Job Description:
The role of the Project Manager/Engineer is to plan, execute and finalize projects according to Customer specifications, deadlines and within budget. This may include acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure system design complies with customer specifications, general process
descriptions, and company standards
- Size and/or specify system components for procurement
- Develop full-scale project plans (including resources) along with project
milestones and deliverables
- Draft and submit purchasing requisitions for items needed on the project
- Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
- Review all drawings to assure accuracy prior to passing onto the customer
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises and
devise contingency plans
- Responsible for System installation and commissioning and any necessary
documentation to complete this task
- Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to
identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
Position Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical, Chemical or Food Science Engineering
- 5 years experience in an Engineering capacity preferably related to the food industry
- Technically competent with various software programs, such as Microsoft Word,
Excel, Project Schedule
- Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative
environment is essential
- Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating
- Ability to effectively prioritize & execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is critical
- Ability to travel 40% of the time, including some international travel
