$117,800.00-$162,000.00 Annual

This is the base salary pay range that an applicant can expect to make upon hire.   Pay within this range will vary based upon relevant experience, skills, and education among other factors. In addition, this position is eligible for an incentive bonus. 

Role Summary

As the Plant Engineer of the Ruston, LA plant, you are accountable for the long‑term reliability, safety, and productivity of the manufacturing facility. Your impact is measured not by daily tasks but by your ability to strengthen asset performance, optimize capital deployment, improve maintenance culture, and enable the plant to meet or exceed operational goals. You will lead maintenance and engineering strategy, ensuring the facility operates at world‑class standards.
 

Key Performance Objectives & Strategic Goals:

Maximize Equipment Reliability & Operational Uptime

• Deliver measurable year‑over‑year improvement in equipment reliability through data‑driven root cause analysis, predictive maintenance, and modernization initiatives.
• Establish and maintain reliability programs that reduce unplanned downtime and extend the life of critical assets

Lead Capital Planning to Strengthen the Site’s Future Performance

• Own the full capital budgeting cycle, ensuring Capex programs deliver ROI, support long‑term asset strategy, and align with plant growth plans.
• Provide monthly capital performance insights and long‑term project justifications to plant and corporate leadership.

Optimize Maintenance Strategy, Spend & Resource Allocation

• Manage and control maintenance budgets, ensuring spending aligns with reliability priorities and cost‑efficiency targets.
• Improve workflow efficiency through prioritization frameworks, skills development, and enhanced planning processes

Strengthen Safety, Environmental Compliance & Risk Mitigation

• Ensure consistent compliance with local, state, and federal safety and environmental regulations.
• Implement engineering controls and process improvements that minimize hazards, reduce incident potential, and contribute to a zero‑injury culture.

Drive Productivity, Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with operations to identify performance gaps and implement engineering solutions that enhance throughput, reduce waste, and improve product quality.
• Lead cross‑functional efforts to deploy CI methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, equipment modernization).

Lead & Develop the Maintenance Organization

• Provide direction and leadership to a team of skilled technicians, developing capabilities, accountability, and a high‑performance mindset.
• Advance a culture of communication, teamwork, and technical excellence across the maintenance department

Facilitate Strategic Plant Events & Long‑Range Planning

• Plan and oversee major downtime events, such as semi‑annual shutdowns, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.
• Support long‑term facility and process planning—positioning Ruston for growth, efficiency, and operational stability

What You Bring to the Team:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 6+ years manufacturing project engineering experience
• 2+ years in a leadership role
• Knowledge of mechanical systems, environmental & safety regulations
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP a plus)
• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem‑solving skills

Why You Want This Job:

⭐ You will lead the engineering strategy for an entire manufacturing facility.

This is a high‑visibility, high‑impact role where your decisions directly shape productivity, reliability, capital investments, and the long‑term health of the operation.
 

⭐ You’ll influence major capital and modernization decisions.

From Capex management to long‑term asset planning, you guide equipment, infrastructure, and technology upgrades that define the plant’s future.

⭐ You’ll join a company with a strong legacy and global footprint.

Johns Manville—part of Berkshire Hathaway—offers stability, growth opportunities, and a culture built on people, performance, and protection.

⭐ You get to lead a skilled team and build a high‑performance maintenance culture.

You’ll have leadership responsibility over maintenance staff, giving you the opportunity to coach, develop, and elevate operational capability.

⭐ You’ll solve complex engineering challenges every day.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives on technical problem‑solving and enjoys the engineering and operational complexity of manufacturing environments.

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Please Keep in Mind

If you do not meet 100% of these requirements, we at JM still want to hear from you. So, if you are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply so we can learn how your skills and talents can contribute to our team.

Benefits

Johns Manville (JM) offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid. Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance. JM sponsors a 401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match. JM offers paid vacation and also provides paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.

Additionally, Johns Manville provides basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage. Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well. The company also offers a variety of tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account. JM also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.

Johns Manville supports employee growth with vast educational opportunities and a company-wide mentoring program. This program pairs employees and leaders to grow skills, build stronger internal networks and strengthen the company’s succession planning process. Johns Manville also offers soft and hard skills training facilitated by internal and external presenters. Our talent management team prioritizes the holistic growth of our workforce.

Diversity & Inclusion

Johns Manville believes diversity and inclusion in our workplace is critical for the long-term success of our company. We are committed to retaining, developing and attracting a diverse workforce that fosters an inclusive work environment in which all employees are treated with dignity and respect. This is the right thing to do for our employees, our company and our communities.

Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.