Total 5 Manager level Engineering job vacancies in GBR-Macclesfield (AZ)

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Chemical Stores Manager to join us. You will take ownership of managing a large GMP Chemical Stores facility and leading a team of 5-8 associates. We are offering this role on a full time, permanent basis.

You will work Monday to Friday during core hours, from our client's location at Macclesfield: Charter Way, Macclesfield, SK10 2NA.

Do you have experience of working in a highly regulated chemical warehouse,

managing dangerous goods, including flammable and hazardous materials and on top of this, do you have solid (3 – 5 years) people management experience? If the answer is “yes”, then this role could be for you.  

The team  

You’ll be leading and mentoring a team of 5 associates, however due to growth plans the team could be larger in the future.

You’ll join a close-knit leadership team that are looking after different areas of the business. It’s a diverse, open-minded team that likes to challenge each other in a positive way.  

What we’re looking for? 

• Education: Science-related degree or equivalent experience is an advantage
• Experience:
  • Multiple years’ experience working in GMP areas with previous proven management and leadership responsibility. Understanding of regulatory aspects in GxP working environments preferably in the Pharma industry
  • Exceptional communication skills and ability to converse and present material at all levels, both verbally, in text and through presentations using various IT systems, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Strong formal writing skills in order to author GMP documentation
  • Knowledge of external audit requirements, change control, deviations/CAPAs
  • Subject Matter Expert in Safety, Inventory Management systems or Warehousing

How you will thrive and create an impact?

• Management of daily operations within our customer’s Chemical Stores facility, making sure chemical materials are handled safely and to GMP standards – receipting, sampling, packing, labelling and warehousing
• Leadership and line management of a team of on-site employees providing scientific services to multiple customers
• Full training to provide operational support to the team where required
• Supporting customer’s Large Scale Laboratories and QA Sampling Team
• Management and investigations of Deviations, CAPA’s and Change Controls
• Ensuring the facilities are audit ready at all times, writing and reviewing GMP documentation

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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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KBR’s global business comprises two main segments – Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) and Government Solutions (GS). This role sits within STS in the Integrated Solutions business unit. Integrated Solutions is the engineering and project delivery group providing services which include front-end and detailed engineering, procurement, construction services, and program management primarily in the hydrocarbons and energy transition industries.

KBR Consulting International draws on a heritage of over thirty-five years specialising in the front-end phases of engineering projects from pre-feasibility, up to and including preliminary Front End Engineering Design (FEED) phases. In addition, we undertake small FEEDs as well as providing specialist consultancy to later through to phases of projects. The front-end nature of the work means that we are often involved in developments in areas and technologies new to the engineering industry.

With clients ranging from large internationals to smaller independent companies, we are currently heavily involved globally in the transition from oil and gas to other sources of energy including hydrogen and ammonia, decarbonisation, production of bio-fuels and the move towards minimal manning of offshore production facilities. Other projects include strategy / master plan development (‘Decisioneering’ process), financial modelling, product & energy optimisation, maximising asset performance and petrochemical integration. 

Over the years, KBR has provided support for some of the largest industry capital investments in modern times. Moreover, KBR has acted as lender’s advisor on well over 200 projects for a broad range of clients and financial institutions across many sectors including upstream and downstream oil and gas, speciality chemicals, mining, biofuels, pulp and paper, power, and general infrastructure.

The process engineering team is at the heart of the design of the project using their technical expertise and problem solving skills to find optimum technical solutions, whilst working alongside other engineering disciplines to ensure a robust, economic and safe design.

Opportunities within Process Engineering for Consulting International

We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services. At KBR, we respect and value the diversity of our people. We know that the cultures, ethnicities, religious backgrounds and gender identities that make us who we are as individuals, also make us a better, more socially sustainable company. 

In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. 

We are growing our engineering team and are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated people with a desire to learn and grow their experience.   

Working as part of KBR Consulting international will offer you an opportunity to part of a global, diverse, service orientated organisation.  

You will work as part of small project teams developing concept and early project definition in the Oil and Gas, Refining, Petrochemicals, Renewables and Energy Transition Sectors.   

As a Project Manager / Lead Process Engineer you will:

• Manage the execution of studies.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise during study execution.
• Ensure the delivery of required project documents of high quality and in line with the required schedule.
• Interface with client technical staff to develop and present outcomes and to discuss technical issues. 
• Travel to client sites or offices may be required.
• Guide and supervise junior engineers.
• Lead, or be part of, project and study teams, according to the work scope; and
• Support business development through technical input into proposals.

We provide challenging opportunities for our engineers on projects and help them develop technical and leadership skills.   

Our aim is to support and invest in the engineer to help them gain a wide range of experience in the many different aspects of consultancy and process design so that they can have a varied and stimulating career. 

Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive compensation programs focused on total rewards, we provide employees with everything they need for success, including on-the-job training and professional development for continued growth. 

