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City of Waukesha, WI

Engineer III - Traffic

Waukesha, WI · On-site

$99K - $139K/yr

Engineering Opening Date: 05/30/2025 Closing Date: Continuous This position works closely with the ... Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm, occasional weekend/evening hours Starting salary: $99,630.34 ...

City of Waukesha

Engineer III - Traffic

Waukesha, WI

$99K - $139K/yr

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm, occasional weekend/evening hours Starting salary: $99,630.34 ... Competes technical engineering research work and compiles comprehensive reports with effective ...

City of Waukesha

Engineer III - Traffic

Waukesha, WI · On-site

$99K - $139K/yr

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm, occasional weekend/evening hours Starting salary: $99,630.34 ... Competes technical engineering research work and compiles comprehensive reports with effective ...

ABM Industries, Inc.

Engineer

Milwaukee, WI · On-site

Responsibilities The Engineer is responsible for working directly with the property and engineering management in implementing and maintaining the energy management, preventive maintenance, quality ...

Foxconn WI

Diagnostic Engineer

Mount Pleasant, WI · On-site

Diagnostic Engineer Department: RD CABG SRD Employment Type: Full Time Location: WI Campus Description FII USA, Inc., a Foxconn Technology Group Company, is seeking a Diagnostic Engineer to support ...

Foxconn WI

Diagnostic Engineer

Mount Pleasant, WI

This role will work closely with Test Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Production teams to identify failure mechanisms, improve diagnostic processes, and drive corrective actions.

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Actalent

Field Service Engineer

Milwaukee, WI

Field Service Engineer - Building Automation & HVAC Controls This Field Service Engineer role ... Participate in limited on-call rotations for night and weekend work for a set number of weeks per ...

Johnson Controls

Ai Engineer

Milwaukee, WI

This role is ideal for an engineer who combines solid software, data, and ML engineering skills with hands-on Generative AI experience-and a data scientist's curiosity for how models behave. You ...

ABM

Engineer

Milwaukee, WI · On-site

7A to 3:30P Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 7A to 10A Tuesday & Thursday The Engineer is responsible for working directly with the property and engineering management in implementing and maintaining the ...

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How does the schedule and workload of a weekend engineer typically differ from standard weekday engineering roles?

Weekend Engineers usually work during non-traditional hours, often covering shifts on Saturdays and Sundays to provide critical support or maintenance when regular staff are off. This role often involves troubleshooting urgent issues, performing preventative maintenance, and ensuring system uptime with minimal supervision. Collaboration is still key; Weekend Engineers regularly communicate with weekday teams to ensure seamless project handoffs and accurate reporting. Flexibility, self-motivation, and the ability to quickly adapt to unexpected challenges are important for success in this position.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a weekend engineer?

To thrive as a Weekend Engineer, you need a solid background in engineering fundamentals, troubleshooting, and relevant technical qualifications such as a degree or certification in your engineering discipline. Familiarity with industry-specific tools, maintenance management systems, and diagnostic equipment is typically required. Strong problem-solving skills, effective communication, and the ability to work independently under time constraints are essential soft skills. These abilities ensure efficient operations, rapid response to issues, and minimal downtime during critical weekend shifts.

What is a weekend engineer?

Weekend Engineers are professionals who typically work engineering shifts during weekends, rather than standard weekday hours. They may be responsible for maintaining, repairing, or monitoring systems, equipment, or facilities to ensure continuous operation during off-peak times. Weekend Engineers are often employed in industries that require 24/7 coverage, such as manufacturing, IT, utilities, or facilities management. Their role is crucial for addressing urgent issues, performing preventative maintenance, and supporting operations when regular staff are not available.

What does a weekend engineer do?

A weekend engineer works part-time (usually on weekends and evening hours) to service equipment for various companies that they use in their operations. In addition to weekend shifts, some positions also require you to have on-call hours available on a rotating schedule with other engineers. Your responsibilities vary depending on the job and the company for which you work. For an IT company, you may service computer equipment, internet lines, and other technical equipment. In a factory position, you may work on production line equipment, such as conducting routine inspections and maintenance on equipment, ordering parts for replacement, and repairing broken or worn-down equipment.

What is the difference between Weekend Engineer vs Maintenance Technician?

