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Perdue Farms, Inc. Plant Engineer in Dillon, South Carolina
Perdue Foods is part of Perdue Farms, a family-owned company heading into its second century of growth and innovation. With a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins, we create products for consumers and for retail and foodservice customers around the globe, while changing the way animals are raised for food.
Summary
Perdue Farms is hiring a Plant Engineer to support out Dillon, SC Harvest facility! The Plant Engineer provides the day-to-day technical leadership and direction to Operations’ activities and supports the plants’ goals and deliverables. This role is also responsible for delivering maximum equipment/system uptime through the application of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Works collaboratively with plant management team and Senior Dir, Engineering to develop technical strategies that deliver on safety, environmental, energy, maintenance, and OEE.
Develops and deploys overall plant technical strategies and tactics focused on operations, safety, energy usage, engineering projects and maintenance improvement.
Promotes and incorporates “safety” as a culture and a strategy in all aspects of the technical and operations areas and demands focused results from the entire technical organization.
Develops and leads plant specific engineering and maintenance strategies to achieve key performance goals. Ensures facilities’ structures and infrastructures are maintained to meet or exceed the operational needs including but not limited to electrical, mechanical, boiler and refrigeration systems.
Works with the Senior Dir, Engineering to create, understand and strictly adhere to all plant technical expense budgets.
Must work with local, state and federal agencies, corporate insurance, risk management and other agencies to ensure the facility meets and exceeds codes and/or policies.
Minimum Education & Experience
BS Degree in an engineering/technical discipline is preferred. In the absence of a degree, 5 plus years related work experience will be considered.
Requires travel to vendors, training seminars, other plants and to the Corporate office for periodic technical strategy meetings and capital planning sessions.
Must be able to effectively communicate and work collaboratively within the plant and as required across all facilities.
Needs to have a general knowledge of Auto Cad to include working with drawings, dimensioning, and updating when equipment is installed or moved.
Must be proficient in the use of general office tools such as Outlook and Microsoft Office.
Experience Preferred
BS degree is preferred.
Experience in plant engineering or project engineering/management, desirably in the food industry preferred.
Automation experience and working knowledge of the plant Computerized Maintenance Management System (Maximo) are preferred.
Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements
Perdue Farms, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.