Requirements/Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in chemical engineering or similar.
• A relevant number of years of process engineering experience gained in one or more of the industry sectors below:
  • Upstream Oil and Gas
  • Oil Refining
  • Petrochemicals
  • Renewables
  • Energy Transition
• Experience may be Consultancy, Design office or Operating Company environments.  Some significant experience in a front-end Process Design environment is preferred.
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

KBR COMPANY INFORMATION

When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.

At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.

Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services.
 

As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Position Description

KBR’s global business comprises two main segments – Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) and Government Solutions (GS). This role sits within STS in the Integrated Solutions business unit and is a key leadership role within KBR Engineering Operations.

KBR is looking for a Discipline Manager - Process Engineering.

The applicant should have wide ranging and extensive experience with an emphasis on excellence in team leadership. You will be responsible for managing the process engineering team, recruitment and ensuring projects are supported with resources, managing personnel and supporting projects.   The applicant must have and maintain an understanding of the latest technologies and market developments to ensure best practices are implemented throughout projects.

The position is based in KBR’s Leatherhead Campus.

Key Functions

• Responsible for all aspects of engineering activities undertaken in process engineering on proposals, projects and developments.
• Coordinates with other Discipline Department Managers to integrate technology activities with those of other technologies to meet company goals.
• Monitors and adjusts levels of personnel, levels of skills, and development of skills in the technology.
• Implements technology development and training plans for continuous improvement of project execution consistent with company goals.
• Implements project quality control procedures in his/her technology area.

Relationships

• Engineering Director
• Reports to the Director of Engineering for process engineering group support.
• Project Engineering Managers
• Coordinates directly Project Engineering Managers on staffing requirements and conduct technical audits.

Responsibilities

Managing a team of process engineers, you will advise, and contribute to the following:

• Providing technology staff for projects and proposals and ensures that adequate personnel resources are available.
• Ensuring adherence to project quality control procedures and approves key documents as required.
• Approving specific design methods and tools to be used on projects.
• Selecting new personnel and develops individuals through direction, counseling, training and selection for specific project activities.
• Maintaining awareness within the organization of developing technologies and related services outside the company and, where appropriate, prepares evaluations and recommendations for their application on projects.
• Ensuring the continued development and application of KBR technology, execution methods and procedures for projects.
• Approving project designs involving state-of-the-art, one-of-a-kind concepts, for severe service or complex technical matters and makes technical policy decisions within his/her technology area.
• Engaging with professional organisations to support personnel and maintain knowledge of developing technologies

Skills / Experience:

Essential

• Experience communicating across a multi-discipline team and across different offices.
• Have an understanding of project safety requirements, international standards and implications on design.
• Have a good understanding of process control and implementation in design.
• Developing presentations and experience communicating with clients, personnel and professional institutions.
• Must be able to drive quality within the process team and ensure high standards are met.
• Experience of delivery on conceptual, pre-FEED, FEED and/or EPC projects.

Desirable

• Experience managing a large team and understanding how to manage personnel.
• Experience training/mentoring younger engineers either informally or through a formal training scheme.

Qualifications:

• BSc degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent
• a relevant number of years' working with a major EPC contractor or operator.

KBR Company Information

When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.

At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.

Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services.
 

As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Manager IV, Customer/Field Service Engineer (M4)

** Experienced in semiconductor manufacturing and wafer fab equipment **

Key Responsibilities

Forecasts financial, manpower, and operational requirements for key businesses (start up, warranty, service agreements, paid service). Identifies and pursues service agreement business in conjunction with marketing and sales. Manages start ups in terms of time and cost requirements.

Manages local inventories and RMA procedure. Maintains DSO according to goal. Manages systems start up and warranty cost under reserve.

Ensures customer satisfaction with Company service and system performance. Interviews, hires, and trains customer engineers as necessary to support regional business.

Ensures employee satisfaction through:

• Communication of business progress and all related action.

• Setting goals and controlling achievements.

• Establishing training and career development plans.

Ensures the appropriate safety practices among customer engineers. Develop CE skills. Spots and develops managerial/other specialist talent.

Escalates system downs according to valid escalation procedure, to ensure earliest possible return to service. Reports in a timely and accurate manner as required. Achieves guaranteed up time and other parameters as sold to customers.

Promotes quality improvement processes to:

• Reduce cycle time

• Drive continuous improvement of technical performance 

• Empower the work force

Functional Knowledge

• Solid understanding of semiconductor manufacturing & wafer fab equipment (operational & service experience)

• Demonstrates in-depth understanding of concepts, theories and principles in own job family and basic knowledge of other related job families

Business Expertise

• Applies understanding of the industry and how own area contributes to the achievement of objectives

Leadership

• Manages a generally homogeneous team; adapts plans and priorities to meet service and/or operational challenges

Problem Solving

• Identifies and resolves technical, operational and organizational problems 

Impact

• Impacts the level of service and the team’s ability to meet quality, volume, and timeliness objectives

• Guided by policies and resource requirements within business unit, department or sub-function

Interpersonal Skills

• Guides, influences and persuades others internally in related areas or externally

Position requires understanding of Applied Materials global Standards of Business Conduct and compliance with these standards at all times. This includes demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct reflecting Applied Materials' core values.

