Plant Engineer - Massillon
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 19, 2026.
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Fresh Mark, based in Northeast Ohio, is looking for a Plant Engineer to join our Massillon facility. Candidates should have demonstrated hands-on project manager delivering project scope from concept to closure on-time and on-budget, scheduling work to promote maximum amount completed with minimal plant downtime, resulting in higher plant efficiency.
Key Accountabilities:
- Collaborate with Operations and Maintenance Technical Services to develop annual capital plans.
- Lead projects from creating strategic action plans through execution, ensuring scope, costs, and schedules are met. Provide detailed scopes of work, cost estimates, and timelines.
- Manages and schedules project elements to ensure minimal interruption to plant operations; delivers finished projects as designed on time and on budget with no safety, food safety or environmental issues
- Assist in selecting and validating new equipment, ensuring it aligns with operational needs and regulatory compliance.
- Engineers, designs, optimizes, analyzes equipment, systems, and processes to identify modifications to improve efficiency, increase quality, and reduce costs.
- Assesses the competence, capabilities, resources, and financial status of vendors.
- Collaborates with the safety, operations and quality assurance departments to identify and troubleshoot problems; ensures compliance with codes, guidelines, best practices, and policies.
- Lead weekly project update meetings with collaborative team members
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline
- Demonstrated Project Management experience as a hands-on project manager delivering project scope from concept to closure on-time and on-budget, scheduling work to promote maximum amount completed with minimal plant downtime, resulting in higher plant efficiency.
- Experience in food, beverage or pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
- Understanding of key manufacturing process attributes such as quality, yield, and downtime.
- Working knowledge of 2D Blueprint Autocad and Microsoft Suite.
- Basic understanding of ISO 9000 design requirements.
- Proven track record of safe work habits and / or promoting a safe workplace.
- High level of leadership skills, organizational planning, teamwork, analytical reasoning, and adaptability.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and Word.
- Capable of communicating and expressing ideas clearly and concisely, in both written and oral formats.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal, technical and presentation skills required.
- Work Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.
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We invite you to be part of our exciting team and rapidly growing business.
Fresh Mark provides an excellent work environment and comprehensive benefits including paid vacations and holidays, educational assistance and reimbursement, health care with low premiums and deductibles, vision, 401K with company match and more.
About Fresh Mark, Inc.
At Fresh Mark, people come first. It’s not just a slogan, it is engrained in the fabric of who we are and what we work to achieve every day. The cornerstone of our culture is based on a foundation of taking care of all our employees on every level. As a team member here, you will be given the tools, leadership, and support to grow in your knowledge and career and as a leader yourself.
Owned and made in the USA for more than 100 years, Fresh Mark’s Sugardale brand takes a personal approach to making great tasting high quality meats. For a century, we’ve been dedicated to making the best products, the best way. Made with top quality ingredients and workmanship, Sugardale supplies bacon, ham, hot dogs, sliced lunch meats, pepperoni and salami and other specialty meat items with annual sales of more than $1 billion.
Fresh Mark welcomes all interested people to apply for job opportunities in our company. We pride ourselves in being a diverse company and we consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, disability or any legally protected status.
All applicants applying for positions with Fresh Mark must accept the Employment Application Consent Form to continue their candidacy. Instructions to comply can be found in your application confirmation email.
Fresh Mark is a drug-free workplace.
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