Califia Farms · 7 hours ago
Director of Engineering
Bakersfield, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$180K/yr - $190K/yr
10+ years expCalifia Farms is seeking a forward-thinking Director of Engineering to lead manufacturing engineering excellence at the cutting edge of plant-based food and beverage production. This role is responsible for ensuring world-class performance across production processes, driving operational reliability and efficiency while overseeing engineering and maintenance groups.
Food and BeverageNutritionOrganic Food
Responsibilities
Ensure that all manufacturing processes consistently deliver the highest product quality and operate at peak efficiency
Partner with the Sr. Production Manager to support and enable complex food production operations — including ingredient handling, reconstitution/mixing, liquid thermal heat processing, and in-process quality controls, engineering systems, clean-in-place systems, etc
Lead the design, optimization, and enhancement of these manufacturing systems and processes to ensure they meet performance, quality, and safety standards
Develop and update engineering documentation and SOPs to reflect best practices and ensure processes are scalable and repeatable
Develop annual capital investment upgrade strategies aligned with risk, capacity, innovation, and other needs as may be determined
Build and manage 3-5 year capital plan based on risks and business needs
Ensure capital projects are executed flawlessly
Provide hands-on leadership in identifying, diagnosing, and resolving process-related issues - with an emphasis on Safety, Quality, and compliance
Develop your department leadership to provide the same hands-on support for their frontline contributors
Act as a first responder to critical plant incidents affecting product integrity or production continuity
Proactively communicating the issues and resolution to those issues
Implement process capability enhancements through data logging, analytics, and trend analysis
Proactively drive improvements through performance monitoring and root cause analysis
Define, assess, and manage plant utility requirements, support preventative maintenance procedures and resolve utility-related issues
Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal requirements for our utilities, building codes, wastewater, drinking water, air quality, etc
Lead the design and execution of any new manufacturing or utility installations - from definition through successful implementation
Lead cross-functional engineering teams to deliver complex projects on time, on budget, and satisfy technical requirements of the business
Collaborate with product development to embed quality assurance and operational efficiency into product design, qualification and commercialization
Other duties may also be assigned
Qualification
Required
10 - 15 years of hands-on experience in food processing and manufacturing, ideally with hands-on working knowledge of aseptic beverage manufacturing and thermal processing
Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or other engineering discipline (Food Technology preferred)
Strong knowledge of CIP/sanitary design and food equipment standards
Experience managing Ammonia Chiller Systems
Working knowledge and experience reading/understanding PLC computer controls
Demonstrated passion for “world class” food manufacturing and innovation in process design
Imagination for creating and implementing new, unique and exciting food related processes
Strong and decisive leadership, especially in managing troubleshooting teams, tackling multiple fast-moving projects
Proven ability to lead cross-functional engineering and troubleshooting teams
Proven ability to manage engineering budgets and timelines effectively
Preferred
Experience with beverage sterilization equipment
Experience with microbiological analysis and testing methods
Extensive knowledge of and experience with PLC computer controls
Benefits
Eligible to enroll in Califia’s employee benefits program
Participate in the company’s bonus program which may be subject to change
Company
Califia Farms
Califia Farms operates as a natural beverage company.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$340MKey Investors
Qatar Investment AuthorityAmbrosia InvestmentsAccord Equipment Finance
2020-01-15Series D· $225M
2019-01-01Private Equity
2018-07-02Series Unknown· $50M
Leadership Team
Robert Estes
Chief Information Officer
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