Senior Plant Engineer (Poultry)

Summary

We are actively recruiting for a Senior Plant Engineer. This individual provides the day-to-day technical leadership and direction to Operations' activities and supports the plants' goals and deliverables. Position is also responsible for delivering maximum equipment/system uptime through the application of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively with plant management team and VP of Engineering to develop technical strategies that deliver on safety, environmental, energy, maintenance, and OEE.
• Develops and deploys overall plant technical strategies and tactics focused on operations, safety, energy usage, engineering projects and maintenance improvement.
• 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 strategies to achieve key performance goals.
• 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.
• Works with the Senior Dir, Engineering to create, understand and strictly adhere to all plant technical expense budgets.
• Must work with local, state and federal agencies, corporate insurance, risk management and other agencies to ensure the facility meets and exceeds codes and/or policies.

Minimum Education and Experience Required

BS degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Agricultural, Civil or Structural Engineering or related discipline.

5+ years experience

• Requires travel to vendors, training seminars, other plants and to the Corporate office for periodic technical strategy meetings and capital planning sessions.
• 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.
• Automation experience and working knowledge of the plant Computerized Maintenance Management System (Maximo) are preferred.