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Senior Plant Engineer

United States, Cromwell · Job Posted March 22, 2026
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Provide technical leadership that keeps plant operations running efficiently, reliably, and at peak performance. As a Senior Plant Engineer, you will guide engineering and operational initiatives that maximize equipment uptime, improve system reliability, and support production goals through the application of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) principles. This role partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, and cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges, optimize processes, and drive continuous improvement across the facility. Ideal for a results-driven engineering leader, this position offers the opportunity to influence plant performance, enhance operational capabilities, and deliver measurable impact to the business.

Job Responsibility

  • Provide technical leadership that keeps plant operations running efficiently, reliably, and at peak performance
  • Guide engineering and operational initiatives that maximize equipment uptime, improve system reliability, and support production goals through the application of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) principles
  • Partner closely with Operations, Maintenance, and cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges, optimize processes, and drive continuous improvement across the facility
  • Works collaboratively with plant management team and VP of Engineering to execute technical strategies that deliver on Safety, Compliance, Quality, Profitable Growth, and Cost
  • Develops and leads overall plant technical strategies and tactics focused on Safety, Compliance, Quality, Profitable Growth, and Cost
  • Promotes and incorporates “safety” as a culture and a strategy in all aspects of the technical and operations areas and demands focused results from the entire technical organization
  • Develops and leads plant specific engineering and maintenance projects to achieve key performance goals
  • Responsible for site capital investment strategy
  • Develop budgets for future capital projects and compile into multi-year capital budgets
  • Ensures facilities’ structures and infrastructures are maintained to meet or exceed the operational needs including but not limited to electrical, mechanical, boiler and refrigeration systems
  • Collaborates with Engineering leadership to create, understand and strictly adhere to plant technical expense budgets
  • Provide technical leadership and work with corporate insurance, risk management and local, state and federal agencies to ensure the facility meets and exceeds codes and/or policies

Requirements

  • 5 years’ experience in food or manufacturing
  • Bachelor’s in Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Must be able to effectively communicate and work collaboratively within the plant and as required across all facilities
  • Needs to have a general knowledge of Auto Cad to include working with drawings, dimensioning and updating when equipment is installed or moved
  • Must be proficient in the use of general office tools such as Outlook and Microsoft Office
  • Requires travel to vendors, training seminars, other plants and to the corporate office for periodic technical strategy meetings and capital planning sessions

Nice to have

  • Automation experience and working knowledge of the plant Computerized Maintenance Management System (Maximo)
  • Experience in meat or poultry and experience leading projects in an operation
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