The Pictsweet Company ยท 8 hours ago
Santa Maria Plant Engineer
Santa Maria, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$100K/yr - $130K/yrThe Pictsweet Company is a family-owned frozen vegetable producer established in 1945, seeking a Plant Engineer for their Santa Maria, CA office. The role involves overseeing mechanical operations, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and enhancing maintenance performance at the plant.
Food DeliveryManufacturingRetail
Responsibilities
Organize, direct, evaluate, and control departmental resources (financial, material)
Monitors and ensures compliance with all regulations relating to food safety and personnel safety such as FDA, USDA, and OSHA. Complies with all other regulations and laws affecting the company (business law, trade secrets, personnel practices, etc.)
Assist in SOPs development on food safety and food quality for the Santa Maria Plant
Assist the Santa Maria Plant in tracking corrective action for annual audits. Prepares and distributes spreadsheets, coordinates meetings, and assists in maintaining documentation. Is the document officer for BRC audit
Design preventive maintenance programs to insure optimum longevity and usage of plant and equipment. Plans and coordinates routine maintenance of equipment
Collects waste water samples, has samples tested, maintains documentation, and coordinates corrective action if needed
Responsible to creatively adapt engineering principles to operations to provide the most cost-effective return on investment
Direct responsibility for engineering projects and is responsible for maintenance activities
Anticipates future challenges to production capability. Plans and develops appropriate actions to avert potential problems. Constantly seeks innovative ways to improve maintenance performance, which contributes to the productive capability of the company
Delegates responsibility and communicates assignments with clarity. Empowers subordinate personnel to achieve maximum performance
Evaluates mechanical performance and plans appropriate adjustments
Attends quality meetings, as needed. Helps investigate when foreign materials are found in production through quality checks or customer complaints
Controls and authorizes expenditures related to machinery repair and maintenance
Maintains appropriate mechanical records and reports
Serves on the Emergency Response Team and participates in all required meetings. Reports to plant during the event of an ammonia leak, and assist the team in a response. Serves as an Incident Commander
Assists in both internal and external food safety audits
All other tasks as needed
Qualification
Required
BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited institution
3.25 overall GPA
Firm understanding of the fundamentals of refrigeration, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, machine design, materials, and mechanics of materials
Ability to effectively communicate engineering designs and concepts through sketches, drawings, and written documents
Preferred
Experience preferred, particularly in ammonia industrial refrigeration, food plant/sanitary designs, and plant engineering
Company
The Pictsweet Company
The Pictsweet Company is a family-owned, family-run frozen vegetable business four generations strong.
Founded in 1945
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase