Senior Engineering Manager Food & Beverage Manufacturing

Chicago, Illinois

Austin Allen Company, LLC
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Senior Engineering Manager Food Manufacturing



Salary $150,000 - $160,000 + Bonus + Benefits + Paid Relocation to the Midwest USA


In your off time, youll enjoy a beautiful Midwestern location with lots of professional & college sports, festivals, and fine dining. Its a short drive to fantastic scenery in the lakes & parks nearby. Lots of places to explore, shop, & visit & close to major airport.




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 nonconformity & other production problems and provide solutions


Develop and implement procedures to improve the quality of the products by eliminate mechanical operating problems


Manage capital and expense projects to meet scope, budget and timeline as defined


Provide direction 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 manufacturing environment


Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience of maintenance personnel is required


Experience with PLC programming


Environmental compliance experience


Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Auto CAD


Experience managing budgets and capital projects


Union (for union facilities), Safety, and Workers Compensation experience preferred.


Date Posted: 25 May 2024
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