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Winland Foods · 2 days ago

Manufacturing Engineering Director

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$136K/yr - $238K/yr

10+ years exp

Winland Foods is a leading manufacturer of high-quality food products trusted by households and foodservice partners across North America. The Director of Engineering will lead the development and execution of manufacturing engineering strategy, driving capital investment and process optimization across the company's manufacturing facilities while building and mentoring a high-performing engineering team.

Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingWholesale

Responsibilities

Define and execute the engineering strategy aligned to business objectives

Advance a continuous improvement culture to improve cost per pound and productivity while enhancing quality and service

Drive standardization of processes and best practices across sites

Lead capital planning and execution to optimize capacity, technology upgrades, cost savings, and facility expansions

Develop and manage the 3 year CAPEX plan for the Pasta Plant network

Lead and support project development and the presentation of capital authorization documents that are complete, concise, and reflect thorough due diligence to ensure project success

Evaluate emerging technologies that enhance automation, sustainability, and throughput

Partner with procurement and vendors to manage equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and training. Drive capital supplier negotiations to optimize cost-benefits

Lead and support projects through ideation and stage gating, scoping, approval, final engineering/design, equipment selection and procurement, construction, and commissioning, qualification, and validation

Develops Business Case Screening scopes and cost estimates to give the business team a directional view of a project and the robustness of the business case

Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing, diverse engineering team

Foster a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and accountability

Directly engage with plant teams to support capability-building and performance coaching

Lead engineering efforts related to processing, packaging, and automation to improve efficiency and reliability

Partner closely with Operations, Quality and Maintenance to reduce downtime and improve equipment life cycles

Ensure safety—employee and food safety—remains a non-negotiable priority in all engineering work

Provide leadership, resources, and on-site troubleshooting to support resolution of plant related technical issues

Qualification

Manufacturing EngineeringCapital PlanningProject ManagementTeam DevelopmentSanitary Equipment DesignManufacturing PracticesMS 365MS ProjectCross-functional CollaborationFood Manufacturing RegulationsAutoCADSAPAutomation TechnologiesProject Management Certification

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, or related)

10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience; with at least 5 years in a multi-site environment

Proven track record in capital planning and execution and project management

Demonstrated leadership by building and developing high-performing engineering teams

Strong ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence at all organizational levels

Working knowledge of sanitary equipment design, Good Manufacturing Practices and Government regulations as they apply to food manufacturing operations (i.e. OSHA, EPA, FDA)

Proficiency in MS 365, and MS Project