Senior Capital Project Engineer

Winland Foods

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Winland is investing in modern, reliable manufacturing systems to support growth, food safety, operational excellence, and cost competitiveness across its manufacturing network. The Senior Capital Project Engineer will lead and execute capital improvement projects across multiple food manufacturing facilities. This role is responsible for managing projects from concept through startup, ensuring safe execution, on-time delivery, budget control, and long-term operational success. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving plant problems, managing projects, working directly with the operations teams, and delivering practical improvements in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial, or related Engineering discipline
3+ years of engineering, manufacturing, or project management experience
Experience managing capital projects in manufacturing environments
Strong project management, organization, and communication skills
Capital project planning and execution
Budgeting and cost control

Nice To Haves

Experience in food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, or packaging manufacturing
Knowledge of sanitary design principles
Experience with packaging systems, process equipment, conveyors, utilities, or material handling systems
Familiarity with automation, PLC controls, or industrial networking
Contractor and vendor management
Equipment installation and startup
Process improvement and troubleshooting
AutoCAD / layout review
Microsoft Project / Excel / SAP familiarity

Responsibilities

Lead capital projects ($250K - $5M) ranging from equipment upgrades to line expansions, utility improvements, packaging enhancements, and infrastructure improvements.
Manage projects from concept development, scope definition, estimating, and approval through installation, startup, and closeout.
Coordinate internal resources, contractors, vendors, and plant personnel to ensure successful execution.
Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, budgets, and risk mitigation plans.
Track project budgets, invoices, timelines, and spend
Prepare capital requests (CEAs) along with ROI justifications
Deliver projects within approved budgets
Work with operations, maintenance, QA, sanitation, and safety teams to identify improvement opportunities
Troubleshoot equipment/process bottlenecks
Support reliability and maintenance initiatives
Improve line efficiency and uptime
Ensure projects comply with food safety, sanitary design, GMP, OSHA, environmental, and company standards
Coordinate and participate in equipment FAT/SAT, installation, startup, and commissioning
Ensure projects meet food safety, sanitary design, OSHA, and plant standards
Support automation upgrades and controls integration with internal/external resources
Develop startup plans, punch lists, operator training plans, and turnover documentation
Apply Lean / Six Sigma / root cause problem solving methods
Improve labor efficiency, waste reduction, OEE, and throughput