Director, Engineering

Job Description

Let’s get to know each other

At Care/of, we take the guesswork out of feeling better by helping people build custom vitamin routines based on their unique needs. Whether it’s our personalized daily vitamin packs and powders through our direct-to-consumer business, or our multivitamins and blends with our retail partner Target, our products are backed by science and include a combination of highly-researched nutrients and traditionally used herbs. By providing honest guidance and better ingredients, we aim to help people feel empowered to make the right choices for their health.

Since our launch in 2016, we have raised capital from top investors including Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Goodwater Capital, Tusk Ventures, RRE Capital, Juxtapose, and Bayer. In late 2020, Bayer secured additional investment in Care/of giving it majority ownership. By joining forces with Bayer, we are able to expand our ability to connect directly with new and existing customers and elevate our unwavering commitment to science-backed guidance, quality ingredients, and sustainable practices.

We’re excited to meet you!

What you’ll do

You will utilize your technical expertise to develop practical solutions that will improve safety, compliance, quality, productivity, cost, and the customer experience across the facility and into every order we ship within our “improve” engine of the operation. You will lead and develop a team of manufacturing and project engineers that are responsible for physically transforming our facility operation.

• Evaluate and integrate technologies, systems, and tools to intelligently automate, mistake proof processes, and improve efficiencies in a way that solves current and future business needs.
• Bring to completion our new greenfield development for our corporate HQ/fulfillment operation, and closing of our current location.
• Improve current automation capabilities and uptime of newly installed hardware, and lead the future state roadmap for the fulfillment center.
• Hire and grow a team of competent, collaborative, resourceful engineers and specialist(s) that will continually refine our process and system capabilities toward best-in-class OEE.
• Oversee systems management and continually improve, including but not limited to: Setup and migration to a new computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and associated programs, equipment and facilities change management, manufacturing work instructions, capital expenditures (CapEx) process, and overseeing the site risk assessment process.

Where you’ll be:

You will be expected to spend your time working at the Fulfillment Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Who you are:

A seasoned leader that draws on their experience to solve tough cross-functional business problems. You enjoy rolling up your sleeves, prototyping with processes and equipment, and building technical capabilities of peers and team members.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (ideally in mechanical, robotics, manufacturing) or similar technical field with 10+ years of related experience (4+ years experience in people management) in a production and/or fulfillment environment.
• A guru with assessing solutions and designing systems (both manual and automated) touching on innovation, design, manufacturing, and implementation.
• The definition of project engineering excellence (scoping, schedule development and adherence, resource planning, budgeting, collaboration, communication) in application with managing development and bringing online capital assets, along with implementing building infrastructure changes.
• Experienced with vendor, contract, and CapEx management with the ability to expertly build good relationships and protect business interests.
• Enjoy engaging and developing people at all levels, in all parts of the business whether they are remote or onsite, hourly or salaried, peer or team members.

Technical: Highly proficient with PLCs (including troubleshooting and programming), AutoCAD, SolidWorks, CMMS systems, statistical analysis (MiniTab, JMP, or similar tool), MS Project or similar tool.

Extra carrots 🥕(preferred, but not required): Have worked in a direct-to-consumer and/or consumer packaged goods (CPG) company; experience working in a regulated industry (strong preference in a FDA environment); full site greenfield or brownfield construction build out oversight; implemented design to value projects.

Even if you don’t meet all the requirements, we still encourage you to apply! If you’re submitting a cover letter, please note what makes you perfect for this role with the qualifications you have.

Why Care/of:

• Competitive salary + compensation package
• Competitive insurance packages with free medical, dental, vision plans.
• Unlimited vacation time because you deserve it.
• Free vitamins and powders
• Wellness perks with free access to online meditation services + fitness reimbursements (at-home workouts count!)
• Virtual team-building events because we value staying connected and building community.
• Socially and culturally relevant experiences geared towards personal + professional learning & development.
• Working with an amazing, fun-loving, spirited group of people.

Our Core Values:

Be Humble: Engage in debate with an open mind. Embrace feedback and being wrong when presented with data that shows there is a better option.

Be Honest: Deliver the truth with humor and love; Recognize and stand up against discrimination on any basis, including race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religious background, age, or mental and physical abilities - in our work and beyond.

Be Thoughtful: Attack hard problems with thoughtful tenacity. Don’t shy away from complex problems with complex solutions.

Be Different: Kill your darlings. Don’t be afraid to rewrite something once effective, loved, or widely accepted in the past. Evolution is wonderful. Push against banality and the status quo.

Our commitment to you:

At Care/of, we’re committed to building the best team we can. We hire for potential and support every team member through each step of their career development. Building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive space for our team to think differently and push the status quo is incredibly important to us; and we strive to use these guiding principles as the foundation for how we interact with each other, how we build our business, and how we hold ourselves accountable to our core values.

Care/of does not discriminate and will not make any hiring decisions based on your race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. If you have a disability and require accommodation during our interview process, please let us know how we can help make the interview process fair to your needs.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR POTENTIAL CANDIDATES:

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a six point COVID-19 action plan. As follow up to the initial announcement, we have decided our policy is to require all Care/of employees to be fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021. This requirement applies to all current and future Care/of employees. Care/of is an Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to provide reasonable accommodations to any qualified individual who because of a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief or practice receives an exemption from the vaccination requirement, provided that such accommodation would not result in an undue hardship for the company.

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