Job Description

About Zep Inc.

Zep Inc. is a leading manufacturer of cleaning solutions for businesses and consumers with operations across the U.S, Canada, and Europe. Our purpose is to make the planet cleaner, safer, and more productive. To fulfill our purpose, we focus on understanding and solving cleaning needs for consumers, as well as business customers across a variety of segments including transportation, industrial, institutional, and food & beverage. We also have a strong presence in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) segment, where we develop products to help consumers and businesses maintain a clean and safe environment. Our products can be found online and at retail shelves at outlets like Home Depot, Amazon, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, Grainger, HD Supply, Walmart, and many others. We market our products under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep®, Enforcer®, Misty®, TimeMist®, TimeWick, and Country Vet®. Zep was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. In 2021, Zep became the official cleaning partner of Atlanta United FC.

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Respond, as a priority, to unplanned operational and maintenance events and participate in hands-on trouble shooting as needed to expeditiously resolve the problem and minimize downtime. This sometimes includes non-daytime hours, holidays, and weekends.
• Researches, develops, designs documents and tests electrical components, equipment, and systems.
• Develop, initiate, implement, establish, and improve engineering processes and practices within the plant so as to drive continuous improvement in results. Audit and validate engineering processes and practices regularly against business objectives to maximize value.
• Manage related outside services within plant's annually operating budget. Develop and implement cost savings ideas and initiatives.
• Diagnose operational effectiveness of processes and equipment, recommend corrective actions and solutions to meet production needs, improve overall equipment effectiveness/efficiency (OEE), and reliability.
• Develops applications of controls, instruments, and systems.
• Provide engineering support to the Plant including the development, design, specification, justification, and writing of capital project requests timely within company guidelines.
• Oversee capital projects including, design, specification, budget, justification, schedule, vendor selection, installation, debugging, and post-audit activities within company guidelines.
• Lead and manage miscellaneous projects and integrations as assigned by Director of Operations.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) or equivalent in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Process). Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering is preferred.
• Seven to ten years of experience in plant manufacturing operations, maintenance management, capital project management, and process improvements. Aerosol and/or chemical experience is a plus.
• Strong electrical engineering foundation.
• Experience with PLC programming / controls, Allen Bradley programming
• Basic CAD experience with the ability to read blueprints, PNIDs, electrical/hydraulic/pneumatic schematics.
• Must demonstrate leadership, conflict resolution skills; assertiveness, motivational and positive attitude; foster teamwork.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills; administrative and financial skills, excellent problem solver; able to interact with personnel at all levels.
• Microsoft Office Suite Proficiency (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint).
• Predictive and Preventative Maintenance.
• Certified Project Management, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt preferred
• Professional Engineering Certification a plus

Our Values

At Zep, we have developed a set of values focused on bringing even greater cohesion to our workplace. As part of this plan, we introduced a values framework called S.P.E.E.D. to align with our purpose of making the planet cleaner, safer, and more productive.

• Stewardship: We continuously improve the safety of our people and products, and we protect the planet by innovating solutions to reduce our environmental impact.

• Passion for Problem Solving: We listen to our customers and actively work to find solutions for unique situations. We think creatively to innovate and seize opportunities that will drive growth and make all our customers’ and consumers’ lives better.

• Empowerment: We encourage and lead our people to be accountable by equipping them to make decisions and own the outcome

• Expertise: We create innovative solutions and partnerships that are relevant to service our communities and customers.

• Doing the Right Thing: We expect our people to understand ethical boundaries and be inclusive of other backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives. Demonstrating honesty, respect and integrity in all actions is always expected.

Zep Inc. is an organization that is committed to diversity within its workforce and encourages all interested candidates, including women, minorities, & former military personnel to apply. It is the policy of Zep Inc. that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability or sexual orientation.

As an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, Zep Inc. provides full employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, ancestry, or veteran status or any other distinction outlined in all applicable federal, state, and local laws.