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Qualifications:
Required Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering or a related technical field, or progressive experience
- 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing or industrial engineering role
- Proven experience in leading infrastructure-related capital projects
- Strong knowledge of utility systems and facilities engineering
- Demonstrated understanding of safety standards, engineering codes, and compliance expectations
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Preferred Experience:
- Experience in food & beverage or low-acid aseptic manufacturing
- Familiarity with FDA-regulated utility systems
- Experience with CMMS platforms (Infor/Hexagon EAM preferred)
- Professional Engineering (PE) license or project management certification a plus
Travel Requirements: Vendor visits, FATs, Trade Shows, etc. (0-10%).
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Description
The Plant Engineer is a site-based technical leader focused on infrastructure and capital project execution. This role is responsible for ensuring the long-term reliability, safety, and efficiency of utility systems and facility infrastructure, while driving engineering-led improvements through capital investments.
Operating alongside the site’s Maintenance and Engineering Managers, the Plant Engineer concentrates on forward-looking initiatives that enhance site readiness, sustainability, and growth capacity. This role does not support day-to-day operations directly but instead focuses on project execution and strategic infrastructure development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Infrastructure Ownership:
- Oversee the design, reliability, and improvement of utility systems such as steam, compressed air, HVAC, chilled water, tower water, wastewater, and site energy systems
- Lead initiatives to upgrade and maintain facility infrastructure, including building envelope, drainage, dock doors, and critical systems
- Ensure infrastructure systems are compliant with applicable codes, internal standards, and safety requirements
- Suggest and support improvements to preventive and predictive maintenance programs for utility and facility assets
- Capital Project Leadership:
- Serve as the site’s capital project leader, responsible for full lifecycle management of capital initiatives from scope development through execution and closeout
- Collaborate with site and corporate stakeholders to define project goals, budgets, and timelines aligned with business needs
- Prepare and submit capital expenditure requests, following company procedures and standards
- Manage contractors and engineering partners to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective project delivery
- Ensure alignment with sustainability goals, operational strategy, and food safety requirements in all projects
- Strategic Engineering Support:
- Partner with Maintenance and Engineering Managers to identify infrastructure gaps and lead capital planning to address them
- Support new product, process, or capacity expansions through infrastructure readiness and utility capability enhancements
- Maintain and update system documentation, technical drawings, and engineering standards for infrastructure systems
- Contribute to site master planning and participate in long-range capital forecasting
Key Relationships:
- Reports to: Director, Maintenance & Engineering
- Collaborates with:
- Site Maintenance Manager
- Site Engineering Manager
- Corporate Engineering & Capital Project Teams
- Operations, FSQ, and EHS Leaders
- External engineering firms, vendors, and contractors
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
- On-time and on-budget capital project delivery
- Utility and infrastructure uptime
- Project ROI and alignment with strategic capital plan
- TIR (Total Incident Rate) and adherence to safe work practices
- Energy efficiency and infrastructure-related sustainability metrics
- Audit readiness and system compliance
Sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position. All candidates must be authorized to work in the US without needing sponsorship now or in the future.
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