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The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. 

Who are we looking for?

Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, has an exciting new opportunity as our Manager, Site Reliability Engineering in the Data Center Operations department. The Manager, Site Reliability Engineering is a leader with strong cloud infrastructure and operations experience with a focus in Amazon Web Services (AWS). This position combines leadership skills and experience, technical expertise, and strategic thinking to drive continuous improvement in observability and reliability for the enterprise. This position is responsible for around the clock monitoring of Choice Hotels environments, including the AWS cloud, using state of the art tools and applications with a focus on MTTA and MTTR and reliability of the company’s systems.

The Manager, Site Reliability Engineer is responsible for leading a team of system analysts and an engineer with the continued development of software applications and associated tools to increase the level of automation and monitoring/alerting of the enterprise and its systems.

Your Responsibilities

• Plans and manages the design, implementation, and administration of the critical monitoring and alerting applications and systems for the company’s enterprise business systems.

• Designs and executes the observability strategy, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to enhance system stability.

• Establishes continuous improvement of our processes, and monitoring capabilities for the enterprise.

• Maintains current knowledge of AWS services and DevOps tools and practices.

• Manages the operational backlog and plans and leads the execution of operational and continuous improvement projects including software upgrades, patching, infrastructure maintenance, and disaster recovery.

• Ensures applications and services are highly available, reliable, and performant through world-class monitoring, alerting, and self-healing capabilities by applying DevOps best practices.

• Promotes and ensures compliance with PCI and SOX requirements and participates in audit processes.

• Ensures all technical procedures (Installation, Configuration, Run Books and Processes) are documented and updated and are contributing to the maintenance of operational standards.

• Leads production support efforts to minimize downtime and drives root cause analysis and remediation efforts.

• Directs and manages the day-to-day operations of the team.

• Leads and holds staff accountable for achievement of department goals.

• Sets reasonable stretch performance goals, provides constructive, balanced, regular performance feedback, and collaborates with associates to help build and support their individual career development plans.

• Drives associate engagement and recognize and rewards performance excellence.

• Manages the hiring process, conducts interviews, and ensures the successful onboarding of new associates.

Your Experience, Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field from a four-year college or university or equivalent education and/or work experience.

• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, software development, information systems, or equivalent technical fields including previous experience in the development and support of highly transactional, mission critical systems, inclusive of direct experience leading operational, observability or site reliability teams

• Minimum 4 years of enterprise public cloud experience, with at least 3 years of AWS experience monitoring and alerting.

• Strong understanding of monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., OTEL, Prometheus, Grafana).

• Strong understanding and knowledge of major incident management processes.

• Strong understanding of SRE principles, ITIL practices, and modern infrastructure technologies.

• Strong understanding of cloud computing platforms with a focus on AWS and knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

• Strong analytical and technical troubleshooting skills.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for driving operational efficiency. Successfully balances long-term strategy and short-term project goals.

• Exceptional communication skills and ability to present to executive-level leadership.

• Effective people skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Excellent critical thinking skills with the ability to analyze complex technical issues and provide effective solutions.

Your Team

This is a leadership role that will report to the Director of Data Center Operations. You will lead a team of 5-8 and collaborate with cross functional departments on a regular basis.

Your Work Location

As our Manager, Site Reliability Engineering, you will be based in our beautiful, state-of-the-art technology hub in Scottsdale, AZ. In October 2021, Choice opened a newly constructed world class technology center.

Right now, our associates in Scottsdale, AZ are working in a hybrid environment, up to 4 days per week in the office and virtual from your home office the remaining days. We provide flexibility and encourage ongoing communication with your leadership to establish expectations about your unique needs.

About Choice

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With nearly 7,500 hotels, representing nearly 630,000 rooms, in 46 countries and territories as of September 30, 2022, the Choice® family of hotel brands provides business and leisure travelers with a range of high-quality lodging options from limited service to full-service hotels in the upper upscale, upper mid-scale, midscale, extended-stay, and economy segments. The award-winning Choice Privileges® loyalty program offers members a faster way to rewards, with personalized benefits starting on day one. For more information, visit www.choicehotels.com.

At our worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, MD and St. Louis Park, MN as well as our technology center in Scottsdale, AZ, and through our associates around the globe, we keep Choice hotels thriving by serving as a champion for our franchisees and providing cutting-edge technology.

About Choice Hotels Financial Performance

Total revenues were $425.6 million for third quarter 2023, a third quarter record and a 3% increase compared to the

Ability to model Choice’s Cultural Values: Welcome and Respect Everyone, Be Bold, Be Quick, Listen, Be Curious and Show Integrity.