Facilities Engineer

Eaton Corporation•Horseheads, NY

18d•$86,000 - $126,000•Onsite

About The Position

Eaton’s Power Components Division is hiring a Facilities Engineer for its manufacturing facility in Horseheads, New York. The role provides engineering and technical leadership for maintenance, reliability, improvement, and long-term planning of the plant’s buildings, grounds, utilities, and facility infrastructure, which covers approximately 181,000 square feet. The engineer coordinates facility projects, contractors, infrastructure upgrades, and maintenance activities to support safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective operations, exercising substantial autonomy and technical judgment. The position maintains and improves plant infrastructure and utility systems; develops and coordinates facility projects; supports facility planning, energy management, safety, compliance, and emergency preparedness; and contributes to continuous improvement. Work takes place in an active manufacturing environment and may involve planned shutdowns, utility interruptions, installations, construction, and emergency repairs. The role may require responding outside normal working hours to urgent facility issues that could materially affect safety, compliance, operations, or critical utilities. Periodic presence is required in manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, utility, roof, outdoor, and construction areas, following applicable PPE and safety requirements. The expected annual salary range is $86,000–$126,000. Eaton is not offering relocation benefits and will consider candidates within 50 miles of Horseheads, NY, with an exception for active-duty military service member candidates. Eaton will not provide employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field from an accredited institution.
At least 3 years of engineering experience supporting industrial facilities, including electrical and mechanical systems, utilities, equipment, and building or plant maintenance.
Experience supporting facility projects and regulatory compliance, including applicable OSHA requirements.
Experience with budget management.
Experience using standard Microsoft Office applications.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information effectively to plant leadership, production, maintenance, manufacturing engineering, EHS, contractors, suppliers, regulatory personnel, and other stakeholders.
Ability to independently identify and evaluate facility and infrastructure risks, develop appropriate technical solutions, set priorities, and escalate significant risks affecting safety, environmental compliance, production continuity, product quality, cost, or reliability.
Project management and organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while controlling scope, cost, schedule, safety, and operational disruption.
Sound technical and business judgment when evaluating repair-versus-replace decisions, infrastructure investments, equipment upgrades, energy improvements, and long-term facility needs.
Ability to maintain working relationships with engineering firms, contractors, equipment manufacturers, utility providers, service companies, inspectors, and other external technical resources.
Technical knowledge of building systems, electrical and mechanical utilities, applicable codes and standards, energy management, facility reliability, and evolving technologies.
Must be capable of coordinating work in an active manufacturing environment and following applicable PPE and established safety requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a union environment.
Knowledge of structural and building facility maintenance.

Responsibilities

Maintain and improve critical plant infrastructure and utility systems, including HVAC, plumbing, natural gas, electrical distribution, compressed air, cooling and process-water loops, wastewater and waste-treatment systems, fire protection, building systems, and other facility utilities.
Identify infrastructure risks and recommend corrective actions, upgrades, or replacements; provide technical guidance for maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of plant equipment, utilities, buildings, and grounds.
Support preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for critical facility assets and recommend replacements based on condition, reliability, risk, and business requirements.
Maintain facility engineering documentation, including drawings, utility layouts, equipment records, specifications, manuals, inspection records, and asset information; update it after modifications, installations, and major projects.
Develop, coordinate, and execute facility capital and expense projects, including building modifications, infrastructure upgrades, equipment installations, utility expansions, and renovations.
Develop project scopes, cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, and plans; coordinate installation and commissioning; and monitor safety, quality, cost, and schedule performance.
Arrange and manage contractors and service providers, ensuring they meet site safety, training, insurance, permitting, and work-control requirements.
Advise maintenance and plant management on purchasing, installing, relocating, modifying, or replacing equipment and infrastructure.
Support facility layouts, equipment placement, utility requirements, and space utilization for current and future operational needs.
Analyze facility capacity requirements for electrical power, compressed air, heating, cooling, ventilation, natural gas, water, and other utilities.
Monitor energy and utility consumption, identify conservation and cost-reduction opportunities, conduct or support energy audits, maintain applicable reports, and lead approved energy-efficiency projects.
Develop long-range facility and infrastructure plans, identify capacity constraints and risks, set project priorities, and support plant growth, equipment installations, and operational changes.
Support EHS requirements and programs, including MESH and ISO 14001, and account for environmental, building, fire/life-safety, electrical, and other regulatory requirements in facility work.
Coordinate applicable facility inspections, testing, permits, and corrective actions; identify and address unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, and facility-related hazards.
Evaluate corrective actions and support LOTO/energy-control, contractor safety, electrical safety, and other site safety requirements related to facility work.
Support emergency preparedness and business continuity for facility infrastructure events, including utility interruptions, electrical outages, HVAC failures, water events, and building damage; assist with restoration planning and returning affected areas and systems to service.
Support the Eaton Quality System and Eaton Continuous Improvement, identifying and implementing improvements to facility reliability, safety, energy efficiency, maintainability, capacity, and operating costs.
Coordinate work in an active manufacturing environment, including shutdowns, utility interruptions, installations, construction, and emergency repairs, while minimizing risk and production disruption.
Respond outside normal working hours when urgent facility or infrastructure issues could significantly affect safety, environmental compliance, plant operations, or critical utilities.