Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer

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• Executing capital projects, ensuring cost, schedule, and performance goals are met or exceeded. This may vary from owning portions of a large project to sole ownership of a project
• Ownership of project justification, completing payback analysis, and authoring requests for capital funds
• Developing preliminary concepts, budgetary capital estimates, and timelines for new products, projects, and improvements
• Assisting in and/or developing vendor bid packages and final vendor selection for purchased parts and services in collaboration with procurement team
• Periodically providing status updates on project progress and issues
• Investigating manufacturing problems in the plants and recommending corrective actions. This includes consulting with production personnel, analyzing the supporting data, recommending corrective actions, and following through on recommendations to evaluate their effectiveness
• Drives achievement of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of assigned projects
• Coordinating training and start‑up activities of new equipment and processes
• Managing capital, labor, parts, contracted services and expense budgets
• Replacing/adding production capabilities by adding or modifying equipment
• Establishing equipment SOPs and maintenance practices to place assets in a precision state
• Modifying equipment and processes to automate manual tasks to improve capacity and/or reduce cost
• Completing IQ / OQ / PQ process for new equipment installations when necessary

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline
• Basic understanding of engineering principles – knowledge of engineering disciplines:
  Process, Packaging, Electrical, Mechanical and Automation
• 2-5 years of project management experience
• Able to work collaboratively with other functional groups
• Excellent communication and team skills (verbal, written and presentation)
• Ability to take ownership of projects, to work independently and make autonomous decisions when necessary
• Understanding design for reliability and total cost of ownership principles

• Experience with AutoCAD and PLC Programming is desirable
• Understanding of Business – financial justification of projects
• Analytical skills – data visualization and decision making
• Ability to read engineering drawing
• FMEA exposure
• Project schedule development and management

• Problem Solving – Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner;
  Gathers and analyzes information skillfully;
  Develops alternative solutions.
• Interpersonal Skills – Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming;
  Maintains confidentiality;
  Listens to others without interrupting.
• Negotiation Skills – Strong negotiation and contract management/administration skills.
• Business Acumen – Understands business implications of decisions;
  Displays orientation to profitability;
  Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition;
  Aligns work with strategic goals.
• Cost Consciousness – Works within approved budget;
  Develops and implements cost saving measures.
• Ethics – Treats people with respect;
  Keeps commitments;
  Inspires the trust of others;
  Works with integrity and ethically;
  Upholds organizational values.
• Strategic Thinking – Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals;
  Understands organization’s strengths & weaknesses;
  Analyzes market and competition;
  Identifies external threats and opportunities.
• Judgment – Displays willingness to make decisions;
  Exhibits sound and accurate judgment;
  Supports and explains reasoning for decisions;
  Includes appropriate people in decision-making process;
  Makes timely decisions.
• Innovation – Meets challenges with resourcefulness.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25-50 pounds regularly;

up to 100 pounds occasionally.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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