Senior Manager, Plant Engineer

About the role

The Senior Plant Engineering Manager leads all engineering, continuous improvement, and capital project execution activities at the DrinkPAK plant. This role serves as the senior on-site engineering lead embedded at the plant but reporting directly to Corporate Engineering Services.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage a very large, multi-million dollar annual capital project portfolio, overseeing multiple concurrent projects and production line initiatives from scoping through commissioning and turnover
• Lead on-site engineering support across all active production lines, ensuring technical readiness, reliability, and rapid resolution of complex cross-line issues
• Drive continuous improvement programs focused on uptime, throughput, energy efficiency, and cost reduction across the full plant footprint
• Maintain and govern engineering documentation, as builts, equipment lists, and technical standards, in coordination with Corporate Engineering Services; ensure accuracy and reusability across all project phases
• Partner with Corporate Engineering on capital prioritization, multi-project sequencing, annual budgeting, and cross-site standardization initiatives
• Develop, submit, and manage requests for bid; evaluate contractor and vendor proposals across concurrent scopes of work
• Provide engineering input into annual expense and capital budgeting processes; track spend, forecast variances, and proactively escalate risks across the portfolio
• Support maintenance teams with root cause analysis, reliability improvements, and long-term corrective actions across multiple systems and lines
• Coordinate with OEMs, contractors, and vendors for equipment upgrades, retrofits, repairs, and technical evaluations across active project scopes
• Lead technical readiness for new equipment installations, line modifications, and process changes affecting multiple production lines simultaneously
• Ensure all plant engineering activities comply with safety, regulatory, and environmental requirements
• Support plant outage planning, utility coordination, and infrastructure reliability improvements across the full site
• Build strong relationships with plant leadership while maintaining corporate reporting alignment and serving as the senior engineering authority on site

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering preferred; equivalent experience considered
• At least 8 years of engineering experience in manufacturing, CPG, food/beverage, high-speed manufacturing, or industrial environments, with demonstrated progression in scope and capital responsibility
• Proven experience managing concurrent, multi-project capital portfolios of significant scale in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of utilities, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and plant infrastructure across multi-line production environments
• Proficiency with project management tools
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to interface at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, complex sequencing, and high capital accountability in a fast-paced production environment
• Detail-oriented with strong documentation, organizational, and risk management capabilities

Benefits

• PPO medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents, 100% paid by the Company
• A cell phone stipend
• Annual discretionary bonus
• 401(k) match program, pet insurance, life insurance, and more

Pay

Base compensation range: $130K - $180K