Director Project Engineering

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering
• 10+ years of experience in Manufacturing and Process Technologies, with a focus on Food and Beverage or Consumer Packaged Goods
• 8+ years developing engineering strategies for manufacturing environments
• 5+ years of managerial experience over multiple engineering functions
• Project Management certification (PMP)

Serving as a cornerstone within our global supply chain network, this executive drives high-impact capital investments, facility expansions, and complex automation initiatives across our manufacturing footprint. The role fuses rigorous food processing engineering with strict sanitary design principles, sophisticated controls architecture, and high-throughput packaging integration to future-proof plant operations.

Capital Strategy & Project Execution

• CapEx Portfolio Direction: Own capital expenditure roadmaps, translating network capacity requirements into scalable, phased engineering execution plans from concept to final commissioning.
• Smart Factory & Process Innovation: Integrate cutting-edge automation, high-speed line controls, and industrial IoT monitoring to maximize throughput, yield, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Project Governance: Oversee end-to-end project performance, governing critical path scheduling, resource allocation, contractor compliance, and budget adherence.

Technical & Sanitary Governance

• Sanitary Design & Engineering Standards: Direct the development of master engineering packages, ensuring all equipment specifications, layouts, and utility tie-ins comply with stringent hygienic design principles, sanitary weld standards, and food safety guidelines (USDA, FDA, 3-A).
• Regulatory Compliance & Risk Control: Enforce strict adherence to local, state, and federal environmental and safety regulations, alongside stringent property loss prevention engineering benchmarks (e.g., FM Global standards) for high-risk food manufacturing environments.
• Process Troubleshooting: Lead complex root cause failure analyses (RCFA) for high-priority processing and packaging bottlenecks, driving permanent engineering solutions to eliminate downtime.

Financial Stewardship

• Budget Management: Formulate and manage annual engineering and capital improvement budgets, optimizing expenditure across global facility networks.
• Cost Optimization & Value Engineering: Execute cost-benefit models and life-cycle cost analyses for equipment upgrades, utility reductions, and facility retrofits to improve plant-level unit economics.