Lactalis Heritage Dairy is currently seeking candidates to join our team in Tulare, CA.
Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.
If you're looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!
Lactalis Heritage Dairy: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.
From your PASSION to ours
The Plant Engineering Manager is responsible for leading capital projects and drive continuous improvement initiatives at our facility. This role will serve as the key liaison between our Shared Services Engineering Team and the local maintenance team, ensuring that engineering projects are executed efficiently, safely, and in alignment with business goals. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills, experience in industrial engineering within the food or dairy industry, and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams.
From your EXPERTISE to ours
Key responsibilities for this position include:
Management of projects and capital expenditure
Co-ordinate key projects
Define work objectives and schedules
Lead project teams
Formalise and present the project teams' propositions
Participate in the implementation of the propositions chosen
Technical
Anticipate needs, decide on priorities and adjust means and resources
Analyse failures, results and indicators in order to propose, prioritise and carry out action plans
Actively participate in drawing up, implementing and monitoring capital expenditure plans in the short and long term
Manage and/or validate the various stages of projects for new installations, from the design stage to approval
Lead the technical and organisational watch and analyse possible implementation applications
Participate in assessing suppliers
Ensure that the document base is kept up to date
Management
Maintenance Support & Reliability: Partner with the local maintenance team to improve plant reliability, troubleshoot technical issues, and drive proactive maintenance strategies.
Work closely with the Shared Services Engineering Team to align on engineering standards, project priorities, and implementation strategies.
From your STORY to ours
Qualified applicants will contribute the following:
Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related field preferred.
5 to 10 years in industrial maintenance, including some managerial responsibility
Food Manufacturing experience is required / Dairy experience preferred
Knowledge of industrial maintenance specialist areas, management control, quality, health and safety, environment
Experience in Process industry maintenance, line management, budget management, CMMS, office systems, organizing, planning, control, anticipating
Lactalis Heritage Dairy is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.