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Senior Engineering Manager – TEXAS – Food Manufacturing

Salary $130,000 - $150,000 + Bonus + Benefits + Paid Relocation to Texas

Everything is bigger in Texas – come for the BBQ & stay for the fun!

Growing food manufacturing organization is seeking a Senior level Engineering Manager who will need to be able to step into this fast-paced role and immediately provide direction and leadership. Your main focus will be to ensure all engineering projects and maintenance objectives are accomplished in accordance with the operation plans.

Your main goal as the Senior Engineering Manager is to increase production abilities by maximizing plant engineering / maintenance skillsets & talent in collaboration with the maintenance group. You will need strong PLC programming experience to be considered along with maintenance leadership.

As the Senior Engineering Manager, your major responsibilities will be:

• Coordinate the maintenance and engineering groups to maximize production
• Review and analyze production, quality, and maintenance procedures & processes to determine causes of product non-conformity & other production problems and provide solutions
• Develop and implement procedures to improve the quality of the products by eliminating mechanical operating problems
• Manage capital and expense projects to meet scope, budget and timeline as defined
• Provide directions to engineering and maintenance personnel to modify machines and equipment to improve production
• Plan and schedule equipment maintenance & repairs, outages to support production schedule.

Minimum requirements for this Senior Engineering Manager position:

• At least 8 years' experience in engineering or maintenance functions in a food / beverage manufacturing environment
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience of maintenance personnel is required
• Experience with PLC programming
• Experience with ammonia refrigeration
• Experience managing budgets and capital projects
• Union (for union facilities), Safety, and Workers Compensation experience preferred.