Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Greif is a global leader in performance packaging that provides innovative and sustainable packaging solutions across multiple industries. The SBU Engineering Manager leads engineering strategy, talent development, project execution, capital planning, operational performance, and cross-functional partnership across the assigned North American, Canada, and Mexico business unit.
Responsibilities
- Serves as a key engineering and business partner to SBU leadership team, actively contributing to SBU strategy, capital planning, and operational priorities
- Translates business needs into engineering roadmaps, capital plans, and resource strategies that balance near-term execution with long-term capability
- Leads and participates in SBU, regional, and enterprise strategic planning, including growth initiatives, cost optimization, and network investments
- Builds strong cross-functional relationships with Operations, Maintenance, EH&S, Finance, Supply Chain, and other enabling functions to drive alignment and execution
- Seeks and integrates feedback from SBU leadership and peers to continuously improve engineering value delivery
- Shows and promotes a Global Engineering mindset. This specifically shows in leveraging the global footprint of Greif
- Leads, coaches, and develops the SBU engineering organization, creating a strong engineering bench and succession pipeline
- Establishes clear expectations, performance goals, and development plans for engineering team members
- Creates a culture of empowerment, accountability, continuous improvement, safety, and collaboration
- Responsible for staffing, onboarding, training, performance management, and colleague engagement
- Coaches engineering team on project management, standards, and effective cross-functional interactions
- Ensures engineering execution across SBU delivers:
- Reliable equipment solutions
- Safety and regulatory compliance
- Quality, cost, and schedule adherence
- Selection of equipment for the right purpose
- Provides leadership oversight for:
- Plant facilities, equipment, tooling, automation, and machine standards
- Design, development, acquisition, installation, maintenance, and upgrades
- Leads major SBU, regional, and network engineering projects as assigned
- Establishes and maintains a cadence of accountability for project execution, capital deployment, and engineering performance
- Monitors engineering KPIs, project performance, and capital spend; drives corrective actions and continuous improvement
- Owns SBU engineering budget execution, variance management, and forecasting in partnership with Finance
- Supports Maintenance Excellence and Lean Manufacturing initiatives across the SBU
- Develops and manages external engineering partners, suppliers, and contractors to support SBU priorities
- Ensures equipment safety standards are implemented and maintained in coordination with EH&S, reinforcing commitment-based safety practices
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills
- Significant travel is required throughout the assigned region to drive business engagement, lead teams, and support ongoing development
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering Required
- 10+ years of engineering and project management experience in a manufacturing environment
- 5+ years of experience leading engineers or technical teams
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives and capital programs
- Strong leadership capability with experience developing technical talent and future leaders
- Ability to balance business strategy, people leadership, and functional execution
- Strong project and capital management expertise
- Experience with lean manufacturing, maintenance excellence, and process improvement
- Financial acumen including budgeting, forecasting, and capital justification
- Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills
- Ability to build trust and alignment across functional and organizational boundaries
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite
- Willingness to travel extensively as required up to 50% with uneven distribution and possibly short notice
- Local candidates preferred within one of the specified locations
Benefits
- Greif offers a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive core benefits, paid time off, and a range of local benefits for eligible colleagues.
- The position may also be eligible for a short-term incentive.
- Opportunity for growth.
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