Facilities Engineering Manager
About The Position
The Owego Facilities Engineering Manager leads the site’s Facilities Engineering team, providing technical leadership and engineering support for critical facility infrastructure and building systems across a 1.6M SF manufacturing, engineering, office, and industrial campus. This role is responsible for engineering oversight of facility systems, technical problem solving, infrastructure planning, design review, maintenance engineering support, and lifecycle planning while partnering closely with Facilities Construction & Project Management, centralized Reliability Engineering, Manufacturing, and Engineering. The Facilities Engineering Manager ensures facility systems remain safe, reliable, maintainable, and capable of supporting current and future business operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience supporting industrial, manufacturing, commercial, or institutional facilities.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience leading engineering projects, technical teams, or supervisory responsibilities.
- Experience supporting building infrastructure, utilities, or industrial facility systems.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting complex manufacturing facilities.
- Knowledge of central utility systems including chilled water, steam, compressed air, electrical distribution, generators, and HVAC systems.
- Experience supporting engineering labs, environmental chambers, or mission-critical facility infrastructure.
- Experience reviewing engineering designs prepared by outside architects and engineering firms.
- Experience supporting maintenance organizations through troubleshooting, asset management, and infrastructure planning.
- Familiarity with commissioning, startup, and facility turnover processes.
- Knowledge of building automation systems, energy management, and utility optimization.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification is preferred.
- Experience collaborating with project managers, construction teams, and operations organizations.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Facilities Engineering team.
- Establish engineering priorities aligned with operational and business needs.
- Provide technical leadership for complex infrastructure systems.
- Develop engineering talent and technical capability within the organization.
- Provide engineering support to Facilities and Production Operations Maintenance.
- Support troubleshooting of complex facility infrastructure issues.
- Develop engineering solutions that improve system reliability and maintainability.
- Assist with root cause investigations and corrective actions.
- Support lifecycle planning for major facility assets.
- Develop technical recommendations for infrastructure improvements.
- Identify opportunities to improve system performance, efficiency, and reliability.
- Review engineering designs developed by external architects and engineering firms as required.
- Ensure compliance with engineering standards, codes, and company requirements.
- Support commissioning and technical acceptance of completed projects.
- Maintain engineering standards and facility documentation.
- Provide technical support to the Construction and Project Management organization.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, ESH, Security, and Maintenance organizations.
- Support outage planning and infrastructure modifications.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- EAP
- Education Assistance
- Parental Leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
