Principal Engineer, Capital Projects

A Principal (Director) Engineer, Capital Projects within the Global Engineering and Project Management team. This critical leadership position is responsible for leading and execution of strategic capital projects within Chobani’s Global Supply Chain manufacturing facilities. The ideal candidate has a strong Industrial space background with responsibilities in a large global engineering team ranging from mechanical and electrical designs to software layer to deliver full sub-system capabilities.

The team of professionals reporting to the role need to work cross-functionally, with both internal teams and external vendors, in the development of engineering solutions, from concept to final commissioning, ensuring the solution is beneficial for all teams. This position requires an experienced leader who can direct this group and assist them in the key decisions, while ensuring the projects remain on budget and within timelines.

This position reports to the Sr Director of Engineering and Project Management.

Resource Management:

• Lead Capital Critical Planning initiatives. With input from Sr Director of Engineering and Project Management develop, document, and track short term and long-term potential capital projects to align with company goals and objectives. Capital plan and execution including bringing forward new ideas and technologies to move the company forward and/or provide a competitive advantage
• Ensure proper coordination of work between team, subcontractors, and clients
• Ensure work is produced in adherence to company, contract, and client requirements
• Identify obsolete or critical risk equipment and systems and bring forward a plan to prevent unplanned failure
• When applicable, work effectively with maintenance team members to develop a solution
• Consider impact of improvements on all facility functions (i.e., maintenance, EH&S, production) when developing plans and implementing changes
• Work with all internal Plant Teams to identify, recommend, and implement manufacturing process improvement initiatives
• Develops and works with supervisors in all areas such as employee relations, problem solving, setting, and achieving goals, manufacturing processes, skill development, scheduling, disciplinary action, terminations, equipment problems, etc. Aids employees and supervisors in solving work related problems; evaluates the issue and meets with supervisors and human resources to decide the most effective remediation technique
• Set a positive and confident leadership example to all the employees and management. Promote positive employee relations through relationship building and issue resolution
• Provide work assignments and review performance to ensure the efficient, cost-effective utilization of staff, including responsibility for recruitment, development, and retention of the staff

Account and Project Management:

• Act as Sr PM for select projects
• Lead budgeting process as it relates to global engineering areas. Track and is accountable for budgetary spending
• Responsible for project performance of local work including project planning / forecasting, resource management, quality control, and profitability
• Ensures manufacturing project engineering designs follow codes, standards, and regulations for Local, State and Federal Regulating Authorities along with FM Global
• Provide engineered solutions and root cause analysis for complex manufacturing and support equipment issues for production facilities within Area of Responsibility
• Continuously analyze costs and develop cost reduction plans for capital improvements and maintenance projects; provide support to facility managers in the implementation of cost reduction initiatives as needed
• Monitors and reports performance of the manufacturing project (capital improvement or maintenance) to ensure that all contractual, costs and schedule objectives are met
• Responsible for the communication of the manufacturing project status to all team members; conducts regularly scheduled manufacturing project reviews, provides timely project summaries and reports to senior management
• Setting up and improving engineering standards and guidelines that will increase…