Global Project Engineer

We make pet food taste great! For over 30 years, AFB International has been providing pet food solutions that enrich the lives of pets and their people. Our palatants are specially designed to make pet foods, treats and supplements taste better, ensuring pets receive the vital nutrients they need. We know wagging tails, licking whiskers and empty bowls equal happy pets and happy pet parents.

Join AFB and you'll be a part of a team of highly skilled professionals that provide the greatest contribution to our success as an organization. Our team members are diverse, creative, passionate experts who are genuinely dedicated to our mission, our customers, and the pets we serve worldwide.

At AFB International, we make pet food taste great. Our palatants help pets enjoy the food, treats, and supplements they need, and our people make that possible through innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

We are seeking an experienced Global Projects Engineer to join our team at AFB International to lead significant capital investments across AFB facilities, with an initial focus on major projects at our manufacturing site in Aurora, Missouri. It offers an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact by leading projects that improve safety, capacity, reliability, productivity, quality, and overall operational performance.

Capital projects typically range from $1 million to more than $5 million and span the full project lifecycle—from feasibility and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout.

You will lead multiple, complex projects while partnering with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, Finance, Supply Chain, Corporate Engineering, plant leadership, consultants, contractors, and suppliers. Your leadership will help ensure projects are executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and with minimal disruption to production.

• Develop project scopes, estimates, schedules, budgets, business cases, execution plans, and Capital Appropriation Requests.
• Establish project governance, risk registers, action tracking, change-control processes, reporting, and decision-making practices.
• Coordinate competing priorities, stakeholders, resources, and external partners across multiple projects.
• Provide clear project updates, identify risks and decisions needed, and maintain accurate project records.

• Develop design criteria, technical specifications, bid packages, and procurement documents.
• Review drawings, layouts, P&IDs, electrical documents, equipment specifications, and contractor submittals.
• Coordinate consultants, contractors, equipment suppliers, bidding activities, contract negotiations, construction, field issues, and project changes.
• Apply sound engineering judgment to resolve technical and construction-related challenges.

• Direct commissioning, startup, training, performance verification, operational readiness, and project turnover.
• Partner with site teams to ensure new equipment and systems are safely integrated into operations.
• Complete punch lists, as-built documentation, manuals, warranties, spare-parts information, final cost reporting, and lessons learned.
• Ensure projects transition successfully from construction to reliable, sustainable operation.

• Ensure projects comply with AFB standards, applicable codes, OSHA and EHS requirements, food safety expectations, permitting requirements, and site procedures.
• Identify risks early and coordinate effective mitigation plans with project stakeholders.
• Promote a culture of safety,…