Facility Engineer

Hadrian Automation • Cherokee, AL

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About The Position

Hadrian is seeking a hands-on Facility Engineer to support the construction, equipment installation, commissioning, startup, and long-term operation of a large-scale advanced manufacturing facility. The role is a technical interface among Facilities, Construction, Engineering, equipment teams, contractors, and Operations, providing field-level oversight of facility infrastructure and utility installations to ensure they meet design requirements and company standards and are completed safely and correctly.

During facility startup, the engineer will support equipment move-in, coordinate utility requirements, inspect contractor work, verify installation quality, resolve field issues, and help ensure systems are ready for commissioning and production. As the facility enters full operation, the role will shift toward system ownership, reliability, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and capital project support.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on technical experience with industrial facility infrastructure, utilities, manufacturing equipment support, construction, commissioning, maintenance, or a related field.
• Experience working in a large industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of mechanical utility systems such as compressed air, chilled water, cooling water, HVAC, plumbing, industrial gases, and process piping.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, P&IDs, equipment documentation, specifications, and technical manuals.
• Experience coordinating contractors, vendors, maintenance teams, or construction activities.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Understanding of industrial safety practices, including Lockout/Tagout, confined space, hot work, line breaks, and contractor safety.
• Ability to work effectively in both an active construction environment and an operating manufacturing facility.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple engineering and operations teams.
• Must meet applicable U.S. Government export-control eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting a greenfield or major manufacturing facility startup.
• Experience with equipment or tool move-in and utility connection coordination.
• Experience with commissioning and operational readiness.
• Experience performing construction quality inspections and system walkdowns.
• Knowledge of Building Management Systems (BMS) and facility controls.
• Experience with chillers, cooling towers, air compressors, HVAC/CRAC systems, industrial gases, emergency generators, electrical distribution, and fire protection systems.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, CMMS, or similar maintenance and enterprise systems.
• Experience developing preventive maintenance programs and reliability improvements.
• OSHA, HAZMAT, First Aid/CPR, Lockout/Tagout, confined-space, rigging, or similar industrial safety training.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering oversight for facility infrastructure and critical utility systems supporting manufacturing operations.
• Support equipment move-in and installation by coordinating utility requirements, connection points, schedules, contractor activities, and system readiness.
• Review and verify contractor installations of process water, compressed air, industrial gases, plumbing, HVAC, mechanical piping, and other facility utility systems.
• Identify installation deficiencies before systems enter service and coordinate corrective actions with contractors and project teams.
• Participate in system walkdowns, punch-list development, commissioning, startup, testing, and turnover activities.
• Support construction-to-operations turnover and ensure documentation, drawings, equipment information, and maintenance requirements are captured.
• Coordinate with electrical, mechanical, controls, construction, manufacturing, and equipment engineering teams.
• Provide engineering support for HVAC systems, chillers, cooling towers, compressed air systems, industrial gas systems, process utilities, plumbing, fire protection, emergency power, and Building Management Systems (BMS).
• Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for facility equipment.
• Perform root cause analysis for equipment and system failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure contractors comply with site safety requirements, work procedures, specifications, and quality expectations.
• Use CMMS/ERP systems for work management, purchasing, project tracking, equipment records, and preventive maintenance.
• Participate in safety audits, facility inspections, incident investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support operational readiness as the facility transitions from construction and commissioning into full-scale production.
• Take visible, active field involvement in installation, commissioning, and startup; identify problems early, ensure installation quality, and help make utilities ready when manufacturing equipment needs them.
• Take ownership of facility systems after production begins, improve reliability, reduce downtime, develop effective maintenance strategies, and maintain safe, reliable infrastructure capable of meeting production demands.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees.
• 401k.
• Relocation support may be provided in certain situations, based on business need.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Equity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed