Facility Engineer
Cherokee, ALFull-timePosted 4d ago
About the role
Hands-on Facility Engineer to support construction, equipment installation, commissioning, startup, and long-term operation of a large-scale advanced manufacturing facility. Serves as technical interface among Facilities, Construction, Engineering, equipment teams, contractors, and operations; ensures safe, correct installation and readiness for commissioning and production, then transitions to system ownership and preventive maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Provide engineering oversight for facility infrastructure and critical utility systems supporting manufacturing operations.
- Support equipment move-in and installation by coordinating facility utility requirements, connection points, schedules, contractor activities, and system readiness.
- Review and verify contractor installation of process water, compressed air, industrial gases, plumbing, HVAC, mechanical piping, and other facility utility systems.
- Identify installation deficiencies before systems are placed into service and coordinate corrective actions with contractors and project teams.
- Participate in system walkdowns, punch-list development, commissioning, startup, testing, and turnover activities.
- Support construction-to-operations turnover and ensure appropriate documentation, drawings, equipment information, and maintenance requirements are captured.
- Coordinate closely with electrical, mechanical, controls, construction, manufacturing, and equipment engineering teams.
- Provide engineering support for HVAC systems, chillers, cooling towers, compressed air systems, industrial gas systems, process utilities, plumbing, fire protection, emergency power, and Building Management Systems (BMS).
- Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for facility equipment.
- Perform root cause analysis for equipment and system failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Ensure contractors comply with site safety requirements, work procedures, specifications, and quality expectations.
- Utilize CMMS/ERP systems for work management, purchasing, project tracking, equipment records, and preventive maintenance.
- Participate in safety audits, facility inspections, incident investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support operational readiness activities as the facility transitions from construction and commissioning into full-scale production.
Qualifications
- Strong hands-on technical experience with industrial facility infrastructure, utilities, manufacturing equipment support, construction, commissioning, maintenance, or a related field.
- Experience working in a large industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Working knowledge of mechanical utility systems such as compressed air, chilled water, cooling water, HVAC, plumbing, industrial gases, and process piping.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, P&IDs, equipment documentation, specifications, and technical manuals.
- Experience coordinating contractors, vendors, maintenance teams, or construction activities.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
- Understanding of industrial safety practices including Lockout/Tagout, confined space, hot work, line breaks, and contractor safety.
- Ability to work effectively in both an active construction environment and an operating manufacturing facility.
- Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to coordinate across multiple engineering and operations teams.
Skills
Required:Facility infrastructure oversightUtility systems coordinationHVAC, process utilities, and BMSConstruction to operations turnoverPreventive and predictive maintenanceRoot cause analysisSafety and complianceCMMS/ERPCross-functional coordination
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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