Director of Capital Engineering

This is a remote-working position, the ideal candidate will live within an easy driving distance of Philadelphia, Newark (NJ), Atlanta, or Chicago (O’Hare) airports.

The Director of Capital Engineering is accountable for the engineering and delivery of capital investment projects at up to 15 Mativ sites, predominantly located in North America. Project types include maintenance replacements, automation and process improvements, and new product manufacturing lines. The Director interfaces with site engineering, safety, and plant leaders to understand problems/opportunities, and coaches/guides the project development, justification, execution, and post-completion evaluation business processes.

Position Responsibilities:

• Facilitate theprioritization of capital spending through theglobal budgeting process, bringing adeep understanding of thesites and needs on the ground.

• Coach engineers in developing robust project plansthat alignwithmeaningful projectobjectives, payingattention tolarge (>$2M) and complex(high levelsof on-site integration) projects.

• Coach in the preparation ofproposal documentsand in the project alignment process.

• Promote a project metrics mindset, specificallyidentifyingobjective measures for project success in the project development phase.

• Accountable fortheinvestmentspending versustheplan.

• Make resource prioritization calls as necessary; communicatescheduleand timing tradeoffs.

• Develop and deploy project management bestpractices,mentor the project management process.

• Drive the identification andvalidationoflower-costsolutions.

• Identifyand cultivatethird-partycontractresources asscalablecapacity.

• Curate a strong relationship with Mativ’s insurance providersthrough joint site visitsand regular communications;Drive theselectionand completion of Loss Control initiatives.

• Mentor in technical and commercial best practices,identifyingand validating equipment suppliers.

• Up to40% domesticand international travel

• Additionalduties as assigned

Work experience:

• A BS in Engineering isrequired. MS preferred.

• 10yearsofexperience as an engineer andproject managerspecifying,preparing for,procuring,installing, and commissioning machineryon behalf of a facility (receiving)or an OEM (delivery). Projects must have beenat least $1M in size.

• Deep experience in at leastoneindustrial goods manufacturingprocessisrequired.e.g.polymer extrusion(preferred), coating, paper-making,or automated assembly systems.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated conceptual, analytical,and problem-solving skills.

• Skilledindescribing complex concepts graphically.

• Skilled in extracting andarticulatingfunctionalrequirementsand performancemetrics

• Financial acumen applied to the evaluation of the financial benefits of investments.

• Excellent interaction, collaboration,and presentationskills.

• Skilledinworking in a matrix management environment.

• Familiar with ANSI B11 safety standards,civil and structural designstamping requirements,electrical code requirements, OEEcalculation,mechanical and electrical design principles,and system modeling.

• Effectiveworking remotely.