Senior Engineer Industrial Services
Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA · St. Louis, MO
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Industrial
- Base pay
- $100k–$138k
- Travel
- 30%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior industrial role at Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA (industrial) in St. Louis, MO. As Senior Engineer Industrial Services (Water and Wastewater), you will provide the Nestlé and Nestlé Purina North American zone with technical leadership and subject matter expertise for wastewater and incoming water systems across factories.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Base pay
- $100k–$138k
- Day to day
- about 30% travel
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Industrial Engineer roles in Missouri: typical posted base $86k–$130k. This one lists $100k–$138k.
Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 11 industrial engineer openings in Missouri, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Missouri plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 10 other live industrial postings in Missouri.
- Base pay
- About 10% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 4+)
Typical $86k–$130k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 55%
- Plant layout 55%
- Capacity planning 45%
- ✓ Root cause 36%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 36%
- Time studies 36%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA in St. Louis
1 other open role at this site.
- Process Engineering Specialist · Process
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Position Summary
As Senior Engineer Industrial Services (Water and Wastewater), you will provide the Nestlé and Nestlé Purina North American zone with technical leadership and subject matter expertise for wastewater and incoming water systems across factories. You will deploy standards, governance routines, risk assessments, compliance expectations and capability-building programs. In this role, you will evaluate new technologies and provide capital project support for wastewater treatment, discharge compliance, incoming water quality, potable/process water systems, food safety and chemical contamination prevention. Working closely with cross-functional teams and factory-level engineering groups, you will support capital projects, optimize water resource systems, and ensure compliance with internal and external standards. Your work will directly impact operational excellence and environmental stewardship across our facilities by ensuring our water systems protect product quality, food safety, employee safety, environmental compliance and business continuity.
- ◆Provide technical expertise for wastewater treatment and incoming water systems, including process water, potable water, water pretreatment, wastewater treatment operations, discharge compliance, sampling, monitoring and system performance improvement
- ◆Develop, maintain and deploy technical standards, best practices, checklists, performance expectations and governance routines
- ◆Partner with market and factory engineering, environmental, quality, food safety, maintenance, operations and sanitation teams to identify and mitigate risks related to water quality, food safety, chemical contamination, cross-connections, capacity, treatment chemicals and water system integrity
- ◆Support wastewater and water capital projects including front-end engineering input, project scope development, technology and equipment selection guidance, design review, cost and risk input, commissioning and validation expectations, technical acceptance criteria and governance support
- ◆Lead and assist with technical assessments, incident reviews, root cause analysis, corrective action plans and risk-based improvement plans related to wastewater excursions, permit exceedances, incoming water quality issues, chemical contamination events and water-related food safety concerns
- ◆Build capability across the North American factory network through partnership with market and local training resources, coaching, technical communities of practice, knowledge sharing, standard work deployment and support for audit and/or regulatory-readiness activities related to water and wastewater systems
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
- ✓5+ years of progressive engineering experience in wastewater treatment, water systems and quality, industrial utilities, environmental compliance, capital project support and/or technical leadership in a manufacturing, industrial or related environment
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Senior Engineer Industrial Services
Senior Engineer Industrial Services
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Salary: $99,950.00 to $137,630.00 per year
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