Senior Capital Project Engineer

Winland is investing in modern, reliable manufacturing systems to support growth, food safety, operational excellence, and cost competitiveness across its manufacturing network.

The Senior Capital Project Engineer will lead and execute capital improvement projects across multiple food manufacturing facilities. This role is responsible for managing projects from concept through startup, ensuring safe execution, on‑time delivery, budget control, and long‑term operational success. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving plant problems, managing projects, working directly with operations teams, and delivering practical improvements in a fast‑paced food manufacturing environment.

Full time

US Works from Home

Engineering

Senior Capital Project Engineer

Monday-Friday with flexibility as needed

Hybrid remote role with 50%-60% travel time

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with match, STD/LTD/AD&D/Life, HSA, FSA, EAP, Hospital indemnity, Accident Insurance, Identity and Fraud Protection Plan, Legal, and Critical Illness.

$74k to $124k Annually with additional bonus potential

• Lead capital projects ($250K - $5M) ranging from equipment upgrades to line expansions, utility improvements, packaging enhancements, and infrastructure improvements.
• Manage projects from concept development, scope definition, estimating, and approval through installation, startup, and closeout.
• Coordinate internal resources, contractors, vendors, and plant personnel to ensure successful execution.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, budgets, and risk mitigation plans.
• Track project budgets, invoices, timelines, and spend.
• Prepare capital requests (CEAs) along with ROI justifications.
• Deliver projects within approved budgets.

• Work with operations, maintenance, QA, sanitation, and safety teams to identify improvement opportunities.
• Troubleshoot equipment/process bottlenecks.
• Support reliability and maintenance initiatives.
• Improve line efficiency and uptime.
• Ensure projects comply with food safety, sanitary design, GMP, OSHA, environmental, and company standards.

• Coordinate and participate in equipment FAT/SAT, installation, startup, and commissioning.
• Ensure projects meet food safety, sanitary design, OSHA, and plant standards.
• Support automation upgrades and controls integration with internal/external resources.
• Develop startup plans, punch lists, operator training plans, and turnover documentation.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma, root cause problem solving methods.
• Improve labor efficiency, waste reduction, OEE, and throughput.

• Projects completed safely, on time, and within budget.
• Successful startups with minimal downtime.
• Measurable improvements in capacity, efficiency, quality, or reliability.
• Strong working relationships with plant teams.
• Sustainable solutions that improve operations long term.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial, or related Engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of engineering, manufacturing, or project management experience.
• Experience managing capital projects in manufacturing environments.
• Strong project management, organization, and communication skills.
• Capital project planning and execution.
• Budgeting and cost control.

• Experience in food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, or packaging manufacturing.
• Knowledge of sanitary design principles.
• Experience with packaging systems, process equipment, conveyors, utilities, or material handling systems.
• Familiarity with automation, PLC controls, or industrial networking.
• Contractor and vendor management.
• Equipment installation and startup.
• Process improvement and troubleshooting.
• AutoCAD / layout review.
• Microsoft Project / Excel / SAP familiarity.

• Calm and organized under changing priorities.
• Collaborative with plant and corporate teams.
• Act with integrity and courage when making…