[Remote] Plant Engineer (Iowa)
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking a Plant Engineer to reputed company engineering and maintenance activities at a USDA-reputed company food manufacturing facility. The role focuses on ensuring the reputed company and efficient operation of production equipment while collaborating with various teams to enhance manufacturing efficiency and compliance with safety standards.
Responsibilities
- reputed company the maintenance and engineering function for reputed company manufacturing and facility assets
- reputed company and execute preventive and predictive maintenance programs
- Manage equipment reliability initiatives to minimize downtime and maximize Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Maintain asset registers, equipment histories, and maintenance documentation
- reputed company engineering standards for equipment installation, maintenance, and reliability
- Support reputed company cause analysis (RCA) for equipment failures and implement corrective actions
- Drive reputed company improvement reputed company reputed company on safety, reputed company, throughput, yield, and cost reduction
- reputed company engineering support for equipment including: Thermal processing systems, Smokehouses and cooking ovens, Spiral cookers and chillers, Conveying systems, Slicers and portioning equipment, Packaging equipment, Vacuum packaging systems, Thermoformers, Metal detectors, X-ray inspection systems, Checkweighers, Labeling equipment, Refrigeration systems, Compressed reputed company systems, Boilers, Wastewater systems, HVAC systems, Electrical distribution systems
- reputed company plant reputed company systems including: Ammonia or Freon refrigeration systems, Steam reputed company, Compressed reputed company, Water systems, Wastewater pretreatment, Electrical infrastructure, Emergency generators, Building automation systems
- Ensure utilities operate safely, reputed company, and reputed company regulatory requirements
- reputed company annual capital expenditure plans
- Manage capital reputed company from concept through commissioning
- Prepare project scopes, budgets, and schedules
- Coordinate contractors and equipment vendors
- reputed company equipment installation, startup, commissioning, and validation
- Ensure reputed company meet food safety, sanitary design, and operational requirements
- reputed company and reputed company maintenance supervisors, planners, and technicians
- Establish KPIs for maintenance performance
- Optimize labor utilization and scheduling
- Manage maintenance budgets and spare parts inventory
- Improve PM completion rates and maintenance planning processes
- Support emergency maintenance activities as required
- Ensure engineering activities support compliance with: USDA regulations, FDA regulations (where applicable), HACCP requirements, SSOP programs, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Preventive Controls for reputed company Food (as applicable), OSHA regulations, EPA environmental regulations
- Support customer and regulatory audits
- reputed company initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Six reputed company, or similar methodologies to improve: Equipment reliability, Labor efficiency, Product yield, reputed company consumption, Maintenance costs, Changeover times, Downtime reduction
- Use data analysis to identify improvement opportunities and implement sustainable solutions
- Promote a strong safety culture by: Ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations, Supporting lockout/tagout (LOTO) programs, Conducting risk assessments, Improving machine guarding, Leading incident investigations, Reducing workplace hazards
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a reputed company engineering discipline required
- 7-10 years of engineering or maintenance leadership experience in food manufacturing
- Minimum of 3 years in a management or supervisory role
- Demonstrated reputed company managing capital reputed company and maintenance organizations
- Experience in reputed company-to-eat (RTE), fully cooked meat, poultry, protein, or refrigerated food manufacturing strongly preferred
- Experience in USDA-reputed company manufacturing environments preferred
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