
Store Equipment Engineer
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Create a detailed accounting of current equipment and capability documenting performance and/or material benchmarks and operational constraints
- Identify potential opportunities with existing equipment for future product pipelines, focusing on speed, energy efficiency, quality and food safety
- Identify needed equipment improvements, define action plan to hold vendors accountable to meet new specifications within an agreed upon timeframe
- Partner with Restaurant operators to understand voice of the customer to understand usability, performance consistency and operational fit of equipment
- Development of future equipment specification roadmap and estimated spend model integrating knowledge of industry equipment with operational needs and innovation trends
- Own relationship with vendors and internal Domino's stakeholders to develop overall equipment strategy, critical path, and potential roadblocks
- Define commissioning, qualification, and validation plans and support their execution
- Create a store equipment inspection process and scorecard
- Document findings, create action plans, and follow up on any outages found
- Create operations and maintenance training documents and programs for store equipment
- Identify equipment service vendors by region and execute service contracts
- Support in creating standard vendor documents for use by DPZ franchisees
- Support additional Engineering activities in Supply Chain, International, Store Operations, or Development as needed
- Lead or Support other Engineering, Procurement, or Store Operations projects as necessary
- Develop vendor relationships (preferred contractors, vendors, etc.) with Procurement team
- Bachelor's degree in engineering with emphasis on Industrial, Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience working in restaurant, QSR, equipment, food production, manufacturing, or other engineering roles.
- Strong knowledge of engineering principles, certifications a plus
- Strong combustion gas and/or electric oven experience preferred
- Commercial refrigeration knowledge is a plus
- Experience with process layouts, production layouts and capital improvement projects is highly preferred
- Experience in maintenance and/or facilities is a plus
- Experience implementing and supporting large scale projects with remote stakeholders and vendors at a senior management and or leadership level.
- Proven Time Management, negotiation, organizational and influence skills
- Strong working knowledge of state and local regulations governing engineering standards
- Strong oral/written communication skills, attention to detail and high level of accuracy in work output
- Experience using applicable engineering software tools.
- Proven ability to make independent decisions with minimal supervision, quickly assess new technologies and identify applications, manage complex issues concurrently and work under strict deadlines and in a rapidly changing environment.
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Project)
- AutoCAD, Revit, or another similar program a plus
- Able to travel up to 50%
- Paid Holidays and Vacation
- Medical, Dental & Vision benefits that start on the first day of employment
- No-cost mental health support for employee and dependents
- Childcare tuition discounts
- No-cost fitness, nutrition, and wellness programs
- Fertility benefits
- Adoption assistance
- 401k matching contributions
- 15% off the purchase price of stock
- Company bonus