Our client is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support plant reliability, maintenance excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This individual will play a critical role in reducing downtime, improving equipment performance, and driving long-term reliability improvements across production operations.
Client Details
My client is an innovative food manufacturer dedicated to producing convenient, high-protein products for today's health-conscious consumers. The company combines a fast-paced entrepreneurial culture with a commitment to quality, continuous improvement, and long-term growth, creating opportunities for employees to make a meaningful impact on the business.
Description
The Mechanical engineer for the food manufacturer is responsible for:
- Lead troubleshooting efforts for mechanical equipment failures and work closely with operations and maintenance teams to safely restore production.
- Perform root cause analyses on recurring equipment issues and implement corrective actions that deliver long-term reliability improvements.
- Establish and enhance preventive maintenance programs by developing inspection routines, maintenance procedures, lubrication strategies, and asset management practices.
- Implement predictive maintenance techniques such as vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and condition monitoring to proactively identify equipment issues.
- Evaluate equipment criticality and develop strategies to improve reliability and maintenance effectiveness.
- Partner with maintenance and procurement teams to optimize spare parts inventories and critical replacement component strategies.
- Lead equipment improvement, replacement, rebuild, and capital projects from scope development through installation and startup.
- Design and support mechanical system modifications that improve safety, performance, maintainability, and operational efficiency.
- Maintain accurate engineering documentation, project records, and equipment specifications.
- Develop troubleshooting guides, standard operating procedures, and training materials to strengthen technical capabilities across the maintenance organisation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support production goals, reliability initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, reduce costs, increase uptime, and improve overall equipment effectiveness.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. the company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
Profile
A successful Mechanical Engineer for a food manufacturer should have:
- Strong knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and practices.
- Experience with design software and tools for creating technical drawings and models.
- Understanding of industry standards and safety regulations.
- Problem-solving skills with a focus on innovative solutions.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Strong communication skills for effective collaboration and reporting.
- Experience within food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, packaging, or other high-volume production environments.
- Exposure to industrial refrigeration systems, thermal processing equipment, packaging machinery, or automated production lines.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
- Professional certifications such as CMRP or other reliability-focused credentials.
- Experience supporting plant expansions, turnaround efforts, equipment modernizations, or facility startup projects.
- Background working within high-growth, rapidly changing manufacturing environments.
Job Offer
- Competitive salary ranging from $115,000 to $135,000 annually.
- Comprehensive 401(k) plan.
- Permanent role with opportunities for growth.
- Opportunity to make a visible impact on plant performance and operational reliability.
- High level of ownership over reliability initiatives and continuous improvement projects.
- Exposure to a broad range of manufacturing equipment and engineering challenges.
- Direct interaction with plant leadership and key decision-makers.
- Career growth opportunities within a dynamic and evolving manufacturing environment.
- Ability to drive meaningful change and leave a lasting impact on operations.
Interested? Apply today.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.