Sr Project Engineer
About The Position
This role combines engineering, construction management, financial stewardship, and cross-functional leadership to deliver projects safely, on schedule, and within budget. The ideal candidate is an industrial capital engineering professional with a proven track record of directly managing multiple concurrent multi-million-dollar capital projects and equipment installations across several manufacturing locations, delivering complex initiatives from concept through execution in a multi-site manufacturing environment. This person has owned project budgets, managed contractors and construction activities, coordinated equipment installations and startup efforts, and successfully delivered projects within approved capital appropriations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution.
- 5+ years of engineering, capital project management, construction management, or manufacturing project experience.
- Demonstrated success leading complex multi-million-dollar capital projects.
- Strong understanding of industrial construction, manufacturing operations, and contractor management.
- Experience managing capital budgets and project financial performance.
- Excellent planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, ingredient processing, dairy, agricultural processing, or other industrial manufacturing environments.
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera (P6/P5), Procore, SAP, or JD Edwards (JDE).
- PMP certification and/or Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Advanced degree in engineering, business, or management.
Responsibilities
- Lead capital projects involving facility construction, manufacturing infrastructure, utilities, process equipment installations, production line expansions, and plant modernization initiatives.
- Own project budgets from authorization through closeout, including investments exceeding $20MM.
- Develop capital requests, project scopes, equipment specifications, cost estimates, bid packages, and contractor work scopes.
- Manage project forecasting, spending, change orders, risk mitigation, and overall financial performance.
- Partner with operations, maintenance, quality, engineering, and plant leadership teams to deliver successful outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, quality, food safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational performance, reduce costs, and support business growth.
Benefits
- The pay range for this position is $106,019 - $156,909 per year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
