This position is located onsite in Dyersburg; TN. Relocation assistance is available.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
System Reliability & Asset Performance
Own overall equipment reliability, asset health, and physical system integrity—not just response activity.
Design and sustain maintenance and reliability systems where uptime and stability are the default, driving to preventive, predictive and planned maintenance.
Use data and KPIs to guide decisions related to downtime, asset utilization, and maintenance effectiveness.
Manufacturing Engineering & Flow Enablement
Ensure manufacturing engineering and maintenance systems exist to enable flow, throughput, quality, and safety.
Apply Operations Science principles (Factory Physics, Theory of Constraints), lean system design, reliability engineering, and statistical thinking to improve system performance.
Engineer solutions that reduce complexity, eliminate waste, and prevent downstream disruption.
Present new technologies/systems and processes that support safe operations and profitability growth.
Leadership, Values & Culture
Model ERMCO’s POWER Values: People, Ownership, Winning, Excellence, and Relentless Determination.
Demonstrate conscious leadership during instability by remaining calm, avoiding reactivity, and asking system‑level questions before adding labor, parts, or complexity – while having a strong bias to action.
Ensure safety, dignity, and psychological safety are non‑negotiable operating conditions.
Structured Learning & Continuous Improvement
Lead improvement initiatives through the application of various Lean Tools that translate to quantifiable results.
Embed learning routines that build problem‑solving capability within engineering and maintenance teams.
Partner cross‑functionally to ensure sustained improvement and share best practices.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field required.
Progressive leadership experience in manufacturing engineering, reliability engineering, and/or maintenance leadership within a manufacturing environment.
Proven experience designing and sustaining reliable production systems—not just responding to failures.
Technical & Systems Expertise
Strong working knowledge of
Reliability engineering and asset lifecycle management
Preventive and predictive maintenance systems
Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and flow‑based system design
Statistical thinking, root cause analysis, and data‑driven decision making
Experience implementing developing and implementing automation in a manufacturing environment.
Leadership Capabilities
Demonstrated ability to lead through complexity and instability with clarity, composure, and systems thinking.
Comfortable holding high standards while supporting people through disciplined, well‑designed processes.
Strong collaboration skills across Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Project Management functions.
Let’s Build the Future Together
At ERMCO, your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your impact is real. Whether you’re building on early career experience or launching your professional journey, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, contribute, and grow in a manufacturing environment that values innovation and collaboration.
Join ERMCO and TRANSFORM your career!
- Job Locations
- US-TN-Dyersburg
