Facilities Engineer

Requisition
75205
-Posted
10/21/2026

Eaton’s Power Components Division is currently seeking aFacilities Engineer to join the team. This role is based at the manufacturing facility in Horseheads, NY.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000- $126000a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

The Facilities Engineer provides engineering and technical leadership for the maintenance, reliability, improvement, and long-term planning of the Horseheads Plant buildings, grounds, utilities, and facility infrastructure, encompassing approximately 181,000 square feet. This role also coordinates facility projects, contractors, infrastructure upgrades, and maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective plant operations. The Facilities Engineer functions with a high degree of autonomy and technical judgment across assigned responsibilities.

Using general business objectives and plant priorities, the employee identifies specific goals, solutions, technologies, equipment, and processes necessary to achieve desired results. Work is reviewed primarily for overall results, with management involvement generally required for significant business, safety, financial, or strategic decisions.

Essential Functions:

• Facility Maintenance: Maintain and improve critical plant infrastructure and utility systems, including HVAC, plumbing, natural gas, electrical distribution, compressed air, cooling/process water loops, wastewater/waste treatment systems, fire protection systems, building systems, and other facility utilities. Identify infrastructure risks and recommend corrective actions, upgrades, or replacement. Provide technical guidance for the maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of plant equipment, utilities, buildings, and grounds.
  
  Support preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for critical facility assets, maintain awareness of current technologies and maintenance practices, and recommend equipment or infrastructure replacement based on condition, reliability, risk, and business requirements. Maintain and improve facility engineering documentation, including drawings, utility layouts, equipment records, specifications, manuals, inspection records, and infrastructure asset information. Ensure documentation is updated following facility modifications, installations, and major projects.
• Capital Projects and Contractor Management: Develop, coordinate, and execute facility-related capital and expense projects, including building modifications, infrastructure upgrades, equipment installations, utility expansions, and renovation projects. Develop scopes of work, cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, and project plans; coordinate installation and commissioning; and monitor projects for safety, quality, cost, and schedule performance. Arrange for and manage outside contractors and service providers supporting building additions, facility improvements, equipment installations, inspections, repairs, and non-routine maintenance.
  
  Ensure contractors meet applicable site safety, training, insurance, permitting, and work-control requirements before and during work execution.

• Facility Planning: Provide engineering recommendations to maintenance and plant management regarding the purchase, installation, relocation, modification, or replacement of equipment and facility infrastructure. Support facility layouts, equipment placement, utility requirements, and space utilization to meet current and future operational needs. Analyze current and future facility capacity…