Senior Manufacturing Engineer: Lead Projects & Reliability

Calumet; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Calumet is hiring a senior engineering leader to oversee manufacturing systems, process infrastructure, and capital projects across our United States operations. You will drive safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance while mentoring engineers and coordinating cross-functional teams.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline and 5+ years of experience in manufacturing environments, with a track record of leading capital projects and improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience supporting manufacturing operations or industrial process equipment.
• Proven experience leading capital projects with budgeting, scheduling, contractor oversight.
• Knowledge of industrial safety requirements, regulatory compliance, and safe design principles.
• Experience with manufacturing automation, controls, and instrumentation (PLC, sensors, interlocks).
• Experience with handling flammable liquids per safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering ownership for manufacturing systems and process infrastructure.
• Lead capital projects from concept through commissioning, including scope, cost estimation, vendor coordination, and startup support.
• Engineer and oversee system modifications to improve safety, reliability, capacity, and compliance.
• Resolve complex equipment and process issues using structured troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Develop and enforce engineering standards, specifications, and system documentation.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and HSE teams on reliability and performance improvements.
• Drive CI initiatives like process optimization and capacity expansion.
• Ensure designs align with regulatory and safety standards.
• Mentor engineers, technicians, and operators in disciplined engineering practices.
• Own capital funding requests, business case development, and ROI justification.

Skills

Technical leadership

Analytical problem solving

Project leadership

Stakeholder communication

Engineering standards

Ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Manufacturing engineering

Job description

Calumet is hiring a senior engineering leader to oversee manufacturing systems, process infrastructure, and capital projects across our United States operations. You will drive safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance while mentoring engineers and coordinating cross-functional teams.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline and 5+ years of experience in manufacturing environments, with a track record of leading capital projects and improvements.