POSITION SUMMARY This role will provide technical leadership for site utility and water systems, including steam generation, cooling, water treatment, wastewater treatment, and water reuse. This role optimizes system performance, improves reliability, supports safe and compliant operations, and leads process improvement from concept through commissioning.
JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES System Performance & Continuous Improvement
- Lead process design, analysis, troubleshooting, and optimization for boilers, steam, cooling, chilled water, water treatment, wastewater, and water reuse systems.
- Identify and execute debottlenecking opportunities to improve capacity, reliability, efficiency, and operating cost.
- Analyze performance data, identify losses and failure modes, and implement corrective actions using structured methods such as DMAIC, root cause analysis, and standard work.
Controls, Documentation & Compliance
- Develop and maintain control narratives, functional specifications, SOPs, P&IDs, operating procedures, alarms, interlocks, critical parameters, and operating limits.
- Partner with automation, operations, maintenance, quality, and EHS teams to implement and optimize safe, reliable, and compliant control strategies.
- Maintain documentation required for audits, inspections, regulatory compliance, and internal standards.
Projects, Commissioning & Reliability
- Support capital projects through scope development, design reviews, equipment selection, FAT/SAT execution, commissioning, start-up, and performance verification.
- Resolve process and equipment issues during implementation to achieve design capacity, reliability, quality, and compliance objectives.
- Monitor utility KPIs including capacity, uptime, water usage, chemical usage, energy efficiency, and operating cost; support maintenance strategies that improve reliability.
Technical Leadership & Training
- Serve as a subject matter expert for utility and water treatment systems.
- Provide technical coaching, training, and troubleshooting support to operations and maintenance teams.
- Lead or support site improvement initiatives, standardization efforts, and cross-functional problem solving.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIREMENTS - 3+ years of experience in process engineering, utilities, water/wastewater treatment, food and beverage manufacturing, or industrial manufacturing.
- Experience with process improvement, commissioning, start-up, troubleshooting, and cross-functional technical projects.
- Strong knowledge of water treatment, boiler and steam systems, cooling systems, heat transfer, chemical dosing, filtration, softening, reverse osmosis, wastewater treatment, and utility operations.
- Experience with PLC/DCS-based control systems, alarms, interlocks, operating limits, P&IDs, control narratives, SOPs, and technical specifications.
- Strong data analysis, root cause analysis, communication, project coordination, training, and stakeholder influence skills.
Salary: $82,882.80 to $111,269.00 per year
Bonus Eligibility: Yes
The pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at top of range.
Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at https://www.nestlejobs.com/nestle-in-the-us-benefits
