# Sourcing VA/VE Engineer

Position Summary Cantrell-Gainco is seeking a hands-on Sourcing / Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VA/VE) Engineer to support strategic sourcing, supplier development, cost reduction, dual-sourcing, localization, and product resourcing initiatives. This role serves as the technical engineering partner to Strategic Sourcing, helping transition components and assemblies to new or alternate suppliers while ensuring fit, form, function, quality, safety, and performance requirements are maintained. The engineer will work with physical parts, existing drawings, 3D models, suppliers, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain. The role is responsible for developing technical documentation, measuring and reverse engineering components, defining critical requirements, creating qualification and test plans, evaluating samples, and supporting validation before production release. Key Responsibilities Resourcing and Strategic Sourcing Support Partner with Strategic Sourcing to execute supplier resourcing, localization, dual-source, cost-reduction, and VA/VE projects. Provide complete technical information for suppliers to accurately quote and manufacture components and assembli

- **Id**: 4110286
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/fortifi-food-processing-solutions-sourcing-vave-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Gainesville, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T21:16:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T20:00:55Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8369
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Food & Beverages, Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 2430174
- **Name**: Fortifi Food Processing Solutions
- **Domain**: fortififoodsolutions.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/fortififoodsolutions>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: UltiPro

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.75
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 41
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Technologies

- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **AutoCAD** — Optional: yes
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T23:16:20Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 41
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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