Engineering Project Manager - Utilities

Engineering Project Manager – Utilities

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
Status: Draft for Adeel’s review

About Bridor

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

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

• 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

• 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 and contractors without direct supervisory authority

• Willingness to meet the travel requirements and relocate to Dallas/Lancaster as required

• A successful track record of leading teams and contractors on capital projects and in plant operations

• Experience supporting large capital projects and scaling systems for global operations

• Hands-on experience managing large-scale refrigeration systems and mechanical utilities in a high-volume production environment

• Experience managing capital projects, engineering contractors, and technical service providers

Experience That Will Help You Succeed

• Utility projects supporting new food manufacturing facilities or expansions within existing plants

• Food, beverage, or bakery manufacturing experience

• Manufacturing owner-side engineering or capital project delivery

• Coordination across multiple utility systems or engineering disciplines

• Utility installation, testing, commissioning, and operational handover

• Project execution within operating manufacturing facilities

• Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities, including root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies

• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and engineering documentation

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills

Candidates from manufacturing companies, engineering consulting firms, and design-build organizations with relevant industrial utility project experience are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

• Performance-based bonus

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match

• Paid time off

• Paid holidays

• Career advancement opportunities

Why Join Bridor?

• Help build the infrastructure behind Bridor’s North American manufacturing expansion

• Own projects through the full delivery cycle, from technical planning to operational handover

• Work directly with the plant teams that operate and maintain the systems you help deliver

• Apply your engineering judgment to both new facilities and expansions within operating plants

• See the results of your work in reliable utility systems that support daily production