How much does a Plant Engineer make in the United States? The average Plant Engineer salary in the United States is $88,673 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $81,871 and $95,106. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

Based on HR-reported data: a national average with a geographic differential
Plant Engineer Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Plant Engineer Salary $75,678 US March 26, 2024
25th Percentile Plant Engineer Salary $81,871 US March 26, 2024
50th Percentile Plant Engineer Salary $88,673 US March 26, 2024
75th Percentile Plant Engineer Salary $95,106 US March 26, 2024
90th Percentile Plant Engineer Salary $100,963 US March 26, 2024
25% $81,871 10% $75,678 90% $100,963 75% $95,106 $88,673 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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AMVAC: An American Vanguard Company - Commerce , CA
AMVAC is hiring a Chemical Plant Engineer with Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing experience! BC ChE - Los Angeles, CA 90023 AMVAC, an American Vanguard Company, is a diversified specialty and agricultural products company that develops, manufactures, and markets solutions for crop protection and nutrition, turf and ornamentals management, commercial, and consumer pest control globally. Crop protection products: fungicide, cotton defoliant, plant growth regulator, insecticide, herbicide, molluscicide, and soil fumigant products. Education: Must have a BS in Chemical Engineering / BS ChE Experience: 5+ years of experience Must haves: Direct Production experience in a Chemical Manufacturing Plant Specialty chemicals - Chemical Manufacturing Process design / process equipment design / process operations Batch Production / Continuous production Safety - OSHA requirements Process Engineering: - Chemical Manufacturing including Batch and Continuous Chemical Synthesis - Raw materials; intermed
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Experis - Mason City , IA
Unleash Your Inner Maintenance Superhero! Are you a problem-solving whiz with a knack for keeping things running smoothly? Do you crave a dynamic environment where every day brings a new challenge? Then this Maintenance Supervisor role is your chance to become a hero in a fast-paced manufacturing environment! Here's what makes this role epic: Be the mastermind behind peak performance: Develop and implement cutting-edge maintenance systems (think preventive, predictive, TPM) to maximize uptime and keep our plant running like a well-oiled machine. Lead your maintenance crew to victory: You'll be the strategic captain, delegating tasks, enforcing safety protocols, and fostering a positive, collaborative team spirit. Become a troubleshooting ninja: Identify and conquer equipment issues, providing long-term solutions and keeping daily operations flowing flawlessly. Project management pro: You'll be instrumental in shepherding capital projects from conception to completion, ensuring they're
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Experis - Kansas City , MO
Our client, from food manufacturing domain is seeking a Plant Engineer to join their team. As a Plant Engineer, you will be part of the Food Packaging Team. Job Title: Plant Engineer Location: Kansas City Missouri Pay Range: $120000-$150000k Core Responsibilities Maintenance Systems Responsible for the development and implementation of maintenance systems associated with High Performing Manufacturing Organizations (Preventive and Predictive Maintenance, TPM, etc.). Ensures appropriate scheduling of work to promote maximum amount completed with minimal plant downtime, resulting in higher plant efficiency. Maintenance Staff and Safety Manages the maintenance staff through delegation, policy and procedure administration, assignment of work responsibilities, planning, organizing, directing and follow-up of the work assignment. Promotes plant safety performance through administration, enforcement of company and plant policies, procedures and training consistent with the objectives of Smithf
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Air Liquide - Beaumont , TX
Air Liquide Large Industries provides our customers with industrial gas and energy solutions that are vital to their own industrial production. We own and operate over 2,000 miles of industrial gas pipelines in the U.S. supplying mainly oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and syngas in large quantities from multiple production sources to major customers in the chemicals, petrochemicals, refining and steel industries. Our pipeline operations and industrial gas production facilities are closely monitored 24/7 within our leading-edge operations control center located in Houston, Texas. Our operations control group monitors over 89,000 data points and assists with product supply and coordination. We are constantly optimizing our supply network to provide high reliability and energy efficiencies allowing Air Liquide to adjust supply needs more quickly and effectively enabling growth to our customers. How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW? The main object and purpose of this position consist in providing
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Jbs Usa - Tulsa , OK
Manage training programs to maintain the skill level of the hourly and salaried workforce.Motivate interest in, and ensure compliance with, stringent plant safety programs while maintaining high levels of labor efficiency and effectiveness in responding to breakdowns and plant interruptions.Actively involve maintenance personnel in HAACP reviews and ensure their expertise is used to improve food safety wherever applicable.Maintain close communications with operations and other plant departments and develop an appreciation for overall plant performance issues in all employees within the department.Assist the Plant VP in assuring continuous plant improvement.Ensure reliable and cost-effective operation of utility systems that are on line continuously. This includes steam generation, ammonia refrigeration, air compression, electrical distribution and others.Develop capital investment ideas that support overall plant profitability and develop and maintain the organizational capability to a
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C.H. Guenther & Son LLC - San Antonio , TX
Identify, create, and execute the strategic direction for all engineering and facilities maintenance of the Company to maximize equipment utilization and efficiency. Oversee the development and implementation of manufacturing processes to maintain proper product functionality as well as cost efficiency. Duties and Responsibilities: Lead in the development of the annual and three/five-year capital plans by developing engineering plans, planning for facility management, planning for productivity and process improvements, defining individual projects, assigning budgetary costs to projects, organizing project support meetings and supporting other departments. Performs other duties by managing capital projects from writing scope of work, request for proposal, requesting funding through the capital appropriation request, tracking project cost and time lines, helping set up PMs for new equipment, coordinating installation closely with production and other departments and leading out to execut
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  1. This Job:

    Plant Engineer

    0 - 2 years experience
    Bachelor's Degree

  2. Up a level:

    Manufacturing Engineer II

    2 - 4 years experience
    Bachelor's Degree

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