At Heritage Environmental Services, we are more than just a company; we are pioneers in industrial waste management, committed to creating a cleaner, safer world. Since our inception during the environmental movement of the 1970s, we've been at the forefront of solving complex environmental challenges. With a dedicated team spread across the United States, we provide innovative and compliant solutions to thousands of clients in diverse industries.
Why Heritage?
Impactful Work: B e part of a team that makes a real difference. Our comprehensive services range from hazardous waste management and emergency response to onsite support and technical solutions, allow us to solve our customers waste challenges. We are part of the solution. We don't generate any waste ourselves.
Growth Opportunities: At Heritage, your contribution is valued beyond your job title. We believe in the power of continuous learning and growth, encouraging every employee to expand their skills and take on new challenges.
Safety First: Your health and safety are our top priorities. We foster a culture where every employee is empowered to act safely and ensure the well-being of their colleagues. Our mantra is Safe and Compliant, or Not at All.
Collaborative Environment: T ogether we can achieve much more. Join a supportive and dynamic team where your ideas and efforts are recognized and rewarded.
Our Commitment: We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and innovative workplace where every employee can thrive. As part of our team, you will have the freedom to contribute your expertise wherever needed, ensuring the success of our mission to protect the environment.
Our Ambition: Leading the Way in Hazardous Waste Management Our goal is to become the fastest-growing and most profitable hazardous waste platform, powered by industry-leading, end-to-end capabilities. We aim to be the top choice for our customers, driven by a high-performing team that thrives on solving challenges, continuous learning, and growth.
Exciting News: Heritage Environmental Services is now backed by the EQT Infrastructure VI fund, enhancing our capabilities, and expanding our reach. EQT is a dynamic global investment powerhouse managing EUR 232 billion in assets (EUR 128 billion fee-generating). With a focus on Private Capital and Real Assets, EQT owns and supports leading companies across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas, fostering sustainable growth, operational excellence, and market leadership. This exciting ownership positions us for even greater impact and growth in the future .
Director, Corporate Engineering The Director, Corporate Engineering is responsible for leading the Corporate Engineering team to develop and implement new technologies, processes and equipment strategies to achieve organizational objectives. This key position will have direct ownership for established goals around large growth and maintenance capital projects, downtime minimization, engineering aspects of process safety management, cost savings initiatives and ensuring overall quality.
This role and the Corporate Engineering department are new to the organization and will have the opportunity to help establish engineering practices across the Company. This role will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer.
Essential Functions & Requirements:
Prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and maintaining safe practices at all times
Leads and mentors the cross-functional engineering team to develop best practices in identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving all types of processes or production issues
Demonstrates, teaches, and applies principles of engineering and technical problem-solving
Develops and implements methods, processes, and procedures that will improve existing practices, eliminate failures and reduce operating costs
Identifies best practices and applies those to other facilities with the goal towards standardization, cost savings, uptime improvement and a preventative maintenance approach
Partners with other departments to ensure that engineering objectives and daily activities are supporting the organization's needs
Develops and communicates strategies goals aligned with company objectives and translates those into specific performance targets, action plans and associated metrics
Maintains accountability for achieving objectives established for the engineering team and the organization, as well as determining and controlling departmental resource requirements and budgets
Provides leadership for process and equipment cost analysis that contributes to improved performance and establishes targets for, and projects to support, annual cost saving initiatives
Assists with the automation of current processes to control costs, drive consistency and meet demand
Participates in technical problem-solving for customers and suppliers as circumstances require
Owns our Enterprise Risk plan and ensures that appropriate lines of defense are in place at all of our facilities
Owns the yearly capital plan for the Company and ensures that resourcing is available to complete all projects in a timely manner
Ensures projects driven through our Full Potential Plan are prioritized and resourced
Owns project management for large capital expenditure engineering projects and ensures they meet established goals including time, quality, cost and profitability targets
Provides engineering expertise in the areas of tooling, prints, product specifications, product maintenance, raw materials and outside purchases throughout the organization
Support Company's relationships with regulatory agencies as well as engineering aspects of permitting to allow for efficient approvals; develops and ensures that repair engineering data is in compliance with corporate and regulatory policies
Coordinates with other members of the management team and keeps them informed of project status and performance versus budget and schedule
Reviews state-of-the-art engineering developments and makes recommendations to the management team on cost-effective additions and / or modifications to meet department and corporate goals
Completes all technical tasks in line with customer and corporate expectations, budgets, and schedules; reviews and approves proposals, recommends and implements cost-saving or time-saving changes
Participates in acquisition due diligence as required
Manages technical vendors and consultants to ensure contractual alignment, quality, timeliness, and cost
Assesses self and team capabilities through performance evaluation processes and determines appropriate training needs and recommends participation in training programs as needed
Provides management, mentorship, coaching and development to department employees; supports personal goals as well as company succession planning
Maintains ability to travel as required, up to 30% of the time
Takes on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization
Education:
Bachelor's degree in engineering (required); mechanical specialization (preferred)
Experience:
10+ years project engineering / production / maintenance experience (required)
5+ years of experience managing people (required)
Previous experience with Process Safety Management OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 (preferred)
Previous experience with Risk Management Plan EPA 40 CFR Part 68 (preferred)
Competencies:
Proficiency in manufacturing processes and Lean methodologies with strong problem-solving and project management skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and maintain composure in a high-stress, high-energy environment
Strong ability to influence teams in and outside of the engineering department
Proactive orientation with a focus on continuous improvement and providing constructive feedback
Ability to manage complex and aggressive project schedules and deliver results on time and to specification
Regular and predictable attendance to perform the functions and requirements of this role
Benefits, Compensation, & Workforce Diversity: Heritage offers competitive pay and bonus incentives. Benefits include choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, flexible spending or health savings accounts, employee and dependent life insurance, short and long-term disability, 401(k) savings plan with company match, and tuition reimbursement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability.
A post-offer drug screen will be required.
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