Responsibilities

• Develop and implement communication strategies to support the achievement of business objectives at the plant.
• Build positive sentiment and reputation through communications and engagement with a variety of audiences, including employees, customers, community members and media.
• Function as an integral part of the plant operating committee and the communications subject matter expert for the facility.
• Craft messaging, mine for stories and communicate them in compelling ways.
• Design, launch and run employee communication channels customized for the plant.
• Support the delivery of leaders’ messages and presentations.
• Play a leadership role in planning and executing major events at your site.
• Create and nurture relationships with key local journalists to inform media coverage.
• Stay connected to major company and industry news.
• Measure sentiment and other results and continuously improve your approaches based on data.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, PR, Communications or related field
• 1+ years of experience in communications or media relations on behalf of a highly visible brand
• Strong writing and communication skills

Preferred

• Passion for the energy systems industry
• Prior manufacturing communications experience
• Positive, self-starter attitude and the ability to learn quickly
• Top-notch organizational and multi-tasking capabilities
• Ability to leverage AI responsibly to improve efficiency and strengthen results
• Ongoing awareness of local or regional events and media environment
• Professional and interpersonal maturity with a track record of successful relationship building
• Proficiency in graphic design and creativity to generate original content
• Personal experience with social media and an understanding of its role in business

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees, family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.