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Dairy Plant Engineering

Greenfield.
Expansion.
Delivered.

Fixed-price engineering packages for cheese production, fluid dairy, and dairy processing expansion. From vat room and aging cave to ammonia refrigeration and full-facility build-out — scoped, priced, and executed by one integrated team.

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$28M Maximum greenfield dairy facility package
7 Integrated engineering disciplines — one team
72hr From intake to scoped proposal delivery

Flagship Package

Cheese & Dairy Greenfield

Our most comprehensive dairy offering — a full-facility greenfield package covering every discipline from site civil through production line controls. Designed for producers building a new cheese or fluid dairy facility from the ground up.

Cheese and dairy production facility
Facility Package · All 7 Disciplines

Cheese & Dairy Greenfield

Complete engineering, design-build, and integration for a new cheese or dairy production facility. Covers vat room, aging cave, CIP, packaging, ammonia refrigeration, site utilities, and logistics flow — all under one fixed-price contract.

$12M – $28M
  • Vat room and aging cave design
  • Milk receiving, pasteurization, and separation
  • Natural and processed cheese packaging lines
  • Industrial ammonia refrigeration system
  • Full CIP design across all process zones
  • Site civil, structural, HVAC, and utilities
  • Controls, SCADA, and MES integration
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Supporting Packages

Expansion & Utility

Brownfield expansions and utility infrastructure upgrades — scoped as standalone packages or combined with a greenfield program.

Dairy processing facility expansion
Facility Package · Brownfield

Dairy Processing Expansion

Capacity and capability expansions within an existing dairy facility. New production cells, added refrigeration capacity, updated CIP loops, and line addition — all coordinated to avoid disruption to ongoing production.

Scoped to project
Process Packaging Electrical Controls HVAC Civil
  • Brownfield integration and tie-in engineering
  • Production continuity planning
  • New cell or line installation
  • Refrigeration capacity expansion
  • CIP loop additions and modifications
Large scale food and beverage utility systems
Utility Package · Large

F&B Utility Package — Large

High-capacity utility infrastructure for large dairy facilities: dual-boiler steam, high-volume industrial ammonia refrigeration, and 1,000+ SCFM compressed air — engineered as a system, not assembled from parts.

$4.5M – $9.8M
Process Electrical HVAC Civil
  • Dual boiler steam generation and distribution
  • High-volume industrial ammonia refrigeration
  • 1,000+ SCFM compressed air system
  • Main electrical service and substation
  • Utility piping, insulation, and controls
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Cheese aging and dairy production

Why PES for Dairy

Dairy engineering demands precision. Our packages are built around it.

Cheese and dairy processing requires an unusually tight integration of process, refrigeration, and sanitary design — disciplines that traditional firms deliver sequentially and separately. PES packages are built around dairy-specific requirements from day one, with ammonia refrigeration and CIP design embedded in the scope, not negotiated later.

Process
Packaging
Electrical
Controls
HVAC & Refrigeration
Civil & Structural
Logistics Engineering
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Planning a new dairy facility or expansion?

Share your production targets, site situation, and product mix. We'll match you to the right package and deliver a scoped proposal within 72 hours.

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