What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Maintenance Engineer – Bottling Systems position at Trueline Talent?
Trueline's client, a fast-growing beverage manufacturer operating a new, fully automated production facility, is seeking a Process Maintenance Engineer - Bottling Systems to join their onsite team in Waco, Texas. This highly visible role will serve as the technical authority for a high-speed bottling operation, improving equipment reliability, guiding maintenance technicians, and helping support continued production expansion.
What You'll Do as the Process Maintenance Engineer - Bottling Systems:
- Serve as the technical lead for the plant's high-speed bottling lines
- Troubleshoot and optimize bottle manufacturing, filling, capping, conveying, inspection, and packaging equipment
- Support maintenance technicians during complex mechanical and electrical failures
- Maintain and improve blow molding, bottle handling, filling, capping, and conveyor systems
- Analyze production downtime and implement permanent corrective actions
- Improve equipment reliability, line efficiency, and overall equipment effectiveness
- Coordinate preventive and predictive maintenance activities
- Lead root cause analysis for recurring equipment and production issues
- Support equipment upgrades, new installations, commissioning, and startup projects
- Partner with Production, Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to improve line performance
- Ensure maintenance activities and equipment conditions meet GMP, FDA, and food safety requirements
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on uptime, safety, quality, and throughput
- Provide technical coaching and direction to maintenance technicians
- Maintain clear documentation of equipment issues, repairs, and corrective actions
- Provide after-hours technical support when critical production issues arise
Must-Haves as the Process Maintenance Engineer - Bottling Systems:
- 5 years of maintenance engineering experience in beverage manufacturing
- Hands-on experience with Krones and/or Sidel bottling equipment
- Experience troubleshooting blow molders, fillers, cappers, conveyors, and bottle handling systems
- Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills
- Strong electrical troubleshooting skills
- Experience supporting automated production equipment
- Experience performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions
- Ability to guide maintenance technicians during major equipment failures
- Experience supporting high-speed manufacturing operations
- Knowledge of GMP, FDA, and food safety requirements
- Strong communication and technical leadership skills
- Ability to work onsite in Waco
- Availability to provide after-hours support for critical production issues when needed
Nice-to-Haves as the Process Maintenance Engineer - Bottling Systems:
- Experience with both Krones and Sidel equipment
- PET bottle manufacturing experience
- Blow molding process knowledge
- Experience with PLC-controlled manufacturing systems
- Familiarity with vision inspection and automated quality systems
- Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement experience
- Experience improving overall equipment effectiveness
- Predictive maintenance experience
- Experience commissioning or starting up new bottling lines
- Experience supporting a new or rapidly expanding beverage facility
Our Client Offers:
- Opportunity to work in a brand-new, fully automated beverage manufacturing facility
- Exposure to cutting-edge bottling and production technology
- High-visibility role with direct influence over production uptime and reliability
- Opportunity to become the technical expert for a critical manufacturing process
- Involvement in new equipment installations and planned production line expansion
- Long-term growth opportunity within a rapidly expanding beverage operation
- Cross-functional collaboration with Maintenance, Production, Quality, and Engineering
- Opportunity to improve maintenance and reliability practices in a modern facility
Trueline and its clients are unabashed equal-opportunity employers committed to a diverse workforce. We welcome smart and ambitious applicants and recruit, refer, hire, place, and promote without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.