Project Engineer - Food Plant

Job Title : Temp to Hire Project Engineer - Food Plant

Location : Carson, CA. (on-site role)

Overnight Travel : 5%

Duration : Initially a contract job for 6 months with a chance to convert to a permanent direct role.

Company Info :

Our client is a premier producer of fresh prepared foods with 18K people at 48 sites worldwide. They have 4 plants with around 1K people in the US

SUMMARY :

This engineer will handle multiple plant projects concurrently worth $2 - $4 Million. The projects are for Facilities, Utilities infrastructure including high volume industrial Refrigeration systems (Freon based) for food Storage and also for Food processing / packaging systems.

This engineer will support the Operations group and work in cross functional teams from Engineering, quality, maintenance production, etc. This is a hands-on engineer role. The right person will be an all-rounder.

Note 1 :

The right person will be only from the Food industry (NOT from BioPharma / Medical device / IT)

Candidate Must Have :

AAS Degree in a Technical field.

Min 8+ years of engineering experience

3+ years of Project Engineering / Management experience in the Food plant / industry.

Some experience with FDA, OSHA, EPA, regulations and compliance.

Ability to work in a fast-paced plant environment

Candidate Nice to Have :

BS in Engineering.

Knowledge of High-speed food processing & packaging

Knowledge of high-volume refrigeration systems used for industrial freezers

Keywords : Engineer, project, plant, project engineer, project manager, FDA, Food, PE, refrigeration