Engineer

Abroad Work; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food safety consultancy is seeking a Senior Engineer in Memphis to lead projects related to food safety. This role involves developing project plans, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with food safety standards. Ideal candidates have a bachelor's degree in engineering and at least three years of project management experience in food manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in project management.
• Experience in food manufacturing.
• People management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead project execution related to food safety.
• Develop scopes of work and project plans.
• Participate in and lead improvement teams.

Skills

Project management

Technical leadership

Food safety knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Overview

Senior Engineer, Projects. The Senior Engineer Projects role will lead the execution of projects related to food safety. Primary responsibilities include developing scopes of work, user requirements, project plans, budgets and cost controls.

Location: Memphis, TN

Report To: Plant Engineer

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site

In this role you will

• Develop technical mastery as applicable to the role
• Participate in and/or lead improvement teams to provide targeted improvements to meet Plant and SBA objectives
• Write project charters and project funding requests
• Provide technical leadership within cross functional teams to deliver initiatives and plant projects
• Lead options analysis for project technology decisions / process changes supporting product/process innovations, working as required with Corporate SBA and multi-functional technical teams
• Develop or oversee the development of engineering deliverables for project definition, execution & start-up (location & technology selection, installation details, installation and start up sequencing & checklists)
• Participate in Food Safety audits
• Work with the Sr. Manager of Technical Food Safety to assist in audits of other sites
• Be accountable for timely audit summary responses, verified counter measure activities, and driving and tracking audit corrective actions for their home site
• Identify, develop and execute improvement projects - including developing the funding request, managing the capital & engineering execution through start-up and clearly communicates project status, outages and watchouts as the primary link between the project team and upper management
• Interact with vendors, develop equipment specifications, perform equipment testing, and lead Commissioning / Qualification / Verification (CQV) tasks as required
• Develop self and others - Technicians, Managers, Engineers
• Identify and address opportunities to improve food safety within the facilities (e.g., foreign material and microbiological controls and mitigations)
• Collaborate and build relationships within plant, SBA and corporate resources to implement new standards and practices
• Own site adherence to Food Safety Standards from a mechanical and structural perspective
• Will own a safety system at the site
• Will own a Quality Key Element System
• Travel to other sites and vendors as needed. Average 10 – 15% with peak periods higher

What we are looking for

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in project management
• Experience in food manufacturing

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role

• An Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree
• People management or experience leading team(s)
• Understanding demonstrated utilization or participation with Initiative Management (IM) Pillar tools
• Experience with daily management systems to assure quality and/or food safety