[Hiring] Lead Facilities Engineer @Newell Brands

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced Facilities and Site Resilience Engineer to join the Engineering, Reliability & Automation (ERA) team within Global Procurement & Supply Network. The Lead, Facilities & Site Resilience Engineering serves as the licensed technical authority for facilities, building protection, and site resilience across Newell Brands' manufacturing and distribution network.

• Sets facilities standards and provides technical review and support to site and project teams.
• Builds resilience programs and business continuity plans that protect physical sites and critical infrastructure.
• Ensures projects are scoped, designed, and executed to Newell standards.

The ideal candidate is a licensed Professional Engineer with 7+ years of experience delivering or overseeing facilities projects in manufacturing or industrial environments and is ready to influence at network scale.

Top Priorities

• Site resilience and vulnerability assessments
• Fire/life safety and facilities standards
• Technical support and review of capital projects

What You Will Own

• Site Resilience & Business Continuity:
  • Own site resilience programs across the network, from vulnerability assessment through corrective action and verification.
  • Assess sites against ASCE 7-22 wind, snow, and seismic thresholds and FEMA flood zone criteria, translating findings into prioritized mitigation roadmaps.
  • Build redundancy strategies for critical utilities, including power, compressed air, chilled water, HVAC, and domestic water.
  • Develop facility-focused business continuity plans, escalation frameworks, and recovery time objectives for buildings and critical utilities that sites can execute independently, in partnership with Operations and EHS.
• Building Protection & Fire/Life Safety:
  • Set and maintain global standards for fire suppression, sprinkler, fire alarm, clean agent, and smoke control systems.
  • Review design packages, contractor proposals, and AHJ submittals against NFPA 13, 25, 72, and 101 and applicable local codes, challenging gaps with technical authority.
  • Define inspection, testing, and maintenance programs and track deficiency closure and compliance across the portfolio.
  • Partner with property insurers such as FM Global and with AHJs on loss prevention recommendations and compliance gap closure.
• Capital Project Support & Technical Review:
  • Provide technical review and support to site and project teams on facilities capital projects, from scope definition through closeout, without owning project delivery.
  • Review scopes, RFPs, SOWs, design packages, contractor proposals, and bid leveling for roofing, HVAC, building envelope, civil and site work, fire protection, and compressed air.
  • Identify proposals that are incomplete, overpriced, or out of specification.
  • Develop scope, RFP, and SOW templates and contractor qualification criteria that project teams can reuse across the network.
  • Support site teams with contractor selection and performance and help resolve technical issues in the field.
• Power, Energy & Water Systems:
  • Support standby generation, transfer switch, UPS, and backup power deployment, from site preparation through commissioning.
  • Lead and support energy programs, including lighting, VFD optimization, power factor correction, and utility incentive capture.
  • Support solar, microgrid, and self-generation feasibility work in partnership with the ERA Sustainability pillar.
  • Partner with process water engineering on cooling towers, closed-loop treatment, and Legionella prevention.
• Assessments, Standards & Verification:
  • Conduct structured site assessments and engineering peer reviews.
  • Maintain site condition scorecards and standards compliance matrices that inform capital planning.
  • Define measurement and verification protocols and review results on completed projects to confirm alignment with scope, performance targets, and savings identified in appropriation packages.
  • Develop facilities engineering standards and lead updates through the standards publishing workflow.
  • Support international projects, working with regional teams to apply Newell standards alongside local codes and AHJ requirements.
• Financial Ownership & Reporting:
  • Review capital justification packages, ROI models, and bid comparison matrices developed by site and project teams.
  • Build tools and templates to improve consistency and quality across the network.
  • Support three-year capital planning and maintain portfolio-level status reporting that provides senior leaders with clear, decision-ready information.

Qualifications

• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in a U.S. state
• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Civil, Architectural, or Fire Protection Engineering
• 7+ years of experience in facilities, plant, or infrastructure engineering, including delivering, managing, or overseeing capital projects in an industrial, manufacturing, or distribution environment
• Working technical command of HVAC, roofing, building envelope, civil, and fire protection systems, with the ability to critically review designs and proposals
• Experience conducting site assessments, audits, or resilience and vulnerability studies and translating findings into funded action plans
• Demonstrated experience developing or reviewing contractor scopes, RFPs, and project budgets and holding contractors accountable to scope, schedule, and cost
• Ability to influence site and project teams through technical credibility and sound engineering judgment without direct authority
• Working knowledge of NFPA 13 and 25, ASCE 7-22, OSHA 29 CFR, and local AHJ requirements
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite for project tracking and executive communication
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 50%, including international travel as projects require

Highly Valued Differentiators

• PE license in Mechanical Engineering, particularly HVAC and refrigeration, Civil, Structural, or Fire Protection Engineering
• Experience with greenfield construction or major facility expansion projects, including design review, construction management, commissioning, and startup
• Experience with property insurer loss prevention standards, such as FM Global
• Familiarity with NFPA 72, NFPA 101, NFPA 110, NFPA 70 (NEC), IBC, and CMMS platforms
• Hands-on experience with measurement and verification, including baseline establishment and post-implementation reporting
• Experience with on-site power generation, compressed air optimization, or process cooling water systems
• Experience supporting projects at international sites, including working with non-U.S. codes and standards
• Regular use of AI tools, Power BI, Power Automate, and SharePoint within engineering workflows
• CFM, CPE, CEM, or CFPS credential, or NIMS/ICS training

What Sets the Best Candidate Apart

• Walks a facility, identifies what does not meet standard, and returns with a prioritized, actionable plan
• Takes ownership of programs and standards and drives them through completion
• Brings a clear point of view backed by sound engineering judgment and works constructively with site teams, project teams, contractors, and insurers
• Uses AI and digital tools to improve the speed and quality of their work
• Reviews vendor proposals with a critical eye and identifies what is missing, overpriced, or out of specification
• Prepares clear, decision-ready materials that senior leaders can use without reformatting
• Asks the right questions upfront and brings solutions along with identified problems