Project Engineer II

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America • Ochlocknee, GA

329d

About The Position

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty sorbent products for consumer and business-to-business markets that has been voted as a Top 100 workplaces in the Chicago Tribune. Oil-Dri's products are sold in the pet care, animal health, fluids purification, agricultural, sports field, industrial and automotive markets. Oil-Dri controls millions of tons of specialty mineral reserves, including calcium bentonite, attapulgite, and diatomaceous shale. The company's mines and manufacturing facilities are located in Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, and California. Oil-Dri is a family-controlled and operated organization that emphasizes honesty, integrity, and accountability. The company is dedicated to fulfilling its mission to Create Value From Sorbent Minerals. This position is responsible to design, construct, and improve manufacturing equipment, systems, processes, plants and facilities to achieve business objectives for the Georgia Region. In addition, the ideal candidate will develop a 3-5 year site Masterplan as well as manage and provide oversight for various capital projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or technical field
• At least 0-5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in designing plants, process lines, packaging lines, and infrastructure
• Ability to do engineering work such as process flow diagrams, general arrangement, heat and material balances and other process calculations, sizing equipment, pumps, fans, piping and ducts, specifying all equipment and materials required
• Experience in solids handling, combustion, drying operations, milling and screening, environmental compliance, packaging, power distribution, and instrumentation preferred

Nice To Haves

• Helpful areas of experience includes sizing, layout, specification, selection, and installation of standard equipment such as pumps, fans, pipes, ducts, burners, mills, grinders, crushers, conveyors of all types
• Experience with rotary, fluid bed, and flash dryers; screens, classifiers, mixing, spraying, packaging powders and granules using equipment such as baggers (range: three pound packages to bulk rail), collators, palletizers including robotic
• Foundation and building design, electrical power and control, instrumentation (Predominant environment is Allen Bradley ControLogix PLC with Ethernet/IP network), environmental compliance, safety, quality management

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver capital/expense projects to scope, budget and timeline
• Manage and deliver Cash Flow forecast to maintain the regional Capital budget
• Provide leadership and project management skills to successfully implement projects in a cost effective, timely manner with quality results
• Plan and manage equipment start-up and commissioning activities
• Utilize technical expertise to identify opportunities for cost reduction, lead-time reduction, inventory reduction and quality improvement while improving employee safety
• Set project parameters, assemble and train teams, and lead the teams through the improvement processes to ensure project objectives are met
• Make engineering calculations related to material and energy balances equipment sizing, selection of materials, structural design, etc.
• Provide clear and effective contractor oversight and construction management support
• Provide engineering services and expertise to maintenance and operating managers
• Coordinate and communicate regularly and effectively with all stakeholders in team environment keeping them up to date on your progress toward goals and commitments
• Document projects and processes and provide training as required to support operations, maintenance, procurement, finance, and others as needed
• Maintain project records according to established policy
• Consult exhaustively with operations and maintenance at every step to ensure that their needs are met and their ideas are used when appropriate
• Build effective working relationships with managers, supervisors and workers
• Make or endorse cost estimates for capital projects and initiate capital requests
• Confirm and approve project invoices
• Maintain and report performance against budget as to amount committed, paid and forecast to complete

Benefits

• Opportunity to lead a skilled team in a dynamic environment
• Competitive pay and benefits
• Hands-on role with room for growth
• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
• 401K with a 6% match
• Annual Bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree