Engineering Project Manager - Food and Beverage

About Us

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients.

Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries.

By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Project Manager

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Project Manager, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Packaging Systems Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients in the beverage manufacturing industry. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

• Lead the packaging line design, integration, installation and start-up of capital projects, including estimation, justification, budget, schedule, implementation, acquisition, troubleshooting, and documentation
• Develop equipment design and specifications, design equipment support systems, and handle bid analyses
• Lead communications with vendors (OEMs) and contractors
• Provide engineering solutions for continuous improvement objectives using industry standard tools and procedures
• Evaluate existing operations, and provide solutions to create immediate ROI and improve productivity
• Identify and specify required tooling and equipment within designated project timelines
• Develop, maintain and grow solid client relationships.
• Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team

• Ideal candidates will have 10 years of project management experience with packaging or processing systems in the beverage manufacturing industry, but we will consider applicants with 5+ years of experience
• A solid understanding of process systems, utility, beverage-specific packaging systems, drafting (CAD), controls, equipment procurement, and project installation, training, and start-up
• Experience delivering projects on budget and schedule, managing complex scopes, managing client interactions, and supervising contractors in beverage production environments
• The ability to simultaneously organize and execute multiple project responsibilities
• Effective leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills including the ability to interact with clients…