Plant Engineer: 24/7 Maintenance Lead with Growth Path

Boutique Recruiting; Town of Durand (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus opportunity

UnitedHealthcare Medical Coverage

Simple IRA

PTO

Relocation Assistance

Long-term Succession Opportunity

Job summary

Boutique Recruiting seeks a hands-on Plant Engineer for a growing, family-owned food manufacturing operation. You will own the engineering function, work across mechanical/electrical systems, boilers, and control systems, and partner with maintenance to keep a 24/7 facility running safely and efficiently.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of industrial experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and a proven ability to drive project improvements while maintaining practical plant-floor operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on plant engineering, industrial maintenance, or closely related manufacturing experience.
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting capabilities with practical plant-floor experience.
• Working knowledge of boiler operations, industrial equipment, and manufacturing systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily plant walkthroughs to proactively identify issues with pumps, motors, blowers, bearings, and other critical equipment.
• Oversee natural-gas boiler operations and support reliable steam generation across the facility.
• Troubleshoot and optimize PLU, HMI, VFDs, valves, and related control systems.
• Lead mechanical and electrical improvements, equipment replacements, and plant engineering projects.
• Partner with operators to optimize production rates, speeds, moisture, and product density.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors on larger capital projects, including blending and bag-line expansion initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance to maintenance and support occasional planned off-shift work and after-hours troubleshooting.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Mechanical knowledge

Electrical troubleshooting

Control systems

Tools

HMI

PLU

VFDs

Job description

Boutique Recruiting seeks a hands-on Plant Engineer for a growing, family-owned food manufacturing operation. You will own the engineering function, work across mechanical/electrical systems, boilers, and control systems, and partner with maintenance to keep a 24/7 facility running safely and efficiently.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of industrial experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and a proven ability to drive project improvements while maintaining practical plant-floor operations.