Plant Engineer

Franklin, TN onsite plant engineering role with a focus on delivering capital projects and process improvements that strengthen safety, efficiency, and production performance. In this position, you will work end-to-end from concept through completion, coordinating across engineering, operations, maintenance, controls, EHS, and quality to help a growing manufacturing team execute improvements that stick.

Alongside hands-on project leadership, you will support continuous improvement efforts, troubleshoot technically complex process and equipment issues using structured root-cause methods, and ensure engineering changes meet required compliance and operational standards. If you enjoy turning data and engineering analysis into measurable results, this role is built for that.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital and process-improvement projects from concept development and financial justification through design, installation, commissioning, documentation, and operational handoff.
• Create project scopes, cost estimates, schedules, equipment specifications, bid packages, and capital-authorization requests.
• Spot and implement improvements across plant safety, product quality, energy efficiency, waste reduction, labor utilization, and operating cost.
• Troubleshoot chronic and technically complex process and equipment problems using operating data and structured root-cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain engineering documentation including equipment specifications, process descriptions, control narratives, operating limits, and commissioning records.
• Lead or support Management of Change activities, process hazard analyses, pre-startup safety reviews, JSAs, incident investigations, and corrective-action implementation.
• Ensure engineering changes comply with applicable company requirements, permits, OSHA regulations, environmental requirements, and recognized engineering practices.
• Coordinate with engineering firms, equipment suppliers, contractors, Operations, Maintenance, Controls, EHS, Quality, and other internal stakeholders during execution.
• Build commissioning and startup plans, define acceptance criteria, specify operator-training requirements, and prepare project-turnover documentation.
• Analyze process, laboratory, production, maintenance, and historian data to find constraints, recurring losses, and improvement opportunities.
• Support evaluation, piloting, scale-up, and implementation of new technologies and equipment.
• Support customer-complaint investigations when process or equipment performance may have contributed.
• Provide technical support during planned shutdowns, startups, abnormal operating conditions, and significant equipment failures.
• Verify completed projects deliver intended safety, operational, financial, and environmental benefits.
• Support Lean Manufacturing and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers, interns, maintenance personnel, and project teams as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering experience in manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience executing capital projects through startup and handoff.
• Proficiency with Excel and project-scheduling tools; experience with CAD, CMMS, process historians, or process-simulation software preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including presenting technical and financial recommendations to plant leadership.
• Ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining safety, quality, cost, and schedule discipline.

Technologies

• Excel
• CAD
• CMMS
• Process historians
• Process-simulation software

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Pay: $130,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Work location: In person