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Director of Engineering

Company: Greven Executive Search | Location: , Kentucky | Posted: Aug 26, 2026

Job Summary

Great opportunity to join a fantastic leadership team with a people first culture. This company has a history of innovation, growth, and has become an industry leading provider of high quality food products.

This position is the top engineering role in the company reporting to the VP of Operations. It has responsibility for planning, execution and leadership of all engineering activities for a four plant food manufacturing company. This is a hands-on director role that requires a lot of time in the plants.

Ideal candidates will have the following:

  • BS Engineering
  • Minimum of 10 years leading engineering projects in food manufacturing
  • Greenfield or brownfield project and start-up leadership
  • People first leadership style
  • Experience leading all capital for a division or region of a large company or in entirety for a smaller company
  • Capability of presenting to the board and working on the plant floor solving problems
  • Track record of delivering results on large projects and overall ROI on CAPEX

Location: Greater Louisville, KY area

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