Plant Engineer
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Job Location:
Wright City, MO - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
16 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Job Summary
The Plant Engineer is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the engineering aspects of plant operations to ensure maximum efficiency safety and productivity. This role involves managing equipment maintenance implementing process improvements and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The Plant Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues enhance plant performance and support continuous improvement initiatives.
- Oversee daily operations of maintenance employees to ensure completion of preventative maintenance and failure maintenance activities.
- Work with plant operations personnel to support daily production goals.
- Work with VP of operations and harvest and fabrication managers to lead overall maintenance department.
- Utilize plant systems to plan maintenance activities during production and non-production times.
- Coordinate and manage weekend projects with outside contractors.
- Oversee maintenance employees in trouble shooting of issues on plant equipment.
- Work with quality assurance in facility to ensure all equipment meets QA and USDA guidelines for food safety.
- Monitor and control downtime; provide solutions to reduce downtime.
- Ensure all company and safety policies and procedures are enforced and followed.
- Complete reports and other paperwork (e.g. discipline progress evaluations terminations).
- Ensure all machinery is performing to the highest standard possible.
- Maintain a helpful and professional attitude and appearance.
- Promote and drive succession development with areas of responsibility.
- NOTE: this description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications (Required):
- Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Must be able to effectively communicate in English (speaking reading and writing).
- 5-7 years supervising planning and scheduling hourly maintenance personnel.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior supervisory experience in a USDA inspected beef pork or poultry facility.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Working knowledge of refrigeration systems steam and hot water generation systems.
- Experience in utilizing computerized maintenance management systems to deploy maintenance strategies.
- Strong knowledge and troubleshooting of overhead conveying systems conveyors HVAC hydraulics compressed air systems electrical systems and equipment utilized in food processing.
- Ability to communicate well (verbal and written) with all levels of employees from hourly to upper management.
- Ability to identify and address safety hazards; promote safety on a daily basis.
- Ability to lead by example encourage teamwork and learning and motivate the hourly workforce.
- Must have a high math aptitude; be assertive; and be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to perform consistent accurate work with minimal direction and work successfully as part of a team.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers desk phones and smartphones. The position will also be required to regularly visit production facility work environments.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to stand walk or sit; use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision distance vision and color vision.
Equal Opportunity Employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other legally protected status. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact Human Resources at the location(s) where you are applying. We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law.
Summary
Americas Heartland Packing is set to open its doors in early 2025. The 775000 sq. ft. greenfield project will include a harvest floor carcass chillers fabrication area rendering further processing area storage coolers freezers and loading docks.
What we offer:
- Competitive total compensation package for you and your family.
- Excellent benefit plan. Benefits include: Health Dental Vision Life Insurance Flex Spending Accounts Voluntary Benefits PTO 401k Long & Short Term Disability Discount Meat Purchase Program and more!
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Robotics
- Continuous Improvement
- Food Industry
- Root cause Analysis
- Industrial Engineering
- Packaging
- Wastewater
- CMMS
- Maintenance
- Project Engineering
- Hydraulics
- Programmable Logic Controllers
About Company
American Foods Group is a bona fide Green Bay packer. With facilities in that Wisconsin city, as well as in Ohio, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota, the company slaughters cattle and produces branded and private-label beef products for the US retail grocery and foodservice industr ... View more
