Senior Plant Engineer

Perdue Foods has a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins by creating products for consumers and for retail and food service customers around the globe while changing the way animals are raised for food. It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward-thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work-life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive.
That's Perdue.

Provide technical leadership that keeps plant operations running efficiently, reliably, and at peak performance. As a Senior Plant Engineer, you will guide engineering and operational initiatives that maximize equipment uptime, improve system reliability, and support production goals through the application of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) principles. This role partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, and cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges,optimize processes, and drive continuous improvement across the facility.

Ideal for a results-driven engineering leader, this position offers the opportunity to influence plant performance, enhance operational capabilities, and deliver measurable impact to the business.

Works collaboratively withplantmanagement team and VP of Engineering to execute technical strategies that deliver on Safety, Compliance, Quality, Profitable Growth, and Cost.

Develops and leads overall plant technical strategies and tactics focused on Safety, Compliance, Quality, Profitable Growth, and Cost.

Promotes and incorporates “safety” as a culture anda strategy in all aspects of the technical and operations areasand demands focused results from the entire technical organization.

Develops and leads plant specific engineering and maintenance projects to achieve key performance goals.

Responsible for site capital investment strategy;
Develop budgets for future capital projects and compileintomulti-year capital budgets.

Ensures facilities’ structure sand infrastructures aremaintainedto meet or exceed the operationalneedsincludingbut not limited to electrical, mechanical, boiler and refrigeration systems.

Collaborates with Engineering leadership to create, understand and strictly adhere to plant technical expense budgets.

Provide technical leadership and work with corporate insurance, riskmanagementand local,stateand federal agencies to ensure the facility meets and exceeds codes and/or policies.

5 years’experience in food or manufacturing.

• Bachelor’s in Engineering or equivalent experience.

Requires travel to vendors, training seminars, other plants and to thecorporateoffice for periodic technical strategy meetings and capital planning sessions.

Must be able to effectively communicate and work collaboratively within the plant and asrequiredacross all facilities.

Needs to have a general knowledge of Auto Cad to include working with drawings, dimensioningand updating when equipment is installed or moved.

Must be proficient in the use of general office tools such as Outlook and Microsoft Office.

Automation experience and working knowledge of theplant

Computerized Maintenance Management System (Maximo).

Experience in meat or poultry and experience leading projects in an operation.