Engineering Project Manager – Process

Location: Any location close to Salt Lake City - Utah, Philadelphia - PA, and Dallas - TX is preferred. Must relocate to Dallas, TX, during 1 st year of Lancaster site construction – expected year 2028.

Travel: Approximately 50% (x2/week), increasing to approximately 75% (x3/week) during peak project execution activity, including occasional international travel to equipment suppliers.

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Engineering Director

Bridor combines French baking expertise with advanced manufacturing technology to produce premium breads, croissants, and pastries for restaurants, hotels, cafés, retailers, and food service customers throughout North America.

Our North American expansion includes investments in new facilities, production lines, and manufacturing equipment.

We are seeking an Engineering Project Manager – Process Equipment to help deliver these projects and develop the equipment standards that support our continued growth.

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This position offers the opportunity to manage manufacturing equipment projects from detail design coordination through installation, startup, commissioning, and handover.

As Bridor’s owner representative, you will coordinate equipment suppliers, building engineering partners, contractors, and plant teams while managing schedules, budgets, and technical requirements. External engineering partners perform much of the detailed engineering; you will guide and review their work to ensure it meets Bridor’s production needs and design standards.

Projects include greenfield food manufacturing facilities, brownfield expansions within operating plants, and green production-line installations. The role requires engineering judgment, consistent follow-through, and the ability to move projects forward across multiple teams.

Salt Lake City, Dallas, Philadelphia are preferred initial locations. Future relocation to the Dallas/Lancaster, Texas area will be required when business needs dictate.

• Lead process-equipment projects from scope development, detail design coordination through installation, commissioning, startup, and handover
• Develop and manage project schedules, budget tracking, critical milestones, and action plans
• Identify project risks, monitor costs, manage scope changes, and communicate issues requiring decisions
• Coordinate equipment suppliers, engineering partners, installation contractors, and internal stakeholders
• Review equipment specifications, layouts, technical drawings, and supplier proposals against production requirements and Bridor standards
• Support procurement through technical evaluations, purchasing-scope clarification, and supplier coordination
• Develop and maintain North American process-equipment design standards, specifications, and technical documentation
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Food Safety to address equipment performance, hygienic design, sanitation, accessibility, and maintainability
• Coordinate equipment interfaces with building, construction and utilities teams
• Manage installation readiness, coordinate testing and commissioning, track acceptance criteria, and resolve outstanding issues before handover
• Provide plant teams with complete drawings, equipment manuals, specifications, and project documentation
• Apply lessons learned to improve future equipment projects

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/chemical engineering or a related engineering discipline
• 4–7 years of relevant engineering experience in manufacturing equipment, process engineering, and capital projects
• Experience delivering manufacturing equipment projects involving suppliers, technical partners, and internal teams
• Ability to interpret and evaluate engineering drawings, equipment layouts, and…