Manager of Plant Engineering - Food

Management Recruiters of Edison; Town of Darien (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Annual bonus

Stock purchase plan

Generous benefits package

Job summary

A leading global food processing company seeks a Manager of Plant Engineering for their Wisconsin plant. This role requires at least 5 years of experience in food manufacturing and 2 years in management. Responsibilities include developing engineering strategies, leading capital projects, and ensuring compliance in utilities management. Attractive salary between $120K-$156K, plus annual bonus and relocation package offered. Engagement in a dynamic work environment is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in food manufacturing plants.
• 2+ years of management experience in food plant engineering/projects.
• Experience communicating with all levels and making presentations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement overall plant technical strategies.
• Lead the development and implementation of capital plans.
• Support plant in conducting internal systems audits.
• Manage the Utilities team for compliance and functionality.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

PE license or Master’s degree

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

SAP or other ERP applications

Job description

Our client – a global food processing company needs a Manager of Plant Engineering at their plant inWisconsin. Excellent salary + Annual Bonus + generous relocation + benefits package.

Job Posting # 2708

Job Title: Manager of Plant Engineering - Food Location: Darien, WI

Compensation: Salary of $120K - $156K/Yr. + Annual Bonus (Target – 15%) + Stock purchase Plan

Relocation & Benefits YES - Client offers a Generous Relocation + Benefit Package.

Company Info

Our client is a premier food producer. It is a global company in business for 100 + years, with sales of around $11B+ and 18K+ people worldwide and around 38 plants.

Group Info

Be part of a plant with 700K Sq Feet of plant size with around 800 people, processing raw vegetables into frozen packages and meals. This plant has capex budget of $30M per year and is commissioning a state of the art 100-foot Tunnel Freezer using refrigerant Ammonia + Nitrogen.

This role reports to the Plant Manager and will have 4 direct reports – 1 Project Engineer, 1 Automation Controls Engineer, 1 Facility-Utility Manager and 1 PSM Co-Ordinator. The Maintenance department does NOT report to this role.

Note 1

The plant does not use city water, but treats water from Wells. The plant also treats, its own waste water using Septic system. Any experience in water/waste treatment is not required but a huge plus.

Note 2

The plant has extensive refrigeration systems using Ammonia & Nitrogen for product flash freezing and Cold storage freezers and plant HVAC. Any experience in above gases is not required but a huge plus.

Note 3

The plant process raw vegetables and has extensive process food safety, environmental safety programs in place. Any experience in Process Plant Safety is not required but a huge plus.

Note 4

The plant Project Engineer handles smaller local projects. All huge capital expansion project like the 100-foot Tunnel freezer is handled by the Corporate Project Management team. Project Management of large CAPEX projects is not required but a huge plus.

Job Summary

• Develop and implement overall plant technical strategies focused on engineering projects, maintenance and stores improvement programs.


• Develop vertical startup processes to ensure implementation of low loss production systems.


• Provide solutions to technical problems and recommendations for improvements in production activities and manage the plant technical organization.


• Develop and lead plant specific engineering strategies to achieve performance goals.


• Create/manage dept. plant expense budgets and work with Corporate Engineering to deliver the capital budget.

Job Description

• Assist Plant in establishing safety of all of our team members as the plant's first objective.


• Lead the cross-functional development and implementation of the capital plan including the engagement of related Plant and Corporate functions such as Safety, Sanitation, Quality, Environmental, Operations, Maintenance, Finance and Operations


• Work with Platform Engineering Director to resource projects including Engineering Project Manager, Subject Matter Expert and Startup Manager roles.


• Support the Plant in conducting internal systems audits.


• Support the Plant in providing direction and lead the EM Pillar Team in the development of long and short-term plans and goals for the Plant.


• Support the Plant in providing project and technical support to the plant and division.


• Support the Plant in participating on and leading project teams that improve safety, quality, utilization, labor relations, sanitation, costs and customer service.


• Manage the Utilities team and ensure functionality and compliance within our plant utilities processes such as: Refrigeration, Ammonia, Nitrogen, Steam, Natural Gas and Compressed Air.


• Lead the Plant in preparing and conducting necessary team meetings for proper communications and development of teams.


• Must also have the ability to work with Maintenance, Quality, Production and Warehouse teams to create a cooperative environment.


• Give work direction and coordinating mechanical and clerical activities in the maintenance department.

Candidate Must Have

• Min. 5 years of experience in Food Manufacturing plants.


• 2+ years of Management experience in Food plant engineering and/or Projects


• Good leadership skills. Work as a peer mentor and advisor to other departments.


• Lead and work well within cross functional teams


• Ability to rotate shifts and work weekends and holidays when required


• Experience communicating with all levels at the plant and making presentations to all levels

Nice to Have

• PE license or Master’s degree


• Project Management Professional - PMP certified


• Project Management experience for expansion/upgrades and working with Corporate PM group.


• Utilities – Facilities experience with HVAC, Compress Air, Natural gas, Steam, Well and Waste water treatment, Electrical Power etc.


• Refrigeration systems experience with Ammonia, Nitrogen for food flash + storage freezers.


• Plant Process Food Safety and PSM experience.


• Experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks or similar.


• Experience with SAP or other ERP applications.


• Maintenance Engineering, CMMS systemand Management.