Engineering, Reliability, & Maintenance Leader

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Veolia WTS Minnetonka Center of Excellence is seeking an Engineering Leader. This role will have full
responsibility for the engineering, maintenance, and reliability organizations at the Minnetonka Filters &
Membrane Supply Chain organization. Reporting directly to the Plant Manager.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Actively involved in EHS initiatives and drives safety first philosophy
• Develop a strong understanding of manufacturing processes and develop a complete process &
• product characterization for all major equipment across the plant.
• Develop and manage engineering & maintenance budgets that support corporate objectives
• Focus on production support ranging from Membrane (Pure water membrane and Process
• membrane), Elements and Filters, and E-SEP (Electroseparation) production.
• Responsible for integrating new membrane manufacturing concepts related to web handling
• and advanced polymer coating technology.
• Provides technical guidance and troubleshooting guides to a focused team of manufacturing
• engineers and operations, as well as other cross-functional group members (ranging from
• Technology, planning, operations, commercial).
• Develop action plans to anticipate and respond to membrane coating and support equipment
• engineering requirements and process improvements.
• Ensure cost savings projects are identified and prioritized to complete on time
• Identify sustainability improvement opportunities to meet our GreenUp targets to reduce GHG
• emissions
• Ownership of capacity expansion projects in line with the business’s Medium-Term Plan
• Drive Reliability Centered Maintenance strategy across the site, ensuring alignment across
• engineering projects and maintenance execution plans and scheduling.
• Drive discipline on RCA and MOC.
• Drives solutions to new manufacturing processes and project concepts
• Works as a conduit between technology and operations to support the execution of new
• products
• Active in seeking and understanding membrane/advanced membrane technology

Compensation 

$150,000-165,000 annually, depending on experience, including an up to 15% annual bonus.

Benefits

● Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Starting Day 1!
● Life Insurance
● Paid Time Off
● Paid Holidays
● Parental Leave
● 401(k) Plan - 3% default contribution plus matching!
● Flexible Spending & Health Saving Accounts
● AD&D Insurance
● Disability Insurance
● Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this
posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable
law.

****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not
sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity****

VWTS does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a
current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Any unsolicited resumes and
candidate profiles will be deemed the property of VWTS, and no fee will be due.

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering
• 10+ years of leadership experience in engineering & manufacturing
• Leadership experience in maintenance organizations
• Web handling experience
• Experience planning and managing large capital projects
• Knowledge and experience in applying Lean Six Sigma manufacturing principles.
• Proven track record of CI implementation with ownership and sustainable results
• Influencing and coaching skills
• Ability to create and analyze metrics
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems, analyze complex processes, synthesize data and
• results, and drive toward insight and solutions
• Able to identify significant deviations from the operating plan and budget and work with site
• leaders to identify corrective actions using appropriate continuous improvement tools (kaizen,
• visual systems, 5S, gemba, six sigma, LEAN

Preferred:

• Membrane engineering experience, Polymeric material coating, and membrane processing
• experience
• Controls experience
• Formal Lean Six Sigma certification

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.