Senior Expert, Mechanical Engineering

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow. At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

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This exciting opportunity for a Transformational Leader leverages expertise, collaboration, and influencing skills to drive Nestlé industrial services initiatives. With dotted line responsibility for 5‑10 people, the role leads the end‑to‑end management of industrial services—including Thermal, Refrigeration, Waste Water, Compressed Air, Hazard Gases—across Operations, Maintenance, Master Planning, Compliance, Sustainability, and People Management. The focus is on zero loss and optimized operation.

• Propose, drive and implement work processes, procedures and technical resources in accordance with the Engineering Policy, Key Principles and the Project Management Activity outlined in the Nestlé Engineering Excellence (NEE) master document.
• Coordinate personnel (IS SMEs, Engineering leadership, Project Engineers, Technicians, contractors, etc.) to ensure the industrial services objectives are satisfied.
• Demonstrate and promote the company’s values.

• Ensure adherence to the highest principles of ethical conduct on behalf of the community, consumer, company, and the engineering profession.
• Drive, support and encourage clear and open communication between team members and stakeholders (Site, Market Management, PTC, CO Engineering, CT Packaging, and the SBU).
• Maintain an attitude of absolute intolerance for unsafe situations, questioning any change without first assessing its impact on product safety/quality, people safety, and the environment.
• Drive savings in industrial services through improved operation, maintenance and capital improvements.
• Ensure procedures for protecting Nestlé’s technological and proprietary know‑how are in place and actively implemented.

• Coach and develop expertise at the Factory IS Department level (IS Managers, Supervisors and Techs) for continuous support and improvement of the factory utility operation. Participate in monthly operational reviews to provide IS support as needed.
• Provide SME expertise to project teams (Factory and CPMO) with ammonia/refrigeration design, boiler/thermal design, compressed air systems, and/or wastewater system design.
• Participate in professional and IS industry activities, review best practices and evaluate application and benefits in the IS area. Obtain Nestlé and external IS certifications as needed.
• Ensure knowledge and standards development in technical areas of expertise, coordinating with experts/specialists inside and outside Nestlé in line with safety, product quality and operations objectives.

• Be accountable for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of industrial services to meet demand, guiding IS departments, providing direction, and developing their capability and performance. Ensure services are provided in the right quantity and quality, reliably and efficiently, while minimizing cost and environmental impact.

• Comply with all federal, state, local and internal Nestlé requirements from design through operation and maintenance of the IS plant.
• Ensure the efficient operation of all utility systems, minimizing the use of natural…