Engineering Project Manager - Food and Beverage

Barry-Wehmiller • Oakbrook Terrace, IL

88d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 10 years of project management experience with packaging or processing systems in the beverage manufacturing industry, or 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 and suppliers in engineering and operational environments.
• A Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical engineering.

Nice To Haves

• Willingness to travel for project requirements including project installation and start-up activities, client and company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, and conventions.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• Professional development resources and mentorships including our First Year Experience program, Individual Development Plans, and Career Path resources and tools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees