Employee Type:Full time
Location:GA Marietta
Job Type:Engineering Manufacturing
Job Posting Title:Senior Plant Engineer
Job Description:About the Role:The Sr. Plant Engineer is responsible for leading the strategic development, execution, and optimization of plant engineering systems and capital projects. This role partners with cross-functional teams to improve operational performance, support manufacturing excellence, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement initiatives related to safety, quality, reliability, and sustainability. You will be performing the following tasks, including but not limited to:
- Develop and execute the plant engineering strategy in alignment with organizational objectives and business priorities.
- Lead multiple capital and operational projects, ensuring successful execution within established timelines and budgets.
- Manage all aspects of assigned capital projects, including safety, scope management, commissioning, qualification, verification, cash flow, and budget tracking.
- Follow Capital Initiative Management processes and provide consistent communication to stakeholders throughout project lifecycles.
- Partner with sourcing and procurement teams to develop and execute project purchasing strategies.
- Maintain site technical drawings and ensure proper engineering document retention and control.
- Provide technical troubleshooting and engineering support for critical operational challenges.
- Lead root cause failure analysis efforts and implement sustainable engineered solutions.
- Collaborate with Operations, Quality, EHS, Maintenance, Supply Planning, R&D, Finance, IT, and Plant Leadership teams to achieve business objectives.
- Support the execution of large-scale projects in partnership with the Corporate Engineering team.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, environmental performance, food safety, cost optimization, and equipment reliability.
- Identify opportunities and implement solutions that improve employee safety, product quality, operational efficiency, and environmental sustainability.
- Serve as the Initiative Management Pillar Leader for the site and ensure alignment with Lean Capital processes.
- Develop business cases, project scopes, schedules, and cost estimates to support future capital investment planning.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
- Travel is required
Important Details:- This is a full-time role based in Marietta, Georgia, with regular travel to support our Mooretown, New Jersey tea manufacturing facility.
- The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $106,700 to $160,100 annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus and equity pay
You'll fit right in if you have:- A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Seven or more years of engineering experience, including at least four years leading capital projects in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with Lean Capital Initiative Management processes and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Strong project management skills with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and complex projects simultaneously.
- Exceptional technical troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience using computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), including SAP Plant Maintenance.
- Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining manufacturing technical standards, procedures, and engineering documentation.
- Strong leadership, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
- Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma knowledge or experience is preferred.
- Formal project management training or project management certification is strongly preferred.
- Experience with Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) software is preferred.
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