Manufacturing Facility & Line Design Engineer

Keurig Dr Pepper•,

2d•$96,800 - $150,000

About The Position

The Manufacturing Facility & Line Design Engineer supports the design, optimization, and long-term development of Keurig Dr Pepper’s manufacturing network. The role develops and maintains facility and production-line layouts, supports equipment-placement and expansion decisions, and establishes accurate, organized, and accessible CAD documentation for manufacturing facilities. Working with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, project teams, and external partners, the engineer translates manufacturing requirements into practical designs that integrate production lines, equipment, infrastructure, material flows, and supporting operations into existing facilities. The role also supports long-range network planning by evaluating plant layouts, facility constraints, capacity, space utilization, operational flows, and future expansion opportunities. It develops conceptual layouts and scenarios to inform project feasibility and strategic decisions before significant capital commitments are made. A central responsibility is ownership of facility and production drawing documentation as a reliable source of truth across the network. This includes governing CAD standards, naming conventions, revision control, repositories, drawing turnover, and as-built updates following projects and facility changes. The engineer supports capital projects from conceptual design through installation and closeout, and helps improve layout standards, documentation practices, and facility-planning tools. Travel is primarily to North American operations, up to 50% of weeks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 5 years of experience developing production-line, manufacturing-facility, or industrial-equipment layouts.
At least 5 years of experience creating and maintaining CAD drawings in manufacturing or industrial environments.
Advanced proficiency with AutoCAD or comparable industrial CAD software.
Demonstrated ability to translate equipment and manufacturing requirements into practical facility layouts.
Working knowledge of manufacturing infrastructure and utilities sufficient to coordinate requirements with engineering subject-matter experts.
Understanding of equipment clearances, access requirements, maintenance considerations, material flow, and industrial-facility constraints.
Strong technical documentation, drawing-management, and organizational skills.
Experience supporting capital projects from conceptual design through installation and project closeout.
Ability to collaborate effectively with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Safety, OEMs, contractors, and engineering firms.
Ability to manage multiple projects and facility layouts simultaneously across geographically dispersed manufacturing sites.
Strong spatial and systems thinking, manufacturing and operational mindset, and strategic facility-planning capability.
Attention to detail and drawing accuracy; ability to translate technical requirements into practical layouts.
Strong document-control discipline and ability to visualize future-state manufacturing configurations.
Cross-functional collaboration and practical, solutions-oriented engineering judgment.
Ability to balance immediate project needs with long-term network flexibility.

Nice To Haves

Experience with 3D design tools.
Experience in food, beverage, coffee, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
Experience developing manufacturing master plans or long-range facility layouts.
Experience with 3D facility modeling, laser scanning, point-cloud data, or other digital facility-capture technologies.
Experience supporting brownfield manufacturing expansions integrating new production equipment into operating facilities.
Familiarity with OSHA, NFPA, building, fire, and electrical code considerations affecting equipment and facility layouts.
Experience establishing CAD standards, document-control processes, or centralized engineering drawing repositories.
Experience working directly with OEMs and engineering firms on equipment integration and facility design.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain manufacturing facility master layouts, production-line layouts, and equipment-arrangement drawings.
Create layout concepts for new production lines, equipment installations, capacity expansions, relocations, and facility modifications.
Translate equipment, process, operational, material-flow, and infrastructure requirements into coordinated facility designs.
Evaluate equipment and line configurations for operational efficiency, safety, maintainability, accessibility, and future flexibility.
Support early-stage project development by determining how new equipment can be incorporated into existing facilities.
Coordinate utility, structural, electrical, mechanical, fire-protection, controls, and other infrastructure requirements with technical subject-matter experts.
Participate in design reviews during project development and execution to maintain alignment between approved layouts and final installations.
Support development of a long-term manufacturing network layout strategy considering operations, growth, capacity, and facility constraints.
Evaluate plant layouts to identify opportunities to improve space utilization, material and people flow, equipment accessibility, operational efficiency, and expansion capability.
Develop conceptual layouts and scenarios to support comparison of manufacturing strategies before capital commitments.
Identify physical constraints, dependencies, and infrastructure considerations that could affect site selection, scope, cost, or schedule.
Maintain forward-looking facility concepts showing how planned investments may affect future expansion opportunities.
Create, modify, and maintain accurate 2D and/or 3D CAD drawings for facilities, production lines, equipment arrangements, and infrastructure.
Establish and maintain CAD practices, naming conventions, revision control, templates, and documentation requirements.
Own the organization and governance of facility and production-layout documentation across the manufacturing network.
Establish a structured repository that serves as a reliable source of current facility and line drawings.
Update drawings after capital projects, equipment relocations, line modifications, facility changes, and major infrastructure modifications.
Coordinate collection of final drawings and incorporation of changes with project teams, vendors, OEMs, engineering firms, and site teams.
Improve access to current drawings for Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Safety, and project teams.
Establish drawing-turnover and as-built documentation processes for project closeout.
Provide layout and facility-design support across multiple capital projects simultaneously.
Develop conceptual layouts during early project development to assess feasibility, scope, and alternatives.
Support equipment-placement and line-configuration decisions using dimensional requirements, operational needs, service clearances, material flow, infrastructure requirements, and future expansion considerations.
Collaborate with equipment suppliers, OEMs, engineering firms, contractors, and internal engineering resources to integrate equipment designs into facility layouts.
Review vendor and engineering drawings for alignment with approved plant and line layouts.
Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, and project-planning sessions.
Support installation and commissioning when field conditions require layout or drawing modifications.
Develop and maintain standards for manufacturing facility layouts and production-line documentation.
Promote consistency in drawing quality, file management, revision control, and project documentation across sites.
Incorporate lessons learned from completed projects into future facility and line-design standards.
Support engineering standards related to equipment spacing, accessibility, maintainability, safety, and facility integration.
Identify opportunities to improve tools, processes, and technology for facility visualization and manufacturing-layout planning.