Project Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience with demonstrated competence.
• At least 10 years of significant engineering and/or operational experience; post-graduate education or a degree is desired and may contribute toward the experience requirement.
• A consistent career history of contributions and accomplishments.
• Proven ability to manage projects to completion using extensive external resources.
• Demonstrated breadth and depth of project management knowledge.
• Ability to interact with diverse engineering groups and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Ability to listen to and understand differing viewpoints and communicate one’s own perspective tactfully and respectfully, orally, in writing, and in presentations.
• Ability to collaborate with other engineers in a fast-paced, goal-driven environment.
• Interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.
• Competency with financial systems and fiscal control, including project accounting experience.
• Understanding of procurement and contracting processes.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time, mostly domestically.

Nice To Haves

• Post-graduate education or a degree.
• Technical background in health care, nutritional products, laboratory diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceutical, or similar industries.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan, coordinate, and direct engineering aspects of major projects across multiple locations, including managing concurrent projects and priorities.
• Understand customer and business needs, define project scope, lead development of project charters, and establish project objectives and technical criteria.
• Use project management tools and techniques, including FEP, cash flow projections, and scope and schedule controls, to meet budget and organizational objectives.
• Develop project plans and strategies aligned with customer business objectives and contribute to long-term business and organizational strategies.
• Direct and manage project execution and formally close projects or project phases.
• Define roles and responsibilities and direct internal and external resources.
• Monitor and control project work, focusing on cost, milestones, and effective resource utilization.
• Review change requests and manage and approve changes to deliverables, project documents, organizational process assets, and project plans.
• Coordinate equipment and service procurement and contracting with corporate or divisional purchasing; manage suppliers and services.
• Implement common project management tools and methodologies and contribute to project management best practices.
• Identify and assess risks and implement mitigation or fallback strategies.
• Serve as a project engineering subject-matter expert and participate in cross-divisional teams and task forces developing procedures and standards.
• Prepare capital expenditure requests, safety and quality checklists, scope documents, and related project materials.
• Anticipate and resolve technical problems and crisis situations through timely decisions and implementation.
• Assist in developing and executing validation protocols.
• Direct the design of products, processes, equipment, systems, or facilities; ensure designs meet engineering standards, project objectives, and customer needs.
• Benchmark with other divisions and work with customers on project approach and design to optimize asset value.
• Develop and coordinate solutions to complex problems, considering regulatory and operational needs, constructability, and cost-benefit analysis; lead cross-functional teams in addressing project hurdles.
• Mentor others and provide knowledge, feedback, and guidance.
• Build customer relationships and communication channels, document agreements and commitments, and work to increase customer satisfaction.
• Communicate effectively in writing and presentations with internal and external project stakeholders.
• Build collaborative relationships with colleagues, customers, contractors, and vendors; act as a trusted advisor while balancing project objectives and customers’ long-term interests.
• Comply with applicable regulations, quality standards, EHS&E policies, engineering standards, and other governance requirements.
• Ensure the quality and effectiveness of assigned work and project results through sound design and project management, and understand the potential consequences of design changes.
• Travel approximately 25% of the time, mostly domestically to Abbott’s seven U.S. plants.

Benefits

• Free medical coverage for employees via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO.
• Retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, providing an affordable and convenient path to a bachelor’s degree.
• Career development opportunities with an international company.