Project Engineer

The Kraft Heinz Company • Fremont, OH

41d • $77,800 - $97,300 • Onsite

About The Position

The Project Engineer is responsible for ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget, or with successful attainment of objectives. This role involves completing specific phases or aspects of a project, such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and product testing. The Project Engineer will design, develop, and improve internal processes and processing equipment, and coordinate activities related to technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems. This position controls expenditures within project budget limitations, prepares interim and completion project reports, and provides functional and technical support to factories to minimize production and maintenance problems. The role applies engineering expertise to equipment design, problem-solving, and quality improvement, and participates in committees or task forces as necessary to contribute to company goals. The Project Engineer will support PRC and key support projects as a technical advisor or project manager, utilizing TQM principles to ensure tasks are done correctly the first time. This includes establishing requirements, process maps, and promoting TQM through actions and communications to internal and external customers. Responsibilities also include developing project scope, justification, and factory/company impact; preparing appropriations with cost estimates, savings, and timing plans; and developing and managing cost, asset, and scheduling controls. The incumbent hires and supervises various contractors, potentially up to 50 people across distinct trades, and must maintain a strong network of technical files, vendors, manufacturers, and engineering groups to respond to needs for new packaging methods or to identify technologies/equipment for the packaging area. The role evaluates, plans, and implements approved projects under the direction of Engineering, the Project Review Committee, and/or the Management Board. Additionally, the Project Engineer actively participates in company efforts to reduce operational costs and improve finished quality attributes, developing projects to utilize cost-cutting/quality-improving techniques or equipment. This includes analyzing and preparing appropriation requests for capital improvements and replacements of inefficient assets, collecting and organizing data for future capital improvements on a five-year capital spending budget basis, and maintaining an active cost reduction program. The incumbent must possess strong human relations skills for effective interaction with individuals from varying work disciplines and cultural backgrounds. The role also directs and compiles capital budgeting, collects future capital project requirements from factory departments, and compiles them into a final five-year capital budget. The Project Engineer controls the current fiscal year budget to meet factory needs and ensure future positioning. The role analyzes and prepares appropriation requests, including financial analysis for all capital and expense appropriation requests for new facilities and equipment for factory operating improvements, capacity increases, and equipment replacement.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited engineering school or related field is Strongly Preferred
• 3+ years of experience or full cycle Project Engineering experience.
• Strong background in mechanical and hydraulic systems, packaging methods, and materials, electronics and computer applications, and electrical systems.
• Strong communication skills are required for presentations to factory staffs on technical issues or specific project activity.
• Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to work to flexible schedule including days, afternoons, midnights, and overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects are completed on time within budget or with successful attainment of objectives.
• Complete specific phases or aspects of the project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans and product testing.
• Design, develop, and improve internal processes and processing equipment.
• Coordinate activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Control expenditures within limitations of project budget.
• Prepare interim and completion project reports.
• Provide functional and technical support to the factories to minimize production and maintenance problems.
• Apply engineering expertise to equipment design, problems solving, and quality improvement.
• Participate in committee or task forces where necessary to contribute to company goals.
• Support PRC and key support projects as technical advisor or project manager.
• Use the principles of TQM “To do the job right the first time”.
• Establish requirements and the process maps necessary to meet the customer’s requirements and all things done right the first time.
• Promote TQM through actions and communications to all customers (internal and external), conformance to requirements, to provide quality products and services and provide technical solutions/leadership for the reduction in cost of quality.
• Development of project scope, justification, and factory/company impact.
• Appropriation preparation including cost estimates, savings, and timing plan.
• Development and management of cost controls, asset controls and scheduling controls.
• Hire and supervise various contractors in the scope of project manager.
• Maintain a strong back-up source of technical files, vendors, and manufacturers, and engineering groups in order to respond to needs for new packaging methods or to identify technologies/equipment for application in the packaging area.
• Evaluate, plan and implement approved projects in he direction of Engineering, Project Review Committee and/or Management Board.
• Participate actively in Company efforts to reduce operational costs and improve finished quality attributes.
• Develop projects where appropriate to initiate utilization of cost cutting/quality improving technique or equipment.
• Analyze and prepare appropriation request for capital improvement and replacements of inefficient assets, collecting and organizing data for future capital improvements on a five year capital spending budget basis; maintaining and active cost reduction program.
• Direct and compile capital budgeting; collect future capital project requirements from factory departments and compile into a final five-year capital budget.
• Control the currently fiscal year budget to ensure that the current factory needs are met as well s assuring that its needs are well positioned for the future.
• Analyze and prepare appropriation requests; prepares and financially analyzes all capital and expense appropriation requests.
• Prepare and financially analyze all capital and expense appropriation requests, including new facilities and equipment for factory operating improvements, capacity increases and replacement of equipment.

Benefits

• Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs.
• Events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.
• Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
• Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
• Emotional – Employee Assistance Program , Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
• Financial – 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level