Engineering Manager - Food Plant

Our client•a global food processing company needs an Engineering Manager•Food Plant at their plant in Wisconsin. Excellent salary + Annual Bonus + generous relocation + benefits package. Job Posting # 2712

R Job Title :

Engineering Manager•

Food Plant Location:

Darien, WI Compensation:

Salary of $130K•$165K/Yr + Annual Bonus (Target•15%) + Stock purchase

Plan Relocation & Benefits:

YES•Client offers a Generous Relocation +

Benefits Package Company Info:

Our client is a premier food producer. It is a global company in business for 100 + years, with sales of around $11B+ and 18K+ people worldwide and around 38 plants.

Group Info:

Be part of a plant with 700K Sq Feet of plant size with around 800 people, processing raw vegetables into frozen packages and meals. This plant has capex budget of $30M per year and is commissioning a state of the art 100-foot Tunnel Freezer using refrigerant Ammonia + Nitrogen. This role reports to the Plant Manager and will have 4 direct reports•1 Project Engineer, 1 Automation Controls Engineer, 1 Facility-Utility Manager and 1 PSM Co-Ordinator. The Maintenance department does NOT report to this role. Note 1: The plant does not use city water, but treats water from Wells . The plant also treats, its own waste water using Septic system. Any experience in water/waste treatment is not required but a huge plus. Note 2: The plant has extensive refrigeration systems using Ammonia & Nitrogen for product flash freezing and Cold storage freezers and plant HVAC. Any experience in above gases is not required but a huge plus. Note 3: The plant process raw vegetables and has extensive process food safety, environmental safety programs in place. Any experience in Process Plant Safety is not required but a huge plus. Note 4: The plant Project Engineer handles smaller local projects. All huge capital expansion project like the 100-foot Tunnel freezer is handled by the Corporate Project Management team. Project Management of large CAPEX projects is not required but a huge plus.

Job Summary:

Develop and implement overall plant technical strategies focused on engineering projects, maintenance and stores improvement programs. Develop vertical startup processes to ensure implementation of low loss production systems. Provide solutions to technical problems and recommendations for improvements in production activities and manage the plant technical organization. Develop and lead plant specific engineering strategies to achieve performance goals. Create/manage dept. plant expense budgets and work with Corporate Engineering to deliver the capital budget.

Job Description:

Assist Plant in establishing safety of all of our team members as the plant's first objective. Lead the cross-functional development and implementation of the capital plan including the engagement of related Plant and Corporate functions such as Safety, Sanitation, Quality, Environmental, Operations, Maintenance, Finance and Operations Work with Platform Engineering Director to resource projects including Engineering Project Manager, Subject Matter Expert and Startup Manager roles. Support the Plant in conducting internal systems audits. Support the Plant in providing direction and lead the EM Pillar Team in the development of long and short-term plans and goals for the Plant. Support the Plant in providing project and technical support to the plant and division. Support the Plant in participating on and leading project teams that improve safety, quality, utilization, labor relations, sanitation, costs and customer service. Manage the Utilities team and ensure functionality and compliance within our plant utilities processes such as: Refrigeration, Ammonia, Nitrogen, Steam, Natural Gas and Compressed Air. Lead the Plant in preparing and conducting necessary team meetings for proper communications and development of teams. Must also have the ability to work with Maintenance, Quality, Production and Warehouse teams to create a cooperative environment. Give work direction and coordinating mechanical and clerical activities in the maintenance department.

Candidate Must Have :

Bachelor's degree in Engineering. Min. 5 years of experience in Food Manufacturing plants. 2+ years of Management experience in Food plant engineering and/or Projects Good leadership skills. Work as a peer mentor and advisor to other departments. Lead and work well within cross functional teams Ability to rotate shifts and work weekends and holidays when required Experience communicating with all levels at the plant and making presentations to all levels Nice to

Have:

PE license or Master's degree Project Management Professional•PMP certified Project Management experience for expansion/upgrades and working with Corporate PM group. Utilities•Facilities experience with HVAC, Compress Air, Natural gas, Steam, Well and Waste water treatment, Electrical Power etc. Refrigeration systems experience with Ammonia, Nitrogen for food flash + storage freezers. Plant Process Food Safety and PSM experience. Experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks or similar. Experience with SAP or other ERP applications. Maintenance Engineering, CMMS system and Management .

Keywords:

Project Manager, Manager Engineering, Manager Projects, manufacturing, plant, USDA, FDA, Food, PMP, Project Engineer, PE, Refrigeration Ammonia, Nitrogen, SAP, PSM, Well•Waste Water treatment.