Sr. Distillation Engineer

As the Distilling Engineering SME you will lead and support Capital Project initiatives across various sites specializing in Grain Handling Cooking Fermenting Distilling Barrel Handling and Storage. This role provides technical leadership in developing efficient world class highquality production processes and ensures adherence to industry and regulatory standards. Partnering with crossfunctional teams you will drive innovation in distilling and help shape capabilities within our global engineering agenda. Develop write and approve company functional design standards and determine gap analysis against those standards for all locations within Sazerac. Mentor junior engineers on skill development work processes and navigating change.

• Participates in the PDS process meeting expectations for reporting on learnings and using feedback from the process to ensure optimal outcomes for the role.
• Utilize Career Development System (CDS) to identify training needs and design development curriculum programs and content for the purpose of preparing for career opportunities within the company. Provide feedback to manager regarding onthejob learning opportunities.
• Works with the sites to drive cost savings projects across the network. Identifies best practices from the network and works with other sites to implement the same actions.
• Drive toward continuous improvement growth efficiency and cost savings. Creates project engineering processes and standards across the network to improve continuity timelines quality adherence to construction and engineering best practices and budget adherence.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by enforcing procedures rules and regulations. Identify and manage risks and safety aspects of the project. Ensure all contractors / employees involved on work in progress are following safe work practices. Review equipment specifications and ensure installation meets safety standards.
• Ensures Grain Distilling Barrel handling operations meet regulatory requirements including OSHA EPA and TTB regulations. Takes immediate corrective action when needed to stay in compliance
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert in grain handling cooking fermenting distilling barrel handling and storage system design and function. Assess current distilleries and barrel storage locations identifying gaps and creating worldclass solutions. Design and simulate processes conducting risk assessments to address system constraints. Develop Functional Design Specifications (FDS) for grain handling cooking fermenting distilling and storage systems. Create TCO and competitive bidding systems to identify key partners for executing the FDS.
• Collaborates with operations leadership to identify improvements in grain handling distilling and barrel storage and create longterm development plans for each location. Develops capital projects and improvement plans with budgets monitors progress and reports to leadership. Identifies and resolves obstacles to project completion. Supports capacity planning and inventory accuracy for grain distilling and barrel storage. Streamlines and documents planning processes to improve efficiency reduce errors and enhance work quality.
• Establish well organized priorities for yourself and make sure team members understand expectations of the priorities and tasks. Provide the appropriate parties with regular feed back and timely updates. Integral part of the operations team and its issues and projects.

MUST

• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Bachelors Degree
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
• Ability to communicate with all levels of an org
• Experience developing/implementing capability improvement programs (process improvement systems analysis and design)
• Strong analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills.
• Ability to drive results in a complex highgrowth company
• Excellent knowledge of engineering within distillation systems
• Ability to travel up to 50%

PREFERRED

• 7 years relevant experience (minimum)
• Ba/bs degree in chemical or process engineering or related discipline
• Experiencee in capital expansions for distillation systems
• Experience in writing and developing technical documents and company standards

Physical Requirements

• Ability to travel up to 50%

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A career at Sazerac offers you the opportunity to reach your full potential as part of a creative decisive highperformance team. Sazerac values the needs and wants of our team members and offers inclusive benefits to attract and retain the best talent. Our culture is built upon the values of hard work diligence and personal responsibility.

Sazerac Team Members enjoy:

• Competitive Pay
• Comprehensive Benefits from Day One including medical dental vision disability and life insurance.
• Family Coverage:Options to cover family members including domestic partners.
• 401(k) Plan:Immediate access to a matching 401(k) plan.
• Flexible Time Away:Enjoy paid time off (PTO) holidays and parental leave.
• Mental Health and Wellness:Access to mental health care and wellness incentive programs.
• Educational Support:Benefit from tuition reimbursement and our scholarship program for dependents of Sazerac team members.
• Fun Extras:Enjoy branded apparel fun events and a team member bottle purchase program.
• Training and Development:Opportunities for professional growth and development.

Benefits salary range and programs may vary by role or location. For roles within our commercial team the Salary range refers to base salary only and does not include car allowance annual bonus fuel or cell phone ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package. Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin veteran status age gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation genetic information physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.