Energy Improvement Engineer

This role is based at our Bardstown, KY bottling location.

What the Role Is

The Energy Improvement Engineer is a hands-on technical resource responsible for executing Heaven Hill's Energy Conservation Strategy across manufacturing sites. The role identifies, evaluates, and delivers energy-efficiency, process-optimization, heat-recovery, demand-management, and utility-improvement opportunities that reduce energy cost, carbon emissions, and operating risk.

The Engineer partners with site operations, maintenance, engineering, Environment and Sustainability, Finance, and external providers to turn energy data and audits into a prioritized pipeline of quick wins and capital projects. This position supports the company goal to reduce operational carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030 while delivering measurable, financially attractive savings.

How You Will Spend Your Time?

• Execute the enterprise Energy Conservation Strategy by developing and maintaining a multi-site energy opportunity pipeline, implementation roadmap, and savings forecast.
• Assess energy use across distilling, bottling, processing, utilities, and other manufacturing operations; identify practical opportunities for energy efficiency, emissions reduction, and process improvement.
• Review prior Department of Energy and other site audit recommendations; validate current applicability, close completed items, and convert viable recommendations into implementation plans.
• Plan and support energy audits, including the Bardstown audit and future site assessments; coordinate data collection, site participation, follow-up, and recommendation tracking.
• Develop and lead quick-win projects involving boiler combustion and steam efficiency, insulation and heat loss, compressed air, lighting, motors, refrigeration, HVAC, controls, heat recovery, and demand management.
• Build project charters, technical scopes, capital requests, savings estimates, payback analyses, and implementation plans for energy projects; manage execution through commissioning and handoff.
• Partner with maintenance, reliability, and operations teams to embed energy considerations into preventive maintenance, standards, troubleshooting, equipment selection, and operating practices.
• Establish energy performance measures and recurring reporting for energy spend, consumption, intensity, emissions, project savings, and pipeline progress; communicate results to leadership.
• Identify and pursue utility rebates, government incentives, and other funding opportunities that improve project economics and reduce implementation cost.
• Work with Environment and Sustainability to align project plans and reported results with the 2030 Environmental Sustainability Strategy and carbon-reduction goals.
• Collaborate with site leadership to strengthen energy awareness, operating discipline, and local ownership of savings opportunities without direct supervision of site employees.
• Coordinate technical support from utilities, OEMs, contractors, engineering firms, and consultants; ensure findings and recommendations are practical for site conditions.
• Advance continuous improvement through data-driven problem solving, standard work, training, and cross-site sharing of proven energy practices.
• Maintain current knowledge of manufacturing energy technologies, utility markets, measurement approaches, regulations, and best practices applicable to distilling and bottling operations.

Who You Are…

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, chemical, electrical, energy, environmental, or related engineering discipline
• Minimum of three (3) years of engineering, energy-management, utilities, process-improvement, or manufacturing experience.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze operational data, build financial cases, manage improvement projects, and influence cross-functional teams.
• Experience in manufacturing, food and beverage, beverage alcohol, process operations, utilities, packaging, or a comparable industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of plant utilities and energy systems, including natural gas, electricity, steam, boilers, compressed air, refrigeration, HVAC, motors, and controls.
• Ability to interpret utility bills, meter and process data, equipment performance, and energy audits to identify opportunities and quantify savings.
• Experience preparing economic evaluations, including capital cost, annual savings, utility incentives, payback, and return-on-investment analysis.
• Experience managing improvement or capital projects from scope development through installation, commissioning, verification, and sustainment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, oral, and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive updates and influence stakeholders through technical credibility.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and data/reporting tools; ability to use facility systems such as CMMS, ERP, historian, or energy-management platforms.
• Self-starter and collaborative team player who can prioritize work across multiple sites, travel as required, and convert broad strategy into practical execution.
• Valid Driver's License

Valued but not Required Skills and Experience:

• Certified Energy Manager, Professional Engineer, Certified Measurement and Verification Professional, Lean, Six Sigma, PMP, or related certification.
• Experience with industrial energy audits, ISO 50001, DOE Better Plants, greenhouse-gas accounting, or utility incentive programs.
• Experience with distillation, thermal processes, boiler systems, heat integration, water conservation, or sustainability reporting.
• Experience using submeters, data historians, building-management systems, or energy-monitoring software.

Physical Requirements

While performing duties of job, employee is frequently required to:

• Stand and walk significant distances across manufacturing floors and worksites; use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; and use a computer
• Lift and/or move up to 30 pounds
• Travel consistently as required, estimated at 25 to 40 percent

Benefits

• Paid Vacation
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental & Vision eligibility from day one
• FSA/HSA
• 401K match
• EAP
• Maternity/Paternity Leave

Heaven Hill and its affiliates are committed to fostering a diverse workforce as an Equal Employment Opportunity company. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, natural origin, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.