AspectWeekend EngineerMaintenance Technician
CredentialsRelevant certifications (e.g., HVAC, electrical)Relevant certifications (e.g., HVAC, electrical)
Work EnvironmentIndustrial, commercial, or facility settings during weekendsIndustrial, commercial, or facility settings, often full-time
Employer & IndustryManufacturing, facilities management, utilitiesManufacturing, facilities, building maintenance
Search & Comparison IntentPart-time weekend work, specialized weekend rolesFull-time maintenance roles, general upkeep

The main difference between a Weekend Engineer and a Maintenance Technician lies in their work schedule and scope. Weekend Engineers typically work part-time during weekends, focusing on specific engineering tasks, while Maintenance Technicians often work full-time, handling routine repairs and upkeep. Both roles require similar certifications and are found in similar industries, but their work hours and job focus differ.

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Production Management Engineer

Cargill

Milwaukee, WI • On-site

Full-time

Posted 29 days ago

Cargill rating

7.4

Company rating: 7.4 out of 10

Based on 220 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

20th of 49 rated food wholesalers

Job description

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Production Management Engineer is a key technical resource supporting the Chocolate Refining department's manufacturing operations to improve moderately complex manufacturing processes and products. This role combines process engineering expertise, operational troubleshooting, continuous improvement methodology, and project leadership to drive performance across safety, quality, productivity, and reliability objectives. In this role, you will provide technical support, operations experience, continuous improvement techniques and project management skills and be a contributing member of a team on moderately complex issues related to the operational domain area

As a critical member of the Refining team, this individual will provide technical leadership to optimize process capability, improve equipment reliability, reduce process variability, and support sustainable operational excellence in a 24/7 manufacturing environment. Working closely with production, maintenance, quality, engineering, and external equipment partners, the Process Engineer will identify and implement improvement opportunities, lead root cause investigations, and drive projects that enhance production throughput, yield, first-pass quality, and overall process stability.

The successful candidate will leverage engineering principles, data analysis, and process control systems to troubleshoot complex manufacturing challenges, support capital and continuous improvement initiatives, and develop technical capability within the operations team to achieve variable and fixed cost and operating efficiency targets. This position plays an important role in advancing department KPIs while ensuring compliance with environmental, health and safety (EHS), food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements, and fostering a culture aligned with Cargill's values and behaviors.

Key Accountabilities
  • Champion and drive department KPIs (especially Refining production, Yield and First Pass Quality), lead projects that support these goals and other projects as designated
  • Participate in operator daily production meetings, leading problem-solving activities with the operators, supervisors, and broader team
  • Troubleshoot through major process upsets (manufacturing process runs 24-7)
  • Support maintenance (both proactive and reactive) on refining equipment by developing Lock Outs, collaborating on maintenance work and strategies to reduce failures
  • Become familiar with our process control software (D3 and Mercury) to support troubleshooting and optimizing production
  • Show customer focus by supporting product trials, customer audits and reviewing production scheduling
  • Ensure compliance with EHS and FSQR expectations
  • Act as an influential leader on the team, exhibiting Cargill Values and Behaviors
  • Support operator and shift supervisor technical training
  • Partner with personnel from other departments and functions within the site or across the business to roll out initiatives, benchmark practices and assist in the creation of strategies.
  • Other duties as assigned
Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of two years of related work experience
  • Other minimum qualifications may apply

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Six sigma green belt certification
  • Experience in Food Manufacturing
  • Experience with operations data and design programs and applications
  • Lean certification
  • Experience and skills leading moderately complex projects
  • Strong data analysis capabilities including continuous improvement experience or certifications
  • Normal working shift is during first shift hours, with ability to support operations on nights, weekends, and holidays as needed to prevent machine downtime

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

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Cargill was founded in 1865 as a single grain warehouse in Iowa, U.S. Since then, we’ve grown to become a global partner connecting people around the planet. But one thing has remained constant over the years: our purpose of nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Cargill is committed to conducting business with integrity, operating responsibly, enriching communities and nourishing the world. In the fiscal year 2021, Cargill provided $110.5 million in total charitable contributions in 56 countries to support our communities. Cargill businesses and employee-led groups partner with local civic, nonprofit and non-governmental organizations on programs and projects that improve food security and nutrition; support human rights, equity and inclusion; strengthen farmer livelihoods; and advance our commitments in the areas of land use, water and climate.

Industry

Food and drink manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Minneapolis, MN, US

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