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The position operates with a high degree of autonomy and partners closely with plant leadership, operations, maintenance, R&D, quality, and external engineering partners to drive long-term manufacturing capability improvements.Duties and Responsibilities :\nManage capital expenditures, forecasts, and project financial performance to ensure delivery against approved business cases and ROI targets.\nDevelop and maintain a balanced annual capital plan for assigned manufacturing site(s) in partnership with maintenance, safety, quality, R&D, operations, and plant leadership.\nEstablish, execute, and deliver savings from automation, productivity, capacity, reliability, safety, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nLead medium to large capital investment projects from feasibility, scope development, and funding approval through engineering design, installation, commissioning, start-up, and handover.\nPrepare project scope, design basis, cost estimates, schedules, business case support, option analyses, RFQs, purchase recommendations, and capital funding packages.\nCoordinate internal stakeholders, external engineering partners, vendors, contractors, construction resources, and plant teams to ensure safe and effective project execution.\nTrack and communicate project status, risks, decisions, cost, schedule, quality, deliverables, and post-start-up KPIs to leadership and stakeholders.\nAnticipate potential project issues and develop mitigation plans, contingency plans, and clear requests for support when barriers arise.\nSupport new business needs with agility, including product, process, equipment, capacity, packaging, automation, and infrastructure changes.\nDevelop, improve, and standardize engineering work processes, project governance, change management, readiness tools, and manufacturing deliverable tracking.\nEnsure projects comply with applicable food safety, quality, occupational health and safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements, including HACCP, GMP, SQF, CFIA or equivalent country requirements, and local, state/provincial, and federal laws.\nTravel across North America to manufacturing sites, vendor locations, and project sites may be required (20%).\nEducation/Certifications and Experience:\nBachelor's degree in Engineering or a closely related technical discipline required.\n5 to 10 years of experience executing capital projects or engineering initiatives within a manufacturing environment\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple million dollars projects\nDesired experience in food manufacturing, food processing technology, packaging, automation, controls, or frozen/refrigerated manufacturing environments.\nExperience with lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, engineering work processes, or capital project management preferred.\nAbility to communicate fluently in English, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening required.\nKnowledge, Skills, and Abilities:\nStrong project management capability with the ability to balance safety, quality, cost, schedule, scope, and business results.\nWorking knowledge of capital planning, purchasing processes, cost estimating, vendor management, construction coordination, and equipment installation.\nAbility to develop design basis documents, RFQs, option analyses, project deliverables, manufacturing readiness tools, and start-up plans.\nUnderstanding of manufacturing equipment, utilities, process systems, automation, controls, and productivity improvement methods.\nStrong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence, align, and hold stakeholders accountable without direct authority.\nCreative, innovative, detail-oriented, and able to improve or streamline work processes.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Project\nBasic drawing skills in AutoCAD with ability to conceptualize minor changes as necessary into current facility layouts\nAbility to work independently and collaboratively in a matrixed, multi-site environment supporting several Senior Plant Engineers across North America.\nSupervisory Responsibilities:\nN/A\nWorking Conditions and Physical Effort:\nWork is performed in both office and food manufacturing environments.\nHours may vary according to project needs; extended hours, off-shift support, and weekend work may be required during installations, shutdowns, commissioning, and start-ups.\nManufacturing environments may include exposure to food ingredients and finished goods such as flour, starch, meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, and other allergens or food products.\nRole may require work in refrigerated, frozen, wet, humid, dusty, or noisy environments and around mechanical, electrical, chemical, and construction-related hazards.\nMust follow site safety, sanitation, personal protective equipment, and food safety requirements while in production facilities.\nExpectations:\nWill demonstrate, promote, and exemplify the Company's Core Values.\nAt C.H. Guenther, we value transparency in compensation. By providing the salary range for this role, we aim to promote fairness and help candidates make informed choices about their career. The salary range for this role is:\n$89,026.00 - $163,399.00Actual compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as geographic location.\nC.H. Guenther & Son will never offer or pay a wage or salary that is not compliant with applicable local, state, or federal pay laws, including minimum salary thresholds.\nWe also offer a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, retirement savings options, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance programs, educational assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays.\nFor additional information about our company, go to www.chg.com.\nC.H. 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