Senior Plant Engineer

Responsibilities

• Oversee plant assets and capital/maintenance budgets, including tracking expenditures, reporting costs, and managing smaller capital projects

• Lead and maintain the Process Safety Management (PSM) program, serving as the plant’s management representative and ensuring effective implementation

• Plan and optimize plant maintenance activities, including workforce utilization, predictive/preventive maintenance, equipment layout, workflow, and space requirements

• Manage engineering projects and improvements, including preliminary and detailed design, cost and life-cycle analysis, equipment selection, and technical recommendations for plant operations

• Coordinate with internal teams, customers, and vendors to ensure projects meet operational requirements, equipment/material specifications, quality standards, and desired outcomes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering required

• 10+ years of experience in plant maintenance, plant engineering, project engineering, or a closely related manufacturing environment

• Strong leadership, communication, teamwork, adaptability, problem-solving, and initiative, with the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization

• Demonstrated ability to take on increasing responsibilities and independently support complex plant engineering and maintenance initiatives

• Preferred experience with TPM, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, 5S, and Process Safety Management (PSM) implementation and maintenance

Salary: $90k - $130k

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