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Senior Plant Engineer

TreeHouse Foods


Job Location:

Marietta, GA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 106700 - 160100
Posted: 21 August 2026 (15 days ago)
Application Deadline: 18 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

GA Marietta

Job Type:

Engineering Manufacturing

Job Posting Title:

Senior Plant Engineer

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers directly impacting our mission to make high quality affordable food for our customers communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of Americas Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to Engage and Delight One Customer at a Time. Guided by our valuesOwn It Commit to Excellence Be Agile Speak Up and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity accountability and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change prioritize continuous learning and foster collaboration transparency and healthy debate. Together we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain:

  • Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period youre eligible from your first day!

  • 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.

  • Comprehensive paid time off opportunities including immediate access to four weeks of vacation five sick days parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).

  • Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth plus paid training tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform DevelopU with more than 10000 free courses to support you along the way.

  • An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

  • Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:

About the Role:

The Sr. Plant Engineer is responsible for leading the strategic development execution and optimization of plant engineering systems and capital projects. This role partners with cross-functional teams to improve operational performance support manufacturing excellence ensure regulatory compliance and drive continuous improvement initiatives related to safety quality reliability and sustainability. You will be performing the following tasks including but not limited to:

  • Develop and execute the plant engineering strategy in alignment with organizational objectives and business priorities.
  • Lead multiple capital and operational projects ensuring successful execution within established timelines and budgets.
  • Manage all aspects of assigned capital projects including safety scope management commissioning qualification verification cash flow and budget tracking.
  • Follow Capital Initiative Management processes and provide consistent communication to stakeholders throughout project lifecycles.
  • Partner with sourcing and procurement teams to develop and execute project purchasing strategies.
  • Maintain site technical drawings and ensure proper engineering document retention and control.
  • Provide technical troubleshooting and engineering support for critical operational challenges.
  • Lead root cause failure analysis efforts and implement sustainable engineered solutions.
  • Collaborate with Operations Quality EHS Maintenance Supply Planning R&D Finance IT and Plant Leadership teams to achieve business objectives.
  • Support the execution of large-scale projects in partnership with the Corporate Engineering team.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety environmental performance food safety cost optimization and equipment reliability.
  • Identify opportunities and implement solutions that improve employee safety product quality operational efficiency and environmental sustainability.
  • Serve as the Initiative Management Pillar Leader for the site and ensure alignment with Lean Capital processes.
  • Develop business cases project scopes schedules and cost estimates to support future capital investment planning.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.
  • Travel is required


Important Details:

  • This is a full-time role based in Marietta Georgia with regular travel to support our Mooretown New Jersey tea manufacturing facility.
  • The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $106700 to $160100 annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to specific competencies relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills seniority geographic location performance shift travel requirements sales or revenue-based metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award bonus and equity pay


Youll fit right in if you have:

  • A Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Seven or more years of engineering experience including at least four years leading capital projects in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience with Lean Capital Initiative Management processes and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Strong project management skills with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and complex projects simultaneously.
  • Exceptional technical troubleshooting root cause analysis and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Experience using computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) including SAP Plant Maintenance.
  • Experience developing implementing and maintaining manufacturing technical standards procedures and engineering documentation.
  • Strong leadership analytical organizational and communication skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
  • Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma knowledge or experience is preferred.
  • Formal project management training or project management certification is strongly preferred.
  • Experience with Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) software is preferred.

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At TreeHouse Foods we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us Engage and Delight One Customer at a Time.TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race color national origin age sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact

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