Manufacturing Automation Project Engineer

AK Pizza Crust; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Port City Bakery, Inc. seeks an experienced Engineer to support engineering, maintenance, and technical services across six facilities in Wisconsin and beyond.

You will collaborate with engineers, technicians and programmers, supporting production, safety, quality, and continuous improvement teams to sustain high reliability in a fast-paced SQF/USDA environment. The role involves designing and implementing automation, managing a multi-million-dollar budget, ensuring regulatory compliance, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in food manufacturing within SQF/USDA facilities.
• Strong mechanical design and process engineering for food production.
• Ability to design and implement automation systems.
• Leadership and project management capabilities.
• Proficiency with 2D AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor.
• Experience coordinating vendors and in-house teams.
• Knowledge of PLC programming and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design, procure and implement technologies to improve production processes.
• Maintain and improve reliability for production lines across six facilities; support machine shop.
• Collaborate with production and support departments to achieve uptime, waste reduction, and efficiency targets.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across all sites for reliability and performance.
• Manage annual maintenance and capital budgets exceeding $7 million.
• Ensure compliance with SQF, USDA and BISSC standards.
• Design conveyors, material handling equipment, presses and other production equipment to sanitary bakery standards.
• Oversee facilities projects (roofing, HVAC, expansions, refrigeration, electrical, sanitation and safety).
• Lead automation projects from design through procurement, implementation and long-term support.
• Coordinate controls integration with mechanical systems (Servo, VFD, sensors, vision, weighers, metal detectors, HMI).
• Research and manage equipment and automation vendors and suppliers.
• Manage project budgets, POs and invoices with accounting/operations teams.
• Plan plant layout, process flow, machinery rigging and material handling.
• Repair and rebuild of used equipment and control systems.
• Travel up to 20%; may require full-week trips for major projects.

Skills

Food manufacturing

Project management

Mechanical design

Automation systems

Leadership

Communication

AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor

PLC programming

Vendor management

Tools

AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

Port City Bakery, Inc. seeks an experienced Engineer to support engineering, maintenance, and technical services across six facilities in Wisconsin and beyond.

You will collaborate with engineers, technicians and programmers, supporting production, safety, quality, and continuous improvement teams to sustain high reliability in a fast-paced SQF/USDA environment. The role involves designing and implementing automation, managing a multi-million-dollar budget, ensuring regulatory compliance, and