Senior Facilities & Site Resilience Engineer (PE)

Newell Brands; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Newell Brands is seeking an experienced Facilities and Site Resilience Engineer to join the ERA team in the United States. The role focuses on technical leadership, standards setting, and resilience programs across the manufacturing and distribution network.

The ideal candidate holds a PE license with 7+ years in industrial facilities, can review designs, coordinate with AHJs and insurers, and lead risk-based roadmaps. Travel up to 50% may be required.

Qualifications

• Active PE license in a U.S. state.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil, Architectural, or Fire Protection Engineering.
• 7+ years of facilities/plant/infrastructure engineering in industrial environments.
• Working knowledge of HVAC, building envelope, and fire protection systems.
• Experience conducting site assessments and resilience studies and translating findings into action plans.
• Ability to review contractor scopes, RFPs, and budgets and enforce scope and cost control.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%, including international travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead site resilience programs across the network from assessment to corrective action and verification.
• Develop business continuity plans and escalation frameworks for buildings and critical utilities.
• Set global standards for fire protection and life-safety systems and review AHJ submittals.
• Provide technical review and support on facilities capital projects without owning delivery.
• Develop templates and criteria for scopes, RFPs, and SOWs to be reused network-wide.
• Support standby power deployment and energy programs; collaborate with ERA Sustainability.
• Coordinate with insurers and AHJs on loss prevention recommendations and compliance.
• Lead international project support and apply Newell standards with local codes.

Skills

Facilities engineering

Technical leadership

HVAC knowledge

Building codes review

Communication skills

Travel up to 50%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Civil/Architectural or Fire Protection Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

SharePoint

Job description

Newell Brands is seeking an experienced Facilities and Site Resilience Engineer to join the ERA team in the United States. The role focuses on technical leadership, standards setting, and resilience programs across the manufacturing and distribution network.

The ideal candidate holds a PE license with 7+ years in industrial facilities, can review designs, coordinate with AHJs and insurers, and lead risk-based roadmaps. Travel up to 50% may be required.