Industry leader seeking an additional Plant Engineer to join the team! If you have project leadership and a strong mechanical, mechatronics, or millwright experience implementing new manufacturing equipment, plant expansions, retrofits and other efficiency improvements, we'd love to hear from you! It's a stable company that has been in business for over 50 years and has expanded 15 new plants in the past 10 years.

Required: must be able to meet travel expectations of up to 80% domestic and international. Therefore, sponsorship is unavailable for the position and candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. Relocation assistance is available - Columbus, OH is ideal but may be suitable for other locations that are close to a international airport and ideally close to one of the manufacturing plants for which there are over 50 in the USA.

This is a full-time, permanent opportunity - not a contract role.

Responsibilities

The Plant Engineer is responsible for planning, budgeting and executing a variety of manufacturing equipment projects across domestic and international locations. The Plant Engineer acts as the project manager for the implementation projects ranging from plant expansions, production line installations, plant retrofits and efficiency improvement projects. This role will require proficiency in engineering moderately complex plant layouts, adapting existing equipment designs, and training plant employees. Additionally, organizing and leading small teams is central to this role. Plant Service Group engineers are the liaison between Engineering and Manufacturing. Travel exceeds 50% throughout the US (primarily) and Canada, and is often closer to 70%, or as much as 80%.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

Provide leadership and support for equipment and infrastructure installations
Implement PM Programs
Routinely provide hands-on equipment and process troubleshooting & training
Review AutoCAD drawings and functions while maintaining mechanical and electrical drawing files
Identify root causes of downtime, scrap and rate restrictions and partner with Engineering and Plant resources to resolve the challenges
Support Engineering on R & D of new equipment and processes.
Project Budgeting and Equipment Purchases
Job Skills:

This position should possess the following skills/knowledge:

Plastic extrusion or injection mold experience preferred
Ability to work within a Team environment
Strong project management skills
Strong verbal and written communications
Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting aptitude
Proficient in AutoCAD
Work autonomously and with minimal supervision

Educational Requirements:

Prefer minimum 2-yr Associates Degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Plastics Engineering, or equivalent. There is a heavy mechanical focus.
Minimum 2 years’ Experience in Project Management
Preferred Experience:

At least 3 years in a manufacturing environment

Physical Requirements:

Work safely in and around plant equipment
Work within the plant climate conditions
Ability to perform physical labor for extended periods of time in temperature extremes
Position requires full range of body motion including twisting, bending, reaching, squatting and ability to mount/dismount industrial equipment and vehicles
Ability to stand and be mobile for a minimum of 8 continuous hours