Store Equipment Engineer

This high-visibility position will support our Store Operations, Marketing, FSQA, and Product development teams in creating restaurant equipment specifications, installing and testing equipment, and supporting product qualifications. Additionally, they will support Procurement in creating equipment, bidding documents, commissioning criteria, and making recommendations on supplier of choice. This role will require a high level of collaboration, cross functional stakeholder relationship building and maintenance, a strong business acumen, strategic mindset, and ability to lead through complexity and accountability. Main Responsibilities Create restaurant equipment specifications for ovens, coolers, make lines, and other ancillary equipment within the Domino’s store footprint  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 Define and implement an ongoing process to ensure existing equipment operation and maintenance meets Domino’s specifications 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 Additional Supporting Activities 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