Sr. Project Engineer

Sr. Project Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and experience in project execution. Typically, with two to five years of project or process engineering experience desired.
• Knowledge and understanding of manufacturing process, and systems involved in its operation such as basic chemistry, material and energy balances, P&ID development, mechanical and physical/chemical separations, evaporation, drying, material handling, GMP, and energy management.
• Strong functional knowledge of Operations best practices.
• Working knowledge of SAP preferred.
• Strong analytical skills; intellectual rigor and curiosity; problem-solving capability.
• Sound technical ability and experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the use of personal computers to prepare reports, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Demonstrate a degree of sound judgment, resourcefulness, initiative, and innovation in handling complex technical assignments, with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrate leadership potential, are well-organized and team oriented.

Responsibilities

• Designs and executes multiple projects with some complexity, delivering scope, time, and cost according to a plan.
• Works with engineering service providers, contractors, and vendors to specify equipment and installations.
• Solicits bids on basic process equipment.
• Ensures processes and procedures comply with internal programs and external requirements.
• Develops engineering designs with some intermediate complexity, material and energy balances, process flow diagrams, preliminary P&IDs, and process control strategies.
• Possesses intermediate knowledge of project management methodology and project stages.
• Responsible for the full life cycle of project management process for capital projects: concept, design, estimating, proposal submittal, purchasing, installation, start-up, commissioning, documentation, training, and closure.
• Uses knowledge management tools to surface best solutions.
• Uses knowledge of the production process to make significant improvements to the production process.
• Captures and disseminates lessons learned.
• Analyzes data and performance targets to identify highest value improvement opportunities.
• Identifies needs/issues of the stakeholders and potential solutions.
• Actively engages stakeholders in discussions to understand more complex issues.
• Understands financial concepts and metrics (i.e.: GP, ROI, CM, OI, cash flow, working capital) to assess the value generated by alternative solutions.
• Be able to create data pipelines and dashboards utilizing the current tools for project/process improvement use.
• Assists with troubleshooting of equipment and systems issues.
• Applies knowledge of IPS operational governance, as it applies to project standardization.
• Has familiarity with management system implementation and assessment.
• Provides input for the creation of Best Operating Practices (BOP) and critical routines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Open to provide and receive critical feedback with a personal growth mindset and have crucial conversations.
• Embraces change and collaborates effectively.
• Thinks outside of the box and challenging the status quo.
• Builds trusting and productive relationships by responding to stakeholder needs.
• Evaluates and converges to optimal solutions for customers.
• Leads and influences others without direct management.
• Highly organized with a strong drive for results.