Facilities Engineer jobs in Georgia

Overview

Pactiv Evergreen Inc. (NASDAQ: PTVE) is a leading manufacturer and distributor of fresh foodservice and food merchandising products and fresh beverage cartons in North America and certain international markets. It supplies its products to a broad and diversified mix of companies, including full service restaurants and quick service restaurants, foodservice distributors, supermarkets, grocery and healthy eating retailers, other food stores, food and beverage producers, food packers and food processors. To learn more about the company, please go to the company website at pactivevergreen.com.

Covington is a city and the county seat of Newton County, Georgia, located 35 miles east of Atlanta. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 13,118.

The plant was built in 1967 manufactures polystyrene foam containers, and has approximately 370 Pactiv employees.

Responsibilities

Job Description:

• Establishes safety as a priority within the facility & utility team, and throughout the plant.  Works closely with the facility and utility team on safety suggestions / implementations
• Ensures a safe work place is provided for all employees; frequently inspects work areas for safety compliance. Completes accident or near miss investigations and schedule appropriate follow-up reviews; identifies areas of needed learning and conducts necessary training to create a “zero harm” environment
• Provides strong ‘experience based’ leadership for the plant buildings, grounds and associated utility support equipment.
• Develops customer relationships with all departments and serves as their facilities single point of contact, understand their needs and expectations and translate them into facilities and site service solutions
• Responsible for all productivity in the facility and utility support areas, addressing all day-to-day interruptions as they arise. 
• Ensure all facility & utility related compliance with state, federal and local laws/regulations and corporate directives and programs
• Oversees all plant buildings and grounds maintenance operations.  Responsible for planning, scheduling and directing both direct and indirect staff for facility and utility maintenance.  Responsible for monthly department facility / utility maintenance spend
• Develops, implements and/or continually improves preventive maintenance programs, and procedures for the effective operation of the Facility.  Ensures that all plant utility systems are fully inspected per the preventative maintenance schedules and that the work is documented
• Prepares cost estimates for facility and utility safety programs, repairs and/or renovations, equipment upgrades and cost savings projects.  Serve as the project lead for these programs, providing guidance for design, implementation, and installation & startup support
• Champions plant energy usage related to the facilities and utility equipment – monitors and reports on daily & monthly usage, provides input on occurrences and trends and serves as a Point of Contact for the local utility providers
• Power user of the plant CMMS.  Ensures proper recording of maintenance connection tickets, allocation of hours, ticket follow up and ticket closure 

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• A 4 year degree in a technical discipline with 2-3 years industrial facility management experience; or a 2 year degree in a technical discipline with 5 years of industrial facility management experience; or 10 years of industrial facility management experience
• Must have prior experience managing projects and plant installations on a large scale (up to $1MM). This includes vendor management to complete tasks.
• Must have strong mechanical/electrical troubleshooting skills with the ability to read schematics and utilize technical manuals
• Detailed knowledge of industrial electrical, HVAC, compressed air, vacuum, tower water and chilled water systems / system repairs is required. 
• Knowledge of Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers (RTO) and / or fire protection systems is desired.
• Proven leadership and experience in a high paced manufacturing setting is required
• Proven team player – experience must include building and/or leading successful facility support and/or maintenance teams
• Strong communicator and proven ability to communicate with all levels of the organization is required.  This position can interact with ALL levels of the organization on a daily basis
• Proven ability to maintain a positive work environment is required
• Experienced with at least one CMMS (Computer based Maintenance Management System) is desired
• Strong computer skills.  Familiarity with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and Power Point required.  Knowledge of SAP and AutoCad is preferred

Pactiv Evergreen is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.  Pactiv Evergreen is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, religion, creed, age national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics or statuses protected by law.  For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please call (847) 482-4320 or email TalentHelp@Pactiv.com.

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines and applicable laws.

Our Social Responsibility platform features a robust, employee-led Give Back program, which includes a matching gifts plan, community grants initiative, and our annual Company-wide Month of Action campaign. With each of these initiatives, our employees are empowered and equipped to give back to their communities and support the non-profits important to them and their families. Through our Give Back program, we own our commitment to Social Responsibility and live our purpose of Packaging a Better Future.

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