Senior Engineering Manager - Germantown, WI

Senior Engineering Manager \n\nGermantown, WI\n\nThe Senior Engineering Manager leads a multi\u2011site engineering and reliability organization supporting four Wisconsin Taste, Texture \u0026 Health (TTH) manufacturing plants, overseeing capital strategy, process optimization, and technology leadership to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation. This position provides strategic and operational leadership for the engineering function across four Wisconsin manufacturing plants. The role ensures full compliance with all Safety, Health \u0026 Environment (SHE), Quality, and dsm\u2011firmenich standards while driving reliability, capability, and continuous improvement throughout the sites. The Engineering Manager is accountable for elevating plant performance through effective management of assets, technology, capital investments, and engineering work processes.\n\nThe dsm\u2011firmenich TTH Wisconsin Hub supports two site leadership teams across four physical locations:\n\n * Germantown McCormick\n * Germantown Mequon\n * Menomonee Falls\n * Waukesha\n\n\n\nThese plants collectively support three key businesses: Cultures, SDI, and Taste.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\n\n * Drive plant performance improvement by optimizing safety, food quality, reliability, energy efficiency, and operating costs. Lead management of change and the overall multi\u2011site project portfolio.\n * Lead the implementation of new business and R\u0026D initiatives through robust Technology Transfer Protocols and Management of Change (MOC) processes, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient integration into operations.\n * Initiate, lead, and govern capital projects across all sites, from concept to commissioning, while managing the multi\u2011plant project pipeline and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance capability and capacity.\n * Advance manufacturing technology and in\u2011house technical expertise to leverage process innovations, automation, and new opportunities that strengthen competitiveness.\n * Manage and continuously improve operational technology (OT) systems, ensuring cyber\u2011security compliance and reliable integration between production equipment and digital infrastructure.\n * Improve plant reliability by leading execution of dsm\u2011firmenich engineering and reliability work processes, implementing best practices, and developing a strong reliability culture within each site.\n\n\n\nWe Bring:\n\n * A competitive compensation package, with comprehensive health and welfare benefits\n * A place to grow and develop\n * A company that is purpose-led and performance-driven in a corporate culture that values people and planet\n * The opportunity to work on growing brands and build on a strong foundation\n * The chance to make improvements and make an impact on the business\n\n\n\nYou Bring:\n\n * Bachelor\u0027s degree in a Biological Science, Engineering, or Food Science\n * \u226510 years of work experience with Food Manufacturing or a related field.\n * \u22655-10 years experience with industrial Food manufacturing and processing\n * \u22655-10 year experience with CapEx Management\n * \u22655-10 year experience writing and presenting technical reports\n * \u22655-10 year experience of project management\n * SAP or other similar business management software\n * Lean Six Sigma certification: GB or higher\n\n\n\nThe salary or hourly wage scale provided reflects the pay range dsm-firmenich expects to pay the successful candidate for the position. Individual pay offered will be based on the applicant\u2019s job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training, and primary work location. \n\nIn addition to base salary, we also offer a comprehensive total rewards package, inclusive of annual incentive pay, a retirement savings plan, health care coverage, paid time off, recognition programs and a broad range of other benefits. All benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements.\n\nAbout dsm-firmenich\n\nAt dsm-firmenich, we don\u2019t just meet expectations \u2013 we go beyond them. Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life. From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions \u2013 every single day. Whether it\u2019s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that\u2019s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere. And while you\u2019re making a difference, we\u2019ll make sure you\u2019re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture thatlifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They\u2019re essential to our future. Because realprogress only happens when we go beyond, together.\n\nInclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement\n\nAt dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly the kind of culture we\u2019re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has thechanceto grow, contribute, and feel they belong. We\u2019re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we\u2019re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive aspossible. From inclusive language anddiverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we\u2019re committed to reflecting the world we serve. We welcome candidates fromall backgrounds \u2014 no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you. And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we\u2019re here to help \u2013 just let us know what you need, and we\u2019ll do everything we can to make it work.\n\nAgency statement\n\nWe\u2019re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you\u2019re applying as an individual, we\u2019d love to hear from you. We\u2019re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.\n