Plant Engineer - Massillon

Fresh Mark, based in Northeast Ohio, is looking for a Plant Engineer to join our Massillon facility.

About Fresh Mark, Inc.

At Fresh Mark, people come first. It’s not just a slogan, it is engrained in the fabric of who we are and what we work to achieve every day. The cornerstone of our culture is based on a foundation of taking care of all our employees on every level. As a team member here, you will be given the tools, leadership, and support to grow in your knowledge and career and as a leader yourself. Owned and made in the USA for more than 100 years, Fresh Mark’s Sugardale brand takes a personal approach to making great tasting high-quality meats. For a century, we’ve been dedicated to making the best products, the best way. Made with top-quality ingredients and workmanship, Sugardale supplies bacon, ham, hot dogs, sliced lunch meats, pepperoni and salami, and other specialty meat items with annual sales of more than $1 billion.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with Operations and Maintenance Technical Services to develop annual capital plans.
• Lead projects from creating strategic action plans through execution, ensuring scope, costs, and schedules are met.
• Provide detailed scopes of work, cost estimates, and timelines.
• Manage and schedule project elements to ensure minimal interruption to plant operations; deliver finished projects as designed on time and on budget with no safety, food safety, or environmental issues.
• Assist in selecting and validating new equipment, ensuring it aligns with operational needs and regulatory compliance.
• Engineer, design, optimize, analyze equipment, systems, and processes to identify modifications to improve efficiency, increase quality, and reduce costs.
• Assess the competence, capabilities, resources, and financial status of vendors.
• Collaborate with the safety, operations, and quality assurance departments to identify and troubleshoot problems; ensure compliance with codes, guidelines, best practices, and policies.
• Lead weekly project update meetings with collaborative team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated Project Management experience as a hands-on project manager delivering project scope from concept to closure on-time and on-budget, scheduling work to promote maximum amount completed with minimal plant downtime, resulting in higher plant efficiency.
• Experience in food, beverage, or pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
• Understanding of key manufacturing process attributes such as quality, yield, and downtime.
• Working knowledge of 2D Blueprint AutoCAD and Microsoft Suite.
• Basic understanding of ISO 9000 design requirements.
• Proven track record of safe work habits and/or promoting a safe workplace.
• High level of leadership skills, organizational planning, teamwork, analytical reasoning, and adaptability.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and Word.
• Capable of communicating and expressing ideas clearly and concisely, in both written and oral formats.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal, technical, and presentation skills required.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Benefits

• Paid vacations and holidays.
• Educational assistance and reimbursement.
• Health care with low premiums and deductibles.
• Vision.
• 401K with company match.