Engineering Structures Jobs in Maplewood

We are representing a globally recognized FORTUNE 500 manufacturing organization who is actively seeking a Plant Operations Manager at their flagship operation due to a recent divisional promotion. Reporting to the Plant Manager, this position has been coined by Executive Leadership as a "high visibility" role. This is a 600+ employee/$500M campus.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the General Manager, the Plant Operations Manager is responsible for leading (5) direct reports while leading multiple value streams.
• Directly manage short-term/tactical and long-term/strategic operational activities for department.
• Establish and enforce processes and procedures that support safety, quality, financial, and production goals.
• Interview, hire, mentor/develop, and evaluate departmental personnel.
• Identify and capitalize on opportunities for Lean and Continuous Improvement implementation.
• Manage and/or contribute toward capital project activities.
• Track and report upon key metrics/KPIs to leadership.
• Work cross functionally with other department heads

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required (engineering/technical preferred).
• 5+ years of leadership experience within industrial manufacturing environments.
• Significant experience implementing Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Significant exposure to metallurgical manufacturing (steel, metals, foundry, melt shop, etc.) processes strongly preferred.

Our client offers a generous portfolio of insurance and retirement benefits, an energetic and collaborative culture, and clear advancement opportunities. A comprehensive relocation assistance package is available to especially qualified candidates outside of the immediate geographic area

LTIMindtree is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity in the workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, family-care status, veteran status, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, military service, handicap or disability or history of handicap or disability, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, union affiliation, affectional or sexual orientation or preference, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, except where such considerations are bona fide occupational qualifications permitted by law.

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Role: Java Associate Principal Architect

Location: Berkeley heights, NJ

Job Description:

Project Overview:

Project requires someone having 12+ years of experience, having good AWS cloud architecture knowledge and can handle the cloud network & service design independently

Has good Spring Batch expertise and has done file processing applications

Has good experience in Microservices patterns and Event-driven architectures (e.g., Outbox pattern to ensure data consistency and reliable message delivery)

Has hands-on experience in Cloud IaC using Terraforms & Gitlab

Candidate to be Tech Architect role for new development project with expertise on below skills.

Java/Microservices

Java, Spring boot

Spring Batch (File processing)

REST API Specs, Event Schemas

Transaction Management

Business Rules Engine

Data model and Schema Design

AWS Cloud

Network & Infra Architecture - VPC, Subnet, Security Groups

Services - SQS, S3, Transfer Family

EKS / EC2 / Fargate

PostgressSQL, Dynamo DB

Terraform

CICD

Gitlab

SonarQube

Fortify

Jfrog Antifactory

Deployment Strategy BG, Canary

LTIMindtree is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity in the workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, family-care status, veteran status, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, military service, handicap or disability or history of handicap or disability, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, union affiliation, affectional or sexual orientation or preference, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, except where such considerations are bona fide occupational qualifications permitted by law.

LTIMindtree is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity in the workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, family-care status, veteran status, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, military service, handicap or disability or history of handicap or disability, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, union affiliation, affectional or sexual orientation or preference, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, except where such considerations are bona fide occupational qualifications permitted by law.

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Role: Sr. Java Developer

Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

•8+ years of experience.

•Part of POD. Participate in User Story grooming, produce technical or implementation design, API specification as per standards.

•Coding & Unit testing using the tech stack mentioned.

•Follow coding standards, able to write clean code, unit test.

•Raise technical issues, blockers in stand-up, work with technical lead / architect to resolve technical issues and deliver sprint commitments.

•Resolve bugs / issues from SIT, ST/UAT. Ideally deliver bug free

•Able to use CI/CD tools to build and deploy his changes, API testing using tools.

Preferred background and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science/engineering or similar education.

•Solid Experience in developing cloud-native applications using above tech stack.

•Experience in developing Microservices.

•At least 2-3 years of work as a developer in an agile environment. Good understanding of Agile ways of working

•Experience of working in BFSI domain (specifically Cards)

Preferred personal qualities:

•Proactive, Self-starter. Willing to learn new technology. Able to work independently and to quickly pick up necessary knowledge and technologies.

•Good at communicating actively, appreciating, and respecting diversity in the work environment.

•Ability to adapt and react to changes.

LTIMindtree is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity in the workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, family-care status, veteran status, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, military service, handicap or disability or history of handicap or disability, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, union affiliation, affectional or sexual orientation or preference, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, except where such considerations are bona fide occupational qualifications permitted by law.

