Dairy Manufacturing - Senior Project Design Engineer; levels

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula.

We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.

Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.

The Senior Design Project Engineer is simultaneously a design engineer and a technical project manager responsible for managing capital projects that execute the strategic plan of Hilmar driven through Hilmar’s Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) and Hilmar's Portfolio Management Office (PMO) to accomplish the goals of the organization. At the direction of the site engineering manager, the Senior Project Design Engineer is the supervising engineer on short and long-term asset management, reliability, and engineering projects.

• Manage large scale projects end to end simultaneously leveraging internal and external resources to ensure projects deliver business outcomes, and our asset decisions and investments deliver value.
• Responsible for project scheduling, communication, costing, procurement, and budget creation, justification, and management for an average of 4-5 projects at one time and commissioning 10-15 projects annually with a total investment of up to $20 million.
• Mentor and develop less experienced engineers by providing guidance and technical support.
• Management of capital projects to include concept/solution development, communication and stakeholder plans, process and design optimization, technical and economic evaluation of alternatives, scope definition and control, budgeting, scheduling, detailed engineering and design, regulatory compliance (environmental, safety, USDA, TXDHS, CDFA, KDA, and FDA), project FAT/SAT, and commissioning for optimization
• Design, develop, and engineer process and infrastructure systems and solutions, performing design calculations, equipment and component sizing and selections, ensuring systems are designed within code and compliance standards. Specify, calculate, and/or design utility consumptions.
• Develop and maintain Process and Instrumentation Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams, Equipment Models, Layouts, technical drawings, Bill of Materials, and engineering documentation. Review and track field changes, lead the execution of design and construction implementation as well as any changes.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with project teams, collaborating across departments to ensure business outcomes are delivered. Coordinated delivery through technical interfaces between mechanical, process, automation, and electrical disciplines
• Interface with cheese and ingredients business units to address and resolve reliability, asset and engineering risks and issues through vendor engagement, design review against current state, performance guarantees, reliability-focused design recommendations, and asset integrity reviews.
• Manage budget spend and forecasting within +/- 10% accuracy monthly; continually manage project schedule, risks and quality to meet project business outcomes needed.
• Accountable to ensure Hilmar’s internal good engineering and project management practices are followed, including installation, operational, and performance qualification documentation, ensuring product and project quality by design.
• Understand and apply to designs:
  Engineering principles (thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and process controls), theories, concepts, practices, and techniques, applying statistical analysis as necessary. Engage in and develop mathematical models, mass balances, and risk matrices for engineering designs and asset investment decisions, including whole-life asset costing to support strategic investment decisions.
• Build and maintain strong vendor relationships, representing the company during vendor engagements, managing the RFP process, including…