Engineering Design Director

Job Description

Position Summary

The Director of Engineering Design will act as the primary liaison between Engineering, Execution, and Operations stakeholders.  This individual will lead the coordination of Engineering deliverables to ensure timely delivery thus supporting bidding and buyout per project schedules. The key responsibility of this position is to monitor interdisciplinary dependencies and resolve all issues between CBI, the Engineering firm, and the General Contractor.  The Director must be a forward thinker, pragmatic, and flexible to drive resolution to complex problems. This individual needs to be a great facilitator and connect the appropriate individuals to overcome obstacles. 

The Director will also be the champion and owner of the “Early Design Management” program.  CBI Engineering is working to increase customer satisfaction by engaging our customer (brewery operations) early in the process.  We seek to review our designs in the early phases, giving the customer an opportunity to give feedback and influence the design to meet their long-term operational needs.  This position would capture all feedback and manage the “Request for Design Change” process.  This role will help evolve the program, its deliverables, process, and program structure. This role will report to the Sr. Director of Engineering Design.

This person will also be responsible for the Architectural, Civil, and Design Technology disciplines within the Engineering department. They will work across all disciplines to ensure we document, deliver, and maintain a library of current design standards and specifications inclusive of our desired materials, means, and methods of construction. This director and their team will ensure owner representation and feedback gets incorporated into “Requests for Information” (RFI’s) and substitution requests.  The director will also work closely with the budget and estimating departments to ensure accurate forecasting and budget adherence.

Responsibilities

• Broad ownership of engineering coordination (Brewing, Packaging, Utilities, Warehouse and Logistics, Architectural, Civil, Structural, Design Technology, Automation, and Digitalization)
• Direct Leadership of Architectural, Civil, & Design Technology disciplines
• Annual design spend greater than $50M
• Resolve project engineering issues between CBI, Engineering and General Contracting that are delaying progress
• Remove roadblocks and make decisions related to the timely flow of information between all stakeholders
• Coordinate and oversee the delivery of design releases in coordination with the sourcing calendar for capital projects
• Implement solutions for any deviation from the sourcing calendar
• Engage appropriate individual(s) that can resolve schedule impacting issues
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of Engineering deliverables
• Facilitate any special requirement of information from engineering
• Ensure designs and construction are executed following corporate safety standards
• Review and comment on engineering deliverables for constructability at all levels of detail
• Provide advice and support to all project leadership throughout the project
• Identify standard process gaps and create defined workflows.  Ensure all processes are communicated to all stakeholders and followed.
• Support the evolution and optimization of CBI’s “Early Design Management” Program
• Enhance and standardize the “Request for Design Change” process and approval flow
• Partner with Budget and Estimating functions to forecast and manage cost of designs
• Lead the development, issuance, and life cycle management of CBI’s Engineering Standards and Specifications
• Track and supervise proper and timely document control, backed by the document control area.
• Develop and maintain a positive and trusting working relationship with all stakeholders
• Model appropriate behavior
• Ensure the CBI culture is followed

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical preferred
• 15+ years of industry specific experience
• Experienced in Engineering Design
• Experienced in Construction and site leadership
• Demonstrates leadership and has experience in managing people
• Able to identify and analyze problems, recommending and implementing flexible and creative solutions based on customer needs
• Demonstrated ability to effectively organize and manage multiple tasks as projects, ensuring completion to meet deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail on multiple simultaneous tasks
• Excellent verbal presentation skills. Excellent written communications skills and ability to document system procedures in an understandable format
• Willing to travel for extended periods of time
• Strong interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual in English/Spanish is a plus

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time and work on a computer for extended periods. Lifting may be required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• US and Mexico travel up to 50%

Location

San Antonio, Texas

Additional Locations

Job Type

Full time

Job Area

Operations and Production

The salary range for this role is:

$144,000.00 - $234,900.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  Our compensation is based on cost of labor. For remote locations or positions open to multiple locations, the pay range may reflect several US geographic markets, including the lowest geographic market minimum to the highest geographic market maximum. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, the prevailing minimum wage for the location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.  At Constellation Brands, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate. We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Equal Opportunity

Constellation Brands is committed to a continuing program of equal employment opportunity. All persons have equal employment opportunities with Constellation Brands, regardless of their sex, race, color, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), marital status, gender (including gender identity or gender expression), familial status, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions (or any other group or category within the framework of the applicable discrimination laws and regulations).