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Kraft Heinz

Makes packaged foods for homes and restaurants

Engineering Director

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMount Royal, QC, CanadaIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Significant experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally in a plant setting such as food processing, consumer goods, chemicals, or another regulated sector.
  • Proven experience managing industrial capital expenditure projects from design through commissioning.
  • Solid understanding of production environments, including operational constraints, shutdown management, work safety, and continuity of operations.
  • Practical knowledge of industrial equipment, utilities, automation and controls, and asset management, as applicable to the site.
  • Experience managing a team and working in a plant environment.
  • A degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, industrial, chemical, or equivalent), or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Proficiency in French; English is an asset for cross-site collaboration, suppliers, and documentation.
  • Availability to be present on the plant floor and support activities as needed, including planned shutdowns, startups, and critical interventions.

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead the site's engineering roadmap for projects, reliability, standardization, and compliance.
  • Lead, develop, and coach the engineering team, including managers, engineers, and technicians, fostering collaboration, accountability, and results.
  • Manage the capital expenditure project portfolio, including prioritization, budgets, schedules, risk management, change control, delivery, and commissioning.
  • Integrate environmental, health, and safety requirements into all activities and projects.
  • Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance to align investment priorities with production needs.
  • Improve equipment reliability and availability through reliability strategies, failure analyses, replacement plans, and asset lifecycle management.
  • Implement continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, total productive maintenance, and Kaizen, and support structured problem-solving.
  • Ensure regulatory and technical compliance with codes, standards, permits, and internal requirements.
  • Manage external partners, including engineering firms, integrators, and contractors, covering tenders, performance, and site safety.
  • Track and communicate key performance indicators and progress on engineering priorities to site stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in food processing or a highly regulated environment, including HACCP, quality, traceability, and environmental, health, and safety practices.
  • Project Management Professional certification, Lean or total productive maintenance experience, or advanced reliability practices such as reliability-centered maintenance and root cause analysis.
  • Experience managing contractors and construction site safety.

About the Company

Kraft Heinz

Makes packaged foods for homes and restaurants

Kraft Heinz makes packaged foods and drinks for households, restaurants and other foodservice operators around the world. Its portfolio includes Heinz ketchup and spans sauces, cheese, ready meals, coffee and refrigerated foods. The company develops recipes, manufactures products in its factories and works with outside producers to supply different markets. It earns revenue by selling through grocery chains, wholesalers, online retailers and distributors that serve commercial kitchens. With operating roots in Heinz's 1869 business and its combined group formed by a 2015 merger, it is co-headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Chicago, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA
Founded
1869

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