Senior Engineer - Engineering Project Management

PepsiCo•Colonial Heights, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sabra Engineering Team is seeking a qualified Engineer to execute capital projects at their Richmond, VA manufacturing location. These projects are essential to support both top-line and bottom-line company growth and may include but are not limited to the following: Capacity Projects – Execute engineering solutions to bring additional capacity to Sabra Production Facilities. Productivity Projects – Execute Sabra projects that create efficiency and drive operating savings. These are automation, waste reduction, equipment reliability, and environmental sustainability projects. Facility Projects – Execute and provide technical guidance on projects that maintain and modernize the Sabra facility. The projects are a mix of maintenance improvement projects, food safety, and environmental compliance.

Requirements

BS in Engineering
5+ years Engineering experience
Understanding of various manufacturing and material handling automation technologies and controls
Strong analytical and computer skills
Established record of project definition and execution
Innovative thinking skills to drive transformational change
Ability to communicate to various levels of the organization

Nice To Haves

Operations in the food industry
Experience working with GMPs, FDA Regulation, and sanitary design requirements
Project management experience

Responsibilities

Manage and develop the scope, cost, and schedule for capital projects.
Collaborate across functions to develop and solve technical issues within the Sabra Supply Chain.
Track, report, and forecast capital associated with their projects.
Serve as an SME for chosen Engineering equipment systems.
Provide leadership through all phases of engineering projects related to delivering innovation technology, improved quality, cost, or reliability of existing facilities, equipment, and process systems.
Lead multidisciplinary teams to meet project goals, schedule, and budget; includes leading internal resources as well as external engineering design build firms and construction contractors.
Formulate CAPEX justification for projects and obtain business approval for capital spend.
Demonstrate technical competencies to support processing and packaging operations.
Apply engineering principles including modeling and simulation with external vendors and consultants.
Develop robust equipment installation and start-up plans.
Develop capital requirements, establish operational metrics that define total productive performance, development, and commercialization schedules.
Manage budget, schedule attainment, and achievement of project performance metrics.
Provide timely and accurate financial forecasting of project capital and expense cash flow.
Balance multiple project deliverables and competing priorities.
Manage the vendor qualification, bidding, and evaluations process.
Create capital appropriation requests (CAR’s) and purchase orders for vendors.
Provide subject expertise in relevant fields.