Senior Category Engineering Leader

Nestlé S.A.; Solon, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé USA in Solon, OH is seeking an Expert Category Engineer to anchor category technical leadership across multiple factories, aligning Innovation & Renovation, process mastership, and compliance with engineering standards.

You will collaborate with Factory Engineering, Product Development, Marketing, and Operations to deliver scalable solutions, drive reliability, safety, and cost improvements, and mentor site engineers within the category.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering disciplines required.
• Minimum 5+ years in a technical/project engineering role.
• Experience with factory engineering environments and capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide category-wide technical leadership and standards.
• Translate strategy into executable technical plans for multiple factories.
• Lead evaluation and development of engineering solutions.
• Drive process optimization, reliability, and safety improvements.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to deploy solutions.

Skills

Category engineering leadership

Technical guidance

Process optimization

Safety and compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

MS Excel

AutoCAD

Visio

Job description

Nestlé USA in Solon, OH is seeking an Expert Category Engineer to anchor category technical leadership across multiple factories, aligning Innovation & Renovation, process mastership, and compliance with engineering standards.

You will collaborate with Factory Engineering, Product Development, Marketing, and Operations to deliver scalable solutions, drive reliability, safety, and cost improvements, and mentor site engineers within the category.