Most facilities engineering roles focus on maintaining systems. This role is about shaping the future of them.We are seeking a
Senior Facilities Engineer with broad industrial infrastructure experience to lead the reliability, expansion, and long-term strategy of critical process utility and facility systems supporting manufacturing operations.
This is an ideal opportunity for an engineer who has built a diverse technical foundation!
You will operate at the intersection of engineering, capital planning, operational excellence, and business strategy, serving as a trusted technical leader across utility infrastructure and facility systems.
What You'll Do... - Lead Facility and Process Utility System Performance
- Provide technical ownership and long-term stewardship of critical process utility infrastructure, including systems such as compressed air, process water, vacuum, wastewater, and supporting facility utilities.
- Drive reliability, capacity, and lifecycle performance
- Eliminate recurring failures through root cause analysis
- Develop long-range asset and obsolescence strategies
- Ensure systems are engineered to support business growth
- Develop and influence the 5-10-year roadmap for process utility systems and site infrastructure
- Prioritize investments based on risk, reliability, and business value
- Identify technologies and improvements that enhance operational efficiency
- Balance technical and financial considerations in major decisions
- Manage execution across design, procurement, construction, and startup
- Deliver projects that increase capacity, reduce risk, and improve operational performance
- Build a Reliability-Driven Culture
- Partner with operations and maintenance teams to move from reactive maintenance to engineered reliability
- Implement predictive and preventive maintenance strategies
- Use data and performance metrics to drive decisions
- Improve uptime, asset life, and total cost of ownership
- Shape Future Infrastructure Strategy
You shift the culture from reactive response to engineered reliabilityMeasures of Success- Improved process utility reliability and system availability
- Reduction in recurring failures and unplanned downtime
- Successful delivery of capital projects meeting cost, schedule, and ROI objectives
- Increased asset performance, capacity, and lifecycle value
- Stronger engineering and reliability practices across the organization
What You'll Bring...- Requires one of the following:
- Bachelor's degree and six (6) years of professional design or construction management experience
- Associate's degree and twelve (12) years of professional design or construction management experience
- Experience leading capital projects and infrastructure upgrades
- Strong knowledge of process utility systems and reliability engineering
- Proven ability to translate technical challenges into measurable business outcomes
- Confident ability to communicate complex technical concepts to executive leadership through concise, business-focused recommendations and presentations.
- Bachelor's degree, preferred
- Experience with managing building/property protection and loss prevention through third party insurers, preferred
Role Structure & Travel...- Preferred Location: Mason, MI
- Remote role (U.S. based) - This position is available as a remote role in one of our approved locations*
- Travel: Up to 50% (domestic & international)
- Regular on-site engagement at our production locations
*Dart is unable to employ those who currently live in and expect to work out of any of the following U.S. states: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, however relocation assistance to the Mason, MI, area may be considered in lieu of full-time remote work. This list is subject to change at Dart's discretion.
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Benefits: Dart Container full-time employees enjoy great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company matching contributions, paid vacation, paid holidays, short-term disability, tuition assistance, product discounts and more.
