Plant Engineering Manager

Job Category
:
Science, Engineering & Computer Professionals

Requisition Number
: PLANT
004058

• Posted :
  September 22, 2026
• Full-Time

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Blair
Blair, WI 54616, USA

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

AMPI owns six Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the nation’s American-type cheese and processed cheese is produced. The cooperative’s award-winning cheese and powdered dairy products are marketed to food service, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co-op launched its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co-op Crafted promise, highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled cheese makers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time:

• Safety & Quality Responsibility
  - All AMPI employees are responsible for reporting any employee safety, food safety, or product quality concerns to the appropriate authority.
• Heightened Safety & Quality Role
  - As a technical leader, this role carries elevated responsibility for ensuring engineering solutions, equipment systems, and facility designs support the highest standards of food safety and product quality.
• Operational Engineering Support
  - Provides daily engineering support to optimize plant operations, improve process reliability, and drive continuous improvement through collaborative problem solving.
• Safety Leadership
  - Promotes a “safety-first” culture by working closely with teams to identify hazards, support behavior-based safety initiatives, investigate concerns, and implement engineering-focused corrective actions.
• Cost Management
  - Manages engineering and maintenance related budgets responsibly while partnering with cross-functional teams to identify and implement cost-saving process improvements.
• Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
  - Works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Sanitation teams to align engineering priorities, support troubleshooting, and build shared understanding of system performance.
• Strategic Alignment
  - Develops engineering strategies that support organizational goals, ensuring process and facility improvements align with long-term business needs.
• Adaptability
  - Adjusts engineering approaches as operating conditions change, balancing multiple priorities while supporting team needs.
• Collaborative Problem Solving
  - Leads structured problem-solving efforts, gathering data, engaging cross-functional teams, and developing effective, team-driven solutions.
• Team Culture & Morale
  - Supports a positive, collaborative engineering and operations culture built on trust, shared accountability, and open communication.
• Project Management
  - Leads engineering and capital projects by developing clear plans, coordinating team involvement, communicating updates, and working collaboratively to overcome obstacles.
• Quality Improvement
  - Drives process and equipment improvements that enhance product quality, reduce variability, and strengthen overall manufacturing performance.
• Controls and Automation – Lead the two onsite controls technicians in site support and process improvements for the controls and automation systems. Work with corporate controls division to ensure following corporate standards and overall long-term direction.
• Continuous Improvement-Lead CI Engineering efforts with CI Engineer to ensure that facility is lowering costs, reducing waste, standardizing processes, and improving operational efficiency.
• Business & Financial Acumen
  - Understands the financial impact of engineering decisions and works with plant leadership to ensure improvements support organizational performance.
• Sound Judgment & Inclusion
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