Education:
You should have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
Experience:
You should have significant experience managing all processing & mechanical utility aspects associated with multi-million dollar food & beverage processing or packaging projects.
Significant experience with food & beverage processing and packaging operations is essential. Solid technical understanding of processing and packaging equipment systems is necessary. Experience with all aspects of high-speed beverage processing is highly preferred including blending, pasteurization, sterilization, filtration, concentration, storage systems, CIP & SIP together with all mechanical utility systems (steam, condensate, tower water, chilled water, HVAC, refrigeration, compressed air, etc.)
You should possess at least 5 years relevant food or beverage industry experience.
Skills:
Strong written & verbal communication skills are essential.
Very strong working knowledge of AutoCAD, MS Word (complex formatting) and MS Excel (complex multi-sheet workbooks with macros) is essential. Knowledge of MS Project & MS PowerPoint preferred.
Concise technical writing ability required.
Team player with ability to get on well with others required.
Duties:
- Design all aspects of processing and mechanical utility systems to support new processing and packaging systems
- Development of plant layout drawings
- Design new processing systems (P&IDs, piping schematics, etc.)
- Define mechanical utility requirements for new processing & packaging systems
- Design new mechanical utility generation systems (steam boilers, air compressors, water towers, chillers etc.)
- Design mechanical utility distribution systems (piping systems)
- Evaluation of new equipment from an electrical perspective
- Development of bid documents
- Evaluation of new equipment
- Management of contractors performing site installation
- Writing of technical manuals
- Development & management of schedules and budgets for multi-million dollar processing & packaging projects
- Management of client relationships
Location & Travel:
This position will be based at our office in Rochester, New York. However, significant travel within the USA may at times be required to meet our project workload.