Senior Center of Excellence Functional Leader, Engineering

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⛰️ Colorado – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $170k - $240k / year

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Ardent Mills

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2014

🏭 Manufacturing

🌾 Agriculture

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Manufacturing • Agriculture • Food & Beverage

Ardent Mills is a leading flour supplier in North America, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The company operates more than 40 mills across the U. S. , Canada, and Puerto Rico, producing a wide range of flours, mixes, blends, and specialty products. With over 2,000 team members, Ardent Mills is committed to innovation, food safety, and sustainable practices. Their operations employ certified millers and support thousands of local jobs, contributing significantly to local economies. Ardent Mills is dedicated to delivering safe and nutritious grain-based solutions to its customers.

📋 Description

• Provide enterprise-level direction and oversight for engineering disciplines across Ardent Mills, including process engineering, automation, structural design, project management, and capital execution • Create and maintain enterprise engineering project portfolio strategy • Lead governance, prioritization, and execution of the enterprise capital portfolio, including annual planning, project prioritization, stage-gate approvals, resource allocation, and post-project value realization • Oversee development, governance, and continuous improvement of engineering processes, technical standards, and best practices • Resolve complex engineering escalations and systemic issues requiring senior-level technical oversight or COE intervention • Analyze enterprise engineering metrics, benchmarking data, and system performance to identify strategic improvement opportunities and drive action plans • Evaluate emerging technologies, AI-enabled analytics, and engineering innovations and translate findings into enterprise-ready solutions and implementation plans • Partner with Operations and Sustainability leaders on energy, environmental, and resource optimization strategies • Oversee internal and external engineering audits and ensure accountability, follow-up, and alignment with regulatory, customer, and corporate requirements • Build and maintain external vendor relationships for capital project execution • Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team while building talent pipelines, succession plans, and technical career pathways • Represent the Engineering COE in senior leadership forums and partner with Operations, Quality, and Engineering leaders to influence enterprise decisions and support future-state planning • Lead due diligence for acquisitions involving asset health and operational standards • Provide capital plan status and KPI performance updates to senior leadership • Carry out activities with reliability, integrity, compliance, and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field • 15+ years of progressive engineering leadership in manufacturing, food processing, milling, agriculture, or related industrial operations, including multi-site or enterprise-level responsibility • Experience delivering capital planning to executive level leadership or Board of Directors • Experience coaching a team in identifying opportunities or implementing changes to improve products or reduce costs using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, product design, materials, and parts • Experience developing strategic investment plans to match the enterprise strategy • Experience designing and implementing new methods and processes to improve existing operations • Experience providing guidance to the engineering team to troubleshoot new and existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes • Competent in Autodesk products, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Revit, and Recap • Ability to develop engineering standards as related to engineering field • Previous experience in due diligence and M&A asset integration into an organization • Strong interpersonal skills including relationship-building with cross-functional team members • Demonstrated strategic leadership, delivering expected outcomes • Demonstrated experience building positive customer relationships • Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE), including safety glasses, protective footwear, hearing protection, and at times a respirator • Ability to engage on the plant floor via periodic lifting, pulling, pushing up to 50 lbs., climbing, and/or traversing stairways and ladders throughout the plant • Ability to travel 50%+ within the US and Canada • Must reside in an eligible location where Ardent Mills is authorized to employ, or be willing to relocate from the listed ineligible states

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage • Health and Dependent Savings Accounts • Life and Disability Programs • Voluntary Benefit Programs • Company Sponsored Wellness Programs • Retirement Savings with Company Match • Team Member and Family Assistance Program (EAP) • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays • Employee Recognition Program with Rewards (RAVE) • Ardent Mills Bonus Plan • Additional earning potential possible commensurate with experience