Provides technical support to the Units of Production, Outside vendors and Quality Laboratories as it relates to meeting Quality System and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications:

*Associates or Bachelor Degree in a Science or Engineering Discipline, or equivalent experience in Manufacturing with strong emphasis in quality. *Experience with compliance to FDA and ISO guidelines including SOPs, auditing, and documentation requirements is highly desirable. *Experience in statistical sampling and conducting tests on packaging components, bulk and finished goods.

*Color matching experience preferred.

Targeting 3-5 years' in packaging inspection. Experience in document management, SOP and records review, various admin tasks.

For over three decades, Marx Imports has supplied premium and specialty meats to distributors, manufacturers, and retailers across the United States. We have a full range of premium beef, pork and poultry, along with a comprehensive range of game and specialty meats. Our products are all brand driven programs with compelling stories and claims – no pure commodities here. 

We are expanding our national distributor network and are looking for a well-connected, highly maneuverable salesperson to identify, open, and grow opportunities with food distributors across the country.

If you are an energetic, relationship-driven, effective salesperson with proven experience selling protein into distribution, we encourage you to apply.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced foodservice meat salesperson who understands the dynamics of selling into distribution. You must have strong protein knowledge, a deep understanding of the meat cold chain, and the ability to build trust quickly with purchasing teams, category managers, and distributor leadership.

This role requires independence, hustle, strong follow-through, and an existing network of distributor contacts throughout the U.S.

You must be driven to succeed and able to build, manage, and grow your own book of business.

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have Most of the Following:

• Extensive distributor relationships nationwide; proven track record selling meat into distribution
• Strong protein / meat industry experience, including imported and domestic meat programs
• Deep understanding of the meat cold chain, logistics, and product movement
• Experience selling beef, pork, poultry, lamb, veal, seafood, or specialty proteins
• Ability to communicate product value propositions and close deals
• Understanding of foodservice purchasing behavior, pricing structures, and margin requirements
• Ability to identify gaps in distributor portfolios and recommend strategic product fits
• Tech-savviness and CRM/communication proficiency
• Strong self-motivation and ability to work independently
• An inclination to utilize AI tools to maximize your effectiveness

Chef experience or a culinary background is a plus but not required.

Compensation

Salary: $100,000 – $250,000+ (depending on experience)

Compensation may include commission, incentives, or bonus opportunities tied to performance.

How to Apply

Please send your resume and a thoughtful cover letter outlining:

• Your experience selling protein into distribution
• Why you want to work with Marx Imports
• Why you believe you’ll be successful in this role

Job Purpose

To use your unique talents, experience, skills, education and enthusiasm to complete the Operations team and to recognize that your contribution is essential to the vision of Ring Container Technologies.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Ensure the safe and efficient operation of all equipment to meet or exceed company established Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) expectations and customer quality expectations.

• Monitor equipment OEE for inefficiencies and recommend and/or make necessary improvements.
• Develop improvements for safer and more efficient operations.
• Ensure all machines guards are in place and functional.
• Ensure all unsafe conditions are corrected immediately.
• Ensure Lock out / Tag out policy is followed.
• Troubleshoot all major problems.

Responsible for continuing/implementing the Ring Family Culture in the facility.

• Employees are the first priority, production is secondary.
• Welcome employees to the plant every day inquiring about their personal lives and showing that Ring cares about our employees.
• Manage by walking around during the shift initiating conversations with questions regarding the well-being of the employee.
• Catch someone doing something well and praise. Recognize their efforts.
• Understand that all employees are people and all of us have challenges. Search for the reason behind the issue, actively listen and resolve to the benefit of all.

Responsible for leading and supporting employee engagement initiatives.

• Conduct focused walks semi-weekly through the plant to engage with the employees.
• Utilizing active listening skills, ask probing questions that encourage employee input on issues or opportunities related to safety, quality, performance, goals, scheduling, teamwork, etc.,
• Note opportunities for improvement and potential solutions based on employee input.
• Develop strategies that all for employee led teams to implement or ‘try’
• Provide ongoing feedback to employee led teams and support efforts that lead to improved results, even during times of initial failure.
• Celebrate wins and recognize employees participating on successful teams.

Educate plant personnel on safe and proper operation of machinery, ensuring all employees receive proper and timely training.

• Develop problem solving and troubleshooting skills in maintenance personnel.

Maintain accurate and sufficient parts inventory while meeting the established budget.

• Order and maintain min/max inventory levels of repair and/or replacement parts.

