Capital Projects Engineer - Food Plant Innovation & Growth

Maple Leaf Foods; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 71,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual short-term incentive

Health and Wellness benefits

Defined Contribution Pension Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer days

Job summary

Maple Leaf Fresh Foods in Hamilton, Ontario is seeking a Project Engineer to join our team at our state-of-the-art facility. This role requires extensive experience in project management with the ability to multi-task on medium to large projects.

You will develop and manage capital project plans, support operations, justify capital expenditure, and