Project Engineer
About the role
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Project Engineer will manage site capital projects from ideation to execution & startup. This includes scope, schedule, cost, and contractor/construction management. We seek a professional who will develop and apply engineering standards and procedures, providing advice on issues within the engineering field. In this role, you will help coordinate plant location, personnel work flow and ergonomics, materials logistics, production process sequence and equipment layouts.
Key Accountabilities
- Manage site capital projects from ideation to execution/startup
- Help manufacturing plant and facilities engineers with facility planning and design
- Help conduct cost/inventory/production control and human factors studies to develop and implement plans for facility modifications and revise operating methods
- Establish methods to maximize use of production facilities and personnel
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of two years of related work experience
- Proven experience managing a portfolio of projects
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP Knowledge
- Contractor management experience