Schedule and coordinate appropriate downtime to effectively perform preventative maintenance on all equipment.

• Ensure equipment is clean and in ‘showroom condition’.
• Pro-active in addressing machine inefficiencies during preventative maintenance.

Maintain Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) system.

• Maintain equipment files, vendor records, quotes, manuals, repair records, etc.
• Record maintenance and repair costs; control costs through use of appropriate repair and/or purchasing methods.

Coordinate with quality personnel to ensure machines are manufacturing products that exceed customer quality expectations.

Schedule and coordinate all Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) events with maintenance and production personnel.

• Provide necessary training to all employees.
• Establish and maintain TPM standards on all equipment.
• Schedule events to ensure equipment meets TPM standards.

Maintain employee documentation and schedule labor to meet budget requirements.

• Maintain performance evaluations, attendance records and review time cards.
• Direct the work of employees to correct improper work habits and/or behavior; reward good job performance and take corrective action as required.

Communicate problems, progress reports and continuous improvement ideas to management staff, maintenance and production personnel.

May perform the duties of Production Supervisor as needed or required.

Support the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of food safety, food defense, and quality systems to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local government regulatory food safety requirements and Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) or British Retail Consortium (BRC) standards.

• Ensure maintenance employees adhere to food safety, food defense, and prerequisite programs (such as security, pest control, foreign material control, allergen control, chemical control, etc.) as required.
• Ensure all maintenance work is performed in a food-safe manner to prevent contamination and that housekeeping duties are performed and documented according to the Master Cleaning Schedule.
• Foster a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement which proactively recognizes and addresses deficiencies.
• Ensure that sufficient maintenance budget is created each year to maintain a high standard of quality and food safety of the facility structure and all equipment.

Experience, Educational and Technical Qualifications

Our Maintenance Manager must have a minimum of 5 years supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment and a 4 year technical degree and/or equivalent military experience. He/she must have the ability to provide technical guidance through past experience and industry knowledge. He/she should possess strong people skills, leadership qualities, managerial abilities, a sense of urgency, accountability, business ethics, professionalism, self-motivation and the desire and focus to improve the business.

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Ring Container Technologiesis an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of Ring to apply recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation and professional development practices without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or certain classifications based on genetic information.

About the role:

The Fast Track Sales Program at TQL is an opportunity to build a career with an industry leader that offers an award-winning culture, high earning potential with uncapped commission and significant opportunities for compensation and advancement. We will pay to relocate you to Cincinnati, Ohio to train with some of the top brokers in the company. Once you’ve completed training and built a solid book of business, TQL will pay to relocate you again to any of our 60+ offices nationwide. Our best in-class training and mentorship program will teach you everything you need to know about sales, logistics and supply chain management. For a look at a day in the life of a TQL Sales Representative, watch this video at IS LOCATED IN CINCINNATI - PAID RELOCATION PROVIDED

What’s in it for you:

• $50,000-$55,000 minimum compensation your first year, based on education
• Includes base salary, sign-on bonus and housing allowance
• Uncapped commission opportunity
• Our average sales representative hits six figures after three years of selling
• Want to know what the top 20% earn? Ask your recruiter
• Relocation assistance package to help you get settled in Cincinnati

Who we’re looking for:

• You compete daily in a fast-paced, high-energy environment
• You’re self-motivated, set ambitious goals and work relentlessly to achieve them
• You’re coachable, enjoy solving problems and thinking on your feet
• College degree preferred, but not required
• Military veterans encouraged to apply

What you'll do:

• Receive 6 months of direct training from experienced Logistics Account Executives
• Help your account executive solve customer needs, find carriers for time-sensitive freight and manage daily operations
• Participate in hands-on and virtual training sessions
• Develop negotiation skills through prospecting and cold calling
• Build your book
• Use your training to meet sales metrics and become eligible for commission
• Establish relationships to close new customers
• Negotiate prices with customers and carriers
• Resolve freight issues to ensure timely pickup and delivery

What you need:

• Elite work ethic, 100% in-office
• Strong negotiation skills with ability to handle conflict
• Entrepreneurial mindset and exceptional customer service

Why TQL:

• Certified Great Place to Work with 800+ lifetime workplace award wins
• Outstanding career growth potential with a structured leadership track
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Health, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Perks including employee discounts, financial wellness planning, tuition reimbursement and more

Employment visa sponsorship is unavailable for this position. Applicants requiring employment visa sponsorship now or in the future (e.g., F-1 STEM OPT, H-1B, TN, J1 etc.) will not be considered.