Director of Engineering

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🕒 July 29

🌽 Illinois, Ohio, +1 more states – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote

💵 $141.4k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Hearthside Food Solutions

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2009

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏭 Manufacturing

🤝 B2B

💰 Series unknown on 2009-06

Food & Beverage • Manufacturing • B2B

Hearthside Food Solutions is a North American contract food manufacturer that produces and packages a wide range of consumer foods — including cookies, crackers, snack components, baked bars, breakfast bars, filled bars, fresh foods, and frozen entrees — for category-leading brands. Operating more than 25 facilities across North America, Hearthside provides custom packaging and manufacturing services to global consumer brands, emphasizing innovation, sustainability, operational efficiency, and a people-first culture that promotes internal career growth.

📋 Description

• The Engineering Director leads the execution of capital projects across manufacturing and packaging facilities • The role supports enterprise asset reliability programs, partnering with site leadership • Ensures full compliance with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) and Food Safety & Quality Assurance (FSQA) standards • Drive consistent implementation of engineering programs, standards, and best practices across assigned sites • Collaborate with the maintenance excellence team and the maintenance teams to improve preventative, predictive, and TPM strategies • Lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives following equipment or system failures • Coach, and develop Project Managers, Engineers, and Maintenance Leaders regarding project execution and technical practices

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Chemical, or related field) or equivalent technical experience • 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including leadership in food manufacturing or cGMP environments • Proven experience leading capital projects ($10MM–$35MM range preferred) • Demonstrated success in engineering, maintenance, and reliability program leadership • Experience managing cross-functional teams and driving results through influence • Background in vendor management, contract negotiation, and procurement processes • Capital planning and execution • Sustainable Cost Reduction Projects • Asset reliability and maintenance strategies (PM, PdM, TPM) • Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies • Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA) • Engineering design, process optimization, and industrial engineering techniques • ERP/MRP systems (SAP) • CMMS systems (MVP one or similar) • Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio) • AutoCAD

🏖️ Benefits

• health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment