Engineering Project Manager – Plant Utilities

Bridor

Lancaster, TX

Pay: $110,000-$130,000/yr

Shift: Full time

**Engineering Project Manager – Utilities**

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**Location:** Candidates based near Salt Lake City, UT; Philadelphia, PA; or Dallas, TX are preferred. Relocation to Dallas, TX is required during the first year of construction at the Lancaster site, currently expected in 2028.

**Travel:** Approximately 50% (two days per week), increasing to approximately 75% (three days per week) during peak project execution, including occasional international travel to equipment suppliers.

**Reports to:** Engineering Director

**About Bridor**

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Bridor combines French baking expertise with advanced manufacturing technology to produce premium breads, croissants, and pastries for restaurants, hotels, cafés, retailers, and foodservice customers throughout North America.

We are expanding our North American manufacturing capacity through investments in new facilities, production lines, and equipment. As our Engineering Project Manager – Utilities, you will help deliver the infrastructure that makes this growth possible—from early engineering decisions to systems ready for production.

Learn more at america.bridor.com.

**About the Opportunity**

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Take ownership of the utility scope of capital projects and see your work through to operation.

In this role, you will represent Bridor throughout the planning, design review, installation, testing, and commissioning of utility systems supporting our manufacturing facilities. Your core project scope will include electrical infrastructure, industrial refrigeration, and mechanical utilities.

You will work directly with facility teams, engineering partners, suppliers, and contractors to translate manufacturing process needs into practical technical solutions. External engineering partners perform much of the detailed engineering; you will guide and review their work while managing project schedules, budgets, risks, and execution.

The work includes greenfield food manufacturing facilities, brownfield expansions within operating plants, and utility upgrades supporting additional production capacity. It offers the opportunity to apply technical judgment on the manufacturing owner side and remain involved through startup and handover.

Salt Lake City, Philadelphia, and Dallas are the preferred initial locations. Relocation to the Dallas/Lancaster, Texas area will be required during the first year of Lancaster site construction, currently expected in 2028.

**What You Will Do**

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• Lead utility projects from scope development and technical design review through installation, testing, commissioning, and handover
• Define utility requirements with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, and process-equipment teams
• Collaborate with engineering, production, safety, finance, procurement, and maintenance teams to implement best practices and corporate standards
• Coordinate utility systems within each project’s scope, including electrical infrastructure, refrigeration, boilers, steam, compressed air, chilled water, HVAC, and wastewater treatment
• Review engineering drawings, system layouts, equipment specifications, and supplier proposals
• Guide engineering partners, suppliers, and contractors to keep technical decisions and project execution aligned
• Partner with plant teams to identify opportunities that improve safety, reliability, operational performance, and sustainability outcomes
• Develop and manage schedules, budgets, milestones, and action plans
• Identify risks, monitor costs and progress, manage scope changes, and communicate decisions needed to keep projects moving
• Support equipment purchasing through technical evaluations, scope clarification, and procurement coordination
• Coordinate utility connections and interfaces with process equipment, building infrastructure, and construction teams
• Plan installation activities and connections with plant teams working in operating facilities
• Coordinate testing and commissioning to verify that systems meet agreed performance requirements
• Resolve outstanding issues and provide plant teams with the drawings, manuals, and documentation needed for operational handover
• Apply lessons learned to improve future projects

**What You Bring**

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• An engineering degree with 4–7 years of relevant industrial utility and capital project experience
• Experience delivering manufacturing utility projects involving engineering partners, suppliers, contractors, and internal teams
• Technical experience in electrical infrastructure, industrial refrigeration, or mechanical utility systems
• Ability to evaluate engineering drawings, system layouts, and technical specifications
• Experience managing schedules, costs, risks, and project commitments
• Clear communication, strong organization, and practical problem-solving skills
• Ownership of project outcomes and consistent follow-through
• Ability to coordinate technical partners a