Utilities Engineer: Optimize Plant Steam, Water & Energy

Novonesis; Blair (NE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Vacation & holidays

Health insurance

HSA

Employee assistance

Job summary

Novonesis is seeking a Utilities Engineer to ensure reliable, cost-efficient delivery of steam, cooling water, compressed air, and wastewater treatment in Blair, Nebraska. You will analyze performance, lead troubleshooting, and drive continuous improvement across cross-functional teams.

The role combines technical expertise with hands-on operations, project leadership, and training responsibilities to elevate reliability, capacity, safety, and environmental performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• Experience supporting industrial utilities systems or manufacturing operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability with data interpretation.
• Proficiency with data analysis tools and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe, reliable production and distribution of plant utilities.
• Monitor and improve energy, capacity, uptime metrics for utilities.
• Lead troubleshooting for utilities equipment and control systems.
• Drive Lean, Six Sigma, and data-driven process improvements.
• Sponsor and support capital projects and automation improvements.
• Develop SOPs, training materials, and best practices.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Data analysis tools

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Novonesis is seeking a Utilities Engineer to ensure reliable, cost-efficient delivery of steam, cooling water, compressed air, and wastewater treatment in Blair, Nebraska. You will analyze performance, lead troubleshooting, and drive continuous improvement across cross-functional teams.

The role combines technical expertise with hands-on operations, project leadership, and training responsibilities to elevate reliability, capacity, safety, and environmental performance.