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Engineering Lead
Job Category: Information Technology
Job ID: 55017132
Pay Rate: $75000-100000 / year
Jobs Office: Alexandria
Job Description
Job Title: Engineering Lead
Location: Winchester, VA
Compensation: $75,000- $100,000 annually
Schedule: Monday- Friday
Job Type: Direct Hire | Full-time
About the Opportunity
Doherty Staffing Solutions is partnering with a food manufacturing facility in Winchester, VA to hire an Engineering Lead. In this advanced role, you’ll lead process, automation, and utilities technology strategies, support continuous improvement initiatives, and guide technical engineering work across multiple facilities. If you thrive at the intersection of leadership, engineering, automation, and strategy, this opportunity offers a high-impact role within a growing organization. Please note this is not an IT position! This role will be working with electrical design and managing controls team members.
What You’ll Do as an Engineering Lead:
What You Need to Bring to the Engineering Lead Role:
Ready to Apply?
Use your skills and experience to succeed with this great job opportunity…apply today! Click APPLY NOW to complete our online, mobile-friendly application. For questions or further information about the Engineering Lead position, please call our Doherty recruiter at 952-715-5043.
This company offers a competitive benefits package designed to support employee well-being, financial security, and work-life balance. Employees and their dependents receive 75% paid health insurance coverage, along with dental and vision insurance. The company also provides long-term disability coverage and a $25,000 term life insurance policy for added peace of mind. To support financial goals, a 401(k) retirement plan with a 3% company match is available. Employees enjoy generous paid time off, paid holidays, and frequent company lunches that encourage connection and team spirit. Additional perks include workboot reimbursement to promote workplace safety and comfort.
Location: Winchester, VA
Compensation: $75,000- $100,000 annually
Schedule: Monday- Friday
Job Type: Direct Hire | Full-time
About the Opportunity
Doherty Staffing Solutions is partnering with a food manufacturing facility in Winchester, VA to hire an Engineering Lead. In this advanced role, you’ll lead process, automation, and utilities technology strategies, support continuous improvement initiatives, and guide technical engineering work across multiple facilities. If you thrive at the intersection of leadership, engineering, automation, and strategy, this opportunity offers a high-impact role within a growing organization. Please note this is not an IT position! This role will be working with electrical design and managing controls team members.
What You’ll Do as an Engineering Lead:
- Serve as the company’s technology guardian—defining process and controls standards, tech roadmaps, and adherence plans.
- Approve control narratives, P&IDs, FAT/SAT protocols, and system validation.
- Drive network conversions, PLC migrations, data historian integrations, and OT modernizations.
- Support and mentor plant engineering teams and develop engineering technicians.
- Provide technical direction for “Design for the Workforce” initiatives including safety, ergonomics, and modernization.
- Lead multi-site technical projects with four engineering teams focused on controls, automation, and plant engineering.
- Oversee sitewide utilities optimization and system support.
- Provide crisis-level assistance to facilities as needed.
- Analyze controls-related data to drive process improvements and digital transformation.
- Support companywide initiatives regarding cybersecurity and data integrity.
- Maintain professional representation of the company within the community.
What You Need to Bring to the Engineering Lead Role:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Must have electrical design experience, you will be the electrical design expert in this position.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate), SharePoint, and Microsoft 365 tools.
- Experience with SCADA platforms—Ignition strongly preferred.
- Strong proficiency with CAD tools (AutoCAD, Inventor) for design reference or digital system integration.
- Excellent communication and technical problem solving skills.
- Manufacturing or food industry experience preferred.
- Ability to travel between company facilities as needed.
- Ability to pass all required pre employment screenings.
- #DohertyNewCareer
Ready to Apply?
Use your skills and experience to succeed with this great job opportunity…apply today! Click APPLY NOW to complete our online, mobile-friendly application. For questions or further information about the Engineering Lead position, please call our Doherty recruiter at 952-715-5043.
This company offers a competitive benefits package designed to support employee well-being, financial security, and work-life balance. Employees and their dependents receive 75% paid health insurance coverage, along with dental and vision insurance. The company also provides long-term disability coverage and a $25,000 term life insurance policy for added peace of mind. To support financial goals, a 401(k) retirement plan with a 3% company match is available. Employees enjoy generous paid time off, paid holidays, and frequent company lunches that encourage connection and team spirit. Additional perks include workboot reimbursement to promote workplace safety and comfort.
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