Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Novolex is a manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging serving multiple industries. The Engineering Program Manager leads safe, compliant, and cost-effective optimization of manufacturing facilities across multiple sites and workstreams, coordinating vendors, cross-functional teams, asset recovery, environmental compliance, and site turnover. The role also manages program governance, risks, budgets, documentation, and audit-ready execution throughout the decommissioning lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end optimization programs across one or more facilities, overseeing all phases from initial planning through project closure
- Develop and issue comprehensive Request for Quote (RFQ) packages for optimization services; evaluate bids, select vendors, negotiate commercial terms, and manage contractor performance to ensure adherence to scope, budget, schedule, and compliance requirements
- Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, IT, Real Estate and legal teams to coordinate and track completion of optimization-related tasks
- Ensure full Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) compliance, by partnering with EH&S to identify, handle, transport, and dispose of all hazardous materials, waste streams, and regulated equipment in accordance with all applicable regulations
- Manage asset acquisition, disposition and value-recovery initiatives, including financial documentation
- Develop and maintain program-level plans, budgets, forecasts, risk registers, and executive-ready status reporting across all decommissioning workstreams
- Identify, escalate, and mitigate program risks related to safety, compliance, environmental exposure, contractual obligations, schedule, and cost
- Ensure all optimization activities meet regulatory, corporate, and contractual requirements, supported by audit-ready documentation and controlled change management
Skills
- Strong background in manufacturing engineering with hands-on experience in production facilities, including deep knowledge of manufacturing processes, production equipment and plant operations
- Proven experience leading complex, multi-site optimization programs within industrial or manufacturing environments
- Strong knowledge of procurement and commercial processes, including RFQ development, vendor selection, contract negotiation, and performance management
- Solid understanding of EH&S regulations, hazardous materials handling and waste stream management, environmental compliance requirements, and safe optimization practices
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills across Operations, EH&S, IT, Real Estate, Finance, Legal, Engineering, and external vendors
- Strong program management skills with the ability to lead multiple concurrent workstreams, manage dependencies, and drive governance and decision making
- Experience with asset acquisition, disposition and value-recovery initiatives, including financial documentation
- Outstanding organizational, communication, negotiation, and issue-escalation abilities, with a demonstrated ability to influence cross functional teams and external partners
- Proficiency with program and project management tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.), documentation systems, and Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to interpret leases, contracts, and regulatory requirements
- Strong risk management capabilities, including identification, mitigation, and escalation of safety, environmental, contractual, and financial risks
- Experience developing audit-ready documentation and maintaining compliance with corporate, environmental, and regulatory standards
- Ability to manage change control processes across multiple workstreams
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Paid vacation and sick days
- Paid parental leave
- Paid holidays
- Wellness program
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health
- Constant opportunities for advancement
- Skills development
- Advanced education programs
- Training and development programs and courses through MyLearning
- Company and industry training curricula
- Support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union)
- Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization
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