Senior Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Reynolds Consumer Products

Location:

Louisville, KY. Join our facility and drive your career across a world of opportunities. We provide amazing job opportunities for growth, competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast‑paced organization.

• Drive and promote a strong safety culture across the site, including contractors, suppliers, and visitors.
• Mechanically scope, design, engineer, or modify equipment to improve safety, quality, cost, or delivery.
• Support plant performance by prioritizing and providing engineering support to maintenance and operations as needed.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and drive corrective actions to reduce downtime, minimize scrap, and improve yield.
• Assist in the development of technical documents to support maintenance and operations.
• Prepare capital acquisition requests, scopes of work, RFQs, functional specifications, cost estimates, and project justifications.
• Collaborate with outside vendors and suppliers to ensure new equipment upgrades meet necessary performance, design, and safety specifications.
• Provide technical data and drawings to ensure projects progress efficiently.
• Lead or participate in maintainability and design reviews with key stakeholders and end users.
• Ensure safe commissioning and startup of new projects and/or equipment modifications and upgrades.

• You put safety first, always.
• You listen, learn, and evolve.
• You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals.
• You treat all people with respect, operate ethically, and embrace inclusivity.
• You are committed to improving our impact on local communities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of plant engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Solid project management skills, capable of overseeing multiple projects from inception to execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in engineering software (AutoCAD and Solid Works preferred).
• Strong knowledge of engineering concepts, process equipment, fluid power systems, and best practices.
• Knowledge and application of industry‑relevant NFPA, ASME, ANSI, and other applicable codes.
• Experience in the cold rolling, annealing, casting, melting, and general processes of flat rolled metal products preferred.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies preferred.

• Advanced degree a plus.

• Intellectual Curiosity:
  Do you have an inquisitive nature?
• Problem Solving:
  Do you have a knack for tackling issues head‑on?
• Entrepreneurship:
  Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work?
• Customer Centricity:
  Do you always act in the best interests of the customer, putting their needs first?
• Growth Mindset:
  Do you focus on progress rather than perfection?
• Continuous Improvement:
  Are you never satisfied with the status quo?

Local candidates only. No relocation assistance available.

Apply today to join a fast‑growing innovative company! If you are not a good fit but know someone who may be, please refer them.

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Posted Salary Range: USD $ – USD $ per annum.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Manufacturing

RCP affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability status, sex, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, national origin, genetics, genetic information, parental status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. RCP conforms to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.