Director, Engineering
Listed on 2025-12-02
-
Management
Operations Manager
Join to apply for the Director, Engineering role at Women of the Vine & Spirits
1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants
Join to apply for the Director, Engineering role at Women of the Vine & Spirits
Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.
Company
Pernod Ricard USA
Location
Fort Smith, AR
Other
Operations
Apply
Company Name:
Pernod Ricard
Location:
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Where Conviviality is at work.
North American Distillers (NADL) is where we manufacture our award-winning American Whiskeys such as Jefferson's, Rabbit Hole, TX Whiskey, Skrewball, and Smooth Ambler. NADL is part of Pernod Ricard, a global premium spirits and wine company. We're the team behind leading brands such as ABSOLUT® Vodka, Jameson® Irish Whiskey, Malibu®, Kahlúa® Liqueur, and The Glenlivet® Scotch whiskey, as well as many more superior wines and exquisite champagnes!
Working at NADL is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do. Derived from the French word, convivial ité…it means human connection, authenticity, friendly, and jovial. Conviviality is energy and spirit with a splash of je ne sais quoi and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard.
Guided by our 4 core values: (1) grounded in the real; (2) fiercely authentic; (3) passion for challenge; and (4) connected beyond borders; we are team players, dream makers, trailblazers, movers and (cocktail) shakers. We have a passion for living life to the fullest, making new friends every day, and realizing our potential as people and as a business!
The salary range for this role, based in Fort Smith, is $ to $. The range will vary if outside of this location. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a candidate's experience, skills against internal peers and against the scope and responsibilities of the position.
Position Summary
The Director of Engineering will be responsible for managing and leading all engineering, maintenance, repair, capital projects and technological activities for the Fort Smith site. The Director of Engineering will manage equipment reliability and replacement, budgetary/financial performance, customer service performance, personnel, special projects, and short/long term planning and implementation in accordance with strategic operational plans. Responsible for developing the Plant reliability goals, overall maintenance strategy and capital plans.
Key Responsibilities- OHSA - Ensure compliance of Occupational Health & Safety Act.
- Establishing targets in equipment reliability and service standards, monitor performance against these targets/standards and determine root cause fixes that need to be made to resources, procedures, systems, equipment or technology.
- Oversee the overall maintenance and engineering and capital budgets, monitoring the cost and effectiveness of activities to optimize resources and prioritize spending.
- Setting high performance expectations for self and others and holding them accountable for meeting established targets and results.
- Develop long term strategic plans to drive maintenance performance to world class standards.
- Negotiating large or strategically important supplier and vendor contracts to secure terms that are in the organization's best interest.
- Building a highly competent maintenance and engineering team through coaching, training, targeted assignments and selection and creating a work environment where employees can maximize their talents and perform at or above expectations.
- Plan, organize and manage capital projects, delivering results first-time, on-time and on-budget.
- Chair organizational sub-contracting meetings.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external partners and customers to ensure overall business success.
- Develop business strategy for the Maintenance & Engineering Department, including business, production and/or organizational priorities. Drive business strategy by linking to department and individual performance plans.
- Lead the effort to achieve stretch business results by maintaining/instituting a Continuous Improvement culture utilizing Lean Manufacturing tools.
- Ensure that all aspects of the ISO 18001, 9001, 2200, 14001 programs are…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).