What we offer you- Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Education Assistance
- Bonus Plan Eligibility
- Referral Bonuses
- Parental Leave
What you will be doingJob Summary: The Plant Engineer supports the operation and maintenance of the plant through the development of knowledge across multiple aspects of plant operations, equipment, and systems. This position develops, implements, and manages projects, as well as providing support for plant outages. Working closely with production and maintenance, the Plant Engineer identifies opportunities to improve production throughput, equipment reliability, effective uptime, and energy efficiency while maintaining a strong focus on safety. The Plant Engineer develops skills in plant support systems and supports managers and operators/technicians, applying a broad understanding of systems such as combustion and natural gas, PLC controls, hydraulics, and pneumatics to support troubleshooting and root cause identification. The Plant Engineer supports efforts to ensure the reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, and facilities with minimal supervision. This highly autonomous role includes supporting the maintenance team, leading plant improvement projects, partnering with production to implement improvements, addressing daily maintenance and facility needs, and extending the economic life of plant assets.
Essential Job Responsibilities:- Implements project improvements that drive manufacturing performance in speed, waste reduction, cost reduction and quality.
- Identifies areas for engineering and financial improvement and makes recommendations for the prioritization of capital projects.
- Ensures the safe and effective introduction of new equipment and process improvement technologies.
- Determines training requirements and ensures adequate training plans for all new equipment and process improvements.
- Prepares and manages engineering budgets, forecasts, and plans.
- Provides engineering oversight to the facility infrastructure.
- Plans, directs, and coordinates activities concerned with design, construction, modification and maintenance of equipment and machinery in an industrial aluminum casting plant.
- Assures improvements to the plant comply with Federal, State and Corporate environmental laws.
- Troubleshoots equipment operating issues and recommends short-term and longer-term resolutions.
- Defines and resolves process problems through individual and team-based continuous improvement activities and structured problem-solving methods.
- Observes and measures in addition to collecting and interpreting data from the other technical and operating staff involved in order to develop and implement process improvement.
What will make you successful?Required Education/Experience:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or Electrical)
- At least 5 years of project engineering experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
Preferred Skills/Qualifications: - Experience applying reliability engineering principles to improve equipment performance, reduce downtime, and increase effective uptime in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience partnering with production and maintenance teams to improve throughput, troubleshoot recurring issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable improvements.
- Broad knowledge of industrial equipment and plant systems, including PLC-controlled equipment, hydraulics, pneumatics, natural gas, and combustion systems.
- Experience leading plant improvement, equipment, or capital projects from planning through implementation.
