Senior Project Engineer, Complex Food Manufacturing

1 month ago


Grand Rapids, United States Laguna Source Full time

This is a stellar opportunity within an established, thriving and growing Midwest based complex food production company You will be responsible for leading plant-wide processing and packaging related engineering projects for the successful manufacturing of brand name complex food products. Your hands on responsibilities will also include:


* Overseeing projects including new construction, equipment upgrades, equipment installations, and entire manufacturing line installations.

* Leading $10-20 M capital projects and process improvements involving food production and packaging equipment including clean rooms, blending systems, mixing tanks, steam injectors, spray dryers, liquid processing tanks, conveyors, and palletizers.

* Leading and designing project budgets, schedules, construction, commissioning, and project take-over activities.

* Managing project costs, cost proposals, project budgets, and capital budgets.

* Leading and managing engineers, contractors, and external vendors.

* Providing cGMP and GMP documentation activities, writing SOPs, and developing PFD and P&ID, equipment and piping layout, and process and equipment specifications for bids.


Desired Skills & Experience


* BS or MS degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related Engineering field.

* 5+ years of Engineering experience working within an FDA regulated facility such as for food and beverage, dairy, nutritional products, infant formula or pharmaceutical manufacturing.

* Exceptional Project Management, Project Leadership, Process Improvement, and Capital Project Management experience.

* Capital Project Engineering experience working on clean rooms, blending systems, mixing tanks, steam injectors, spray dryers, liquid processing tanks, conveyors, and/or palletizers.

* Expertise in microbiology or projects relating to the containment of microbial pathogens a plus.

* Process Improvement experience implementing Six Sigma methodologies involving Process Mapping, CTQ, Root Cause Analysis, Control Charts and Statistical Process Control (SPC). Six Sigma Green Belt or Six Sigma Black Belt a plus.

* Expertise working within cGMP, FDA, HACCP & OSHA compliance and providing appropriate engineering documentation & SOPs.

* Lean Six Sigma or PMP Certifications a plus.



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