Associate Plant Engineer - Cirkul, Inc.
Salt Lake City, UT
About the Job
What is Cirkul?
Cirkul is a rapidly growing beverage technology company on a mission to make a healthier world by helping people enjoy drinking more water.
The team at Cirkul developed an innovative beverage delivery system that makes drinking more water delicious, fun, and personalized. The technology reduces the shipping weight of bottled beverages by 96% and uses 84% less plastic. Cirkul offers its customers 100+ unique flavors, all with no sugar, zero calories, no artificial colors, and a range of functional enhancements online, at Walmart, and other retailers across the United States. Hundreds of thousands of consumers are using Cirkul to transition from single-use plastics and sugar-filled beverages to healthier, better-for-you alternatives.
What is this role?
As an Associate Plant Engineer for Cirkul, you will support development and continuous improvement of manufacturing execution systems for equipment. You will be the technical support on the equipment and assist in the development of various continuous improvement projects and loss elimination activities. This role will also require proficiencies in both electrical and mechanical systems throughout the facility.
What does an average day look like?
- Driving Results: Support equipment loss analysis, reapplication activities, product and process upgrades, improvements and initiatives.
- Taking Ownership: Improve manufacturing systems for equipment including, but not limited to: Centerlines, Clean-Inspect-Lubricate, Defect Elimination, Workplace Organization, etc.
- Making Decisions: Participate in the troubleshooting and resolution of day to day issues, ensuring minimal disruption to production and operational processes.
- Cultivating Relationships: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including production, logistics, accounting, supply chain, automation engineering, IT, and others to gather requirements and implement solutions that meet business needs.
- Best Practices: Actively engage in knowledge sharing and collaborate with other engineering teams in plant and at the corporate offices to enhance overall team performance.
- Standards Adherence: Follow, create and contribute to standard documentation templates relating to operating procedures, event documentation, specifications, etc.
- Customer Focus: Develop systems to ensure equipment is operating in a safe manner and within quality and food safety parameters.
What background should you have?
- Actively pursuing a 4-year degree in engineering or a similar field of study.
- Solid understanding of basic mechanical and electrical systems
- Experience designing mechanical systems and CAD systems like Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks.
- Familiarity with programming languages and software used in controls engineering, such as ladder logic, structured text, C/C++, Java, Python, AutoCAD, etc.
- Experienced in project management.
- Ability to self-manage and prioritize while keeping a pulse on business needs.
- Willing to work hard, stay until the job is complete, and demonstrate resilience.
- Have a positive attitude, willing to work with multiple levels of employees, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
What do we offer?
- Competitive salary based on experience and market
- Generous benefits, 401k match, and PTO (even insurance for your fur babies!)
- Employee discounts on Cirkul products
- New corporate office space with great amenities
- Opportunity to work with a best in class team, in a hyper growth company, taking over the hydration industry
- A culture that rewards results
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