Plant Engineer ( {{city}})

Responsibilities

• Work with Production and Quality departments, reviews equipment and processes, designs and implements modifications to enhance production capabilities and ensure a quality product.
• Conducts all work in accordance with standard engineering principles and practices.
• Design, fabricate, install, construct, commission and startup of new or modified plant equipment or facilities.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in plant safety and efficiency.
• Ensure plant compliance with environmental and safety regulations.
• Manage expenditures related to project assignments as well as projecting estimated costs of proposed projects.
• Analyze and improve plant yield, process cycle times, and operating costs for new and existing processes.
• Develop improvements to electrical and control systems which provide increased plant reliability and operability.
• Manage Maintenance Department, with Maintenance Supervisor as a direct report.
• Control budget for plant maintenance.

Qualifications

• A bachelors degree in electrical, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering and 2 plus years engineering experience is preferred.
• A strong knowledge of manufacturing process equipment is required.
• Hard working and field-oriented engineer.
• Project minded communicator with exemplary leadership abilities.
• Excellent people management and interpersonal skills with the desire and potential to grow into supervisory or operations leadership roles.
• Proficient at computer skills such as using Microsoft Word, Excel, e-mail, and similar office software products.
• Working knowledge of process control systems and statistical process analysis.
• Assists in writing capital project requests, creating project scopes for bids and obtaining vendor quotes.
• Manages projects in a timely manner and within budget, coordinates efforts with contractors and onsite personnel.
• Tests newly installed equipment to ensure contract specifications are met and proper operating conditions are understood by personnel.
• Trains employees on use of such equipment as appropriate.
• Must provide mechanical, electrical and instrumentation technical support to plant and other company facilities as needed.
• Responsible for providing technical support to the Maintenance department on 24/7 basis.

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