Vice President of Engineering
alpha executive searchLakewood, CO
Vice President of Engineering
L7
alpha executive searchLakewood, CO4 days ago
Industries
Perishable Prepared Food ManufacturingAll Other Miscellaneous Food ManufacturingFood Product Machinery ManufacturingVice President of Plant EngineeringMUST have FOOD Manufacturing Experience to be consideredGreater Denver, Colorado (Relocation Available) | Confidential Executive SearchYou're not inheriting a well-oiled machine. You're building one. Alpha Executive Search has been exclusively retained to identify a Vice President of Plant Engineering for a confidential, rapidly growing food manufacturer in the Greater Denver area. This is a newly created executive leadership role for an organization making significant investments in automation, manufacturing capacity, and long-term growth. We're looking for a proven engineering executive who can turn our engineering organization into a competitive advantage. This isn't simply a maintenance leadership role. It's an opportunity to build the engineering function that will support the next chapter of growth.
What You'll Be Responsible For:
As Vice President of Plant Engineering, you will lead the strategy and execution of Engineering, Maintenance, Reliability, Automation, and Technical Operations across multiple manufacturing facilities.
You'll partner closely with executive leadership to improve equipment reliability, increase manufacturing efficiency, strengthen accountability across the engineering organization, and build a high-performing technical team capable of supporting future expansion.
What You'll Tackle FirstYour first priorities will include:
- Improving equipment reliability and reducing unplanned downtime
- Building a culture of accountability across the engineering organization
- Evaluating the current structure and developing a high-performing engineering team
- Supporting highly automated manufacturing operations while improving operational efficiency
- Partnering with Operations to position engineering as a strategic business function
What We're Looking For:
We're seeking a hands-on executive who combines strong technical credibility with exceptional leadership.
Ideal candidates will bring:
- Progressive engineering leadership experience within food manufacturing or highly automated consumer products manufacturing
- Multi-site leadership experience
- Expertise in engineering, maintenance, reliability, and automation
- A track record of improving equipment uptime and operational performance
- Experience building, developing, and leading high-performing technical teams
- Executive presence with the ability to influence across Operations and senior leadership
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required
- Why This Opportunity Stands OutNewly created executive leadership position
- Opportunity to transform an engineering organization
- Significant investment in advanced manufacturing automation
- Multi-site executive leadership responsibility
- Highly visible role with direct impact on the company's future growth
- Competitive compensation package including base salary of $230,000-$270,000 plus annual bonus
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Level
ManagerL7
Location
Lakewood, CO
Occupation
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Industry
Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing
Posted
4 days ago
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