Industrial Plant Engineer

Tenth Revolution Group; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenth Revolution Group in the Greater Philadelphia Area is seeking an experienced Industrial Plant Engineer to support growth, modernization, and improvement of its manufacturing operations.

Ideal candidates will partner with Operations and Maintenance, taking concepts from design to installation, commissioning, and successful plant-floor operation. Hands-on engineers who drive practical, cost-effective improvements will thrive in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with manufacturing equipment, capital projects, installations, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
• Strong mechanical and technical aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical engineering resource for Operations, Maintenance, Production, and Quality.
• Develop engineering solutions to improve safety, throughput, labor productivity, yield, quality, reliability, and cost.
• Lead and support capital projects from concept through installation, commissioning and handoff.
• Evaluate and specify new production equipment, automation, utilities, and technologies.
• Troubleshoot complex equipment, mechanical, electrical, controls, and process issues.
• Conduct equipment trials, testing, root-cause analysis, and performance validation.

Skills

Equipment layouts

Project management

Root-cause analysis

On-floor collaboration

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing/Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Job description

A growing food manufacturing company in the Greater Philadelphia Area is seeking an experienced Industrial Plant Engineer to support the continued growth, modernization, and improvement of its manufacturing operations.

About the Role

This individual will serve as a key technical partner to Operations and Maintenance and will be responsible for helping conceptualize, evaluate, design, implement, troubleshoot, test, and improve equipment, facilities, manufacturing processes, and automation systems. The ideal candidate is a hands‑on engineer who can take a problem or idea from initial concept through design, installation, commissioning, and successful operation on the plant floor.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical engineering resource for Operations, Maintenance, Production, and Quality.
• Develop engineering solutions that improve safety, throughput, labor productivity, yield, quality, reliability, and cost.
• Lead and support capital projects from initial concept through installation, commissioning, and operational handoff.
• Evaluate and specify new production equipment, automation, utilities, and manufacturing technologies.
• Troubleshoot complex equipment, mechanical, electrical, controls, and process issues.
• Conduct equipment trials, testing, root‑cause analysis, and performance validation.
• Develop facility layouts, equipment layouts, fabrication drawings, and technical designs using CAD.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve manufacturing efficiency.
• Work with PLCs, controls, sensors, conveyors, packaging systems, robotics, and system integrators as applicable.
• Support plant infrastructure, including HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, plumbing, compressed air, process water, wastewater, and building systems.
• Partner with Maintenance on equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, CMMS, spare parts, and long‑term maintenance planning.
• Support facility expansions, renovations, production‑line modifications, and equipment installations.
• Evaluate and manage vendors, contractors, equipment manufacturers, and engineering firms.
• Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, contractors, and technical deliverables.
• Ensure engineering solutions consider sanitation, maintainability, food safety, applicable regulatory requirements, and workplace safety standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in throughput, downtime, changeovers, material flow, equipment utilization, and process consistency.

Qualifications

• Required
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with manufacturing equipment, capital projects, installations, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
• Strong mechanical and technical aptitude.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar CAD software.
• Experience developing equipment layouts, facility layouts, and technical drawings.
• Strong project management, problem‑solving, and root‑cause‑analysis skills.
• Ability to work effectively on the production floor with operators, technicians, contractors, vendors, and leadership.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience with manufacturing equipment, capital projects, installations, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
• Strong mechanical and technical aptitude.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar CAD software.
• Experience developing equipment layouts, facility layouts, and technical drawings.
• Strong project management, problem‑solving, and root‑cause‑analysis skills.
• Ability to work effectively on the production floor with operators, technicians, contractors, vendors, and leadership.

Preferred Skills

• Food processing, meat processing, packaging, refrigerated manufacturing, or similar industrial manufacturing experience.
• Experience working in regulated food‑manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of hygienic equipment and facility design.
• Experience with industrial automation, PLC‑controlled equipment, instrumentation, and controls.
• Familiarity with refrigeration, HVAC, electrical distribution, compressed air, wastewater, and industrial utilities.
• CMMS and equipment reliability experience.
• Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement experience.

What Success Looks Like

• The Industrial Plant Engineer will be expected to:
• Successfully take projects from concept to operation.
• Deliver practical engineering solutions that work in a production environment.
• Improve equipment reliability and eliminate recurring problems.
• Increase manufacturing capacity, efficiency, and automation.
• Deliver capital projects within agreed scope, schedule, and budget.
• Improve plant layouts, infrastructure, utilities, and manufacturing systems.
• Design solutions that are safe, sanitary, maintainable, and easy for Operations to sustain.
• Build stronger engineering standards and technical documentation as the organization grows.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is equally comfortable developing a design at a desk and troubleshooting equipment on the plant floor. This individual should be curious, practical, technically strong, and willing to own problems through completion. They should be able to work independently while collaborating effectively across Operations, Maintenance, Production, Quality, and leadership. The successful candidate will be comfortable challenging existing methods when appropriate and will have the ability to turn technical ideas into reliable, practical manufacturing solutions.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The job description does not include an explicit equal opportunity statement.