Senior Global Equipment & Technology Engineer

🕒 October 14

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Smithfield Foods

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1936

🏭 Manufacturing

🌾 Agriculture

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Manufacturing • Agriculture • Food & Beverage

Smithfield Foods is a leading global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. The company offers high-quality meat products under a variety of popular brand names, including Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan’s Famous, and Carando. Smithfield Foods is renowned for its innovative approaches, combining tradition with technology, to drive the future of food. The company is committed to sustainability, supporting communities, and producing safe, affordable, and high-quality food products. In addition to its core operations, Smithfield Foods actively engages in community support endeavors, such as addressing food insecurity and supporting veterans.

📋 Description

• Lead evaluation, design review, qualification, and deployment of processing, packaging, automation, robotics, and end-of-line equipment across pork processing operations • Serve as mechanical engineering subject matter expert for performance, sanitary design, USDA, safety, reliability, and maintainability requirements • Support strategic technology alignment between U.S. and China operations • Evaluate proven technologies, equipment platforms, and best practices from China operations for adaptation and implementation in U.S. facilities • Partner with global equipment suppliers, technology developers, and internal stakeholders to develop and commercialize emerging processing and automation technologies • Lead equipment specification, qualification, and validation through design reviews, supplier assessments, factory acceptance testing, pilot trials, and operational evaluations • Conduct technical due diligence, technology scouting, benchmarking, and equipment standardization initiatives • Partner with U.S. operations, China operations, WH Group engineering teams, and external stakeholders on technology transfer and implementation • Evaluate mechanical designs, machine layouts, sanitary construction, structural systems, pneumatics, hydraulics, maintainability, and lifecycle costs • Qualify and optimize processing, packaging, conveyance, material handling, robotics, and end-of-line systems • Ensure compliance with USDA requirements, sanitary design principles, washdown-duty standards, food safety expectations, and U.S. manufacturing regulations • Collaborate with OEMs, technology providers, and research organizations • Serve as technical lead, project engineer, or subject matter expert for capital projects from concept through commissioning

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 5+ years of relevant experience in food processing, packaging, industrial equipment, or manufacturing engineering; or equivalent combination of education and experience required • Experience qualifying and validating manufacturing equipment • Knowledge of sanitary design, washdown-duty equipment, USDA-regulated facilities, and food processing systems • Experience working directly with OEMs, equipment suppliers, and international engineering teams • Experience evaluating, adapting, and implementing technology across multiple manufacturing regions or countries preferred • Strong communication, collaboration, and project management skills • Ability to travel domestically greater than 50% and internationally as required • Mandarin language skills are a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package • Learning and development opportunities • Opportunities for career growth • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities

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