Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer

Execute and/or coordinate specialized engineering tasks.

The Project Engineer directs and coordinates exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering project for the plant or within the area of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

• To ensure projects are completed on time within budget or with successful attainment of objectives.
• Completes specific phases or aspects of the project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans and product testing.
• Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget.
• Prepares interim and completion project reports.
• Provides functional and technical support to the factories to minimize production and maintenance problems.
• Applies engineering expertise to equipment design, problems solving, and quality improvement.
• Participates in committee or task forces where necessary to contribute to company goals.
• Supports PRC and key support projects as technical advisor or project manager.
• In every activity, uses the principles of TQM “To do the job right the first time”, including establishing requirements and process maps necessary to meet the customer’s requirements.
• Promotes TQM through actions and communications to all customers (internal and external), conformance to requirements, to provide quality products and services and provide technical solutions/leadership for the reduction in cost of quality.
• Develops project scope, justification, and factory/company impact.
• Prepares appropriation including cost estimates, savings, and timing plan.
• Develops and manages cost controls, asset controls and scheduling controls.
• Hires and supervises various contractors in the scope of project manager, encompassing all project areas and totaling up to 50 people dispersed among distinct trades.
• Maintains a strong backup source of technical files, vendors, and manufacturers, and engineering groups to respond to needs for new packaging methods or to identify technologies/equipment for application in the packaging area.
• Evaluates, plans and implements approved projects in the direction of Engineering, Project Review Committee and/or Management Board.
• Participates in cost reduction/production improvement initiatives and develops projects to initiate utilization of cost cutting/quality improving techniques or equipment.
• Analyzes and prepares appropriation requests for capital improvement and replacements of inefficient assets, collects and organizes data for future capital improvements on a five‑year capital spending budget basis; maintains an active cost reduction program.
• Possesses a high level of human relations skills to efficiently interact with individuals from varying work disciplines and cultural backgrounds.
• Compiles capital budgeting; collects future capital project requirements from factory departments and compiles them into a final five‑year capital budget, controlling the current fiscal year budget to meet factory needs and positioning future needs.
• Analyzes and prepares appropriation requests; prepares and financially analyzes all capital and expense appropriation requests, including new facilities and equipment for factory operating improvements, capacity increases and replacement of equipment.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering field.
• Strong communication skills are required for presentations to factory staffs on technical issues or specific project activity.
• 3+ years of experience or full cycle Project Engineering experience.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Strong background in mechanical and hydraulic systems, packaging methods, and materials, electronics and computer applications, and electrical systems preferred.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present…