Temp to Hire - Project Engineer - Food Plant

Our client - a growing Food processing company with multiple plants in the US for perishable Ready to Eat packages, needs a Plant Project Engineer on a Temp-to-Hire basis at their plant site in Carson, CA. Excellent hourly Pay rate with an option to become a permanent, direct employee after 6 months.

Job Posting # 2694

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.

Relocation : Prefer local, or someone who can relocate on his own expenses and stay long term.

Compensation : Pay rate of $65 - $85 per Hour Paid weekly (this includes all expenses)

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

Group Info :

This reports to the VP of Operations and Engineering at their Corporate HQ site, but will be assigned to the CA plant and work under the site Leader - VP Operations.

This site is in a 100K Sq ft building with around 350 people. This plant produces perishable ready to eat food packages like Hummus, Sauces, Burrito and other specialty items.

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)

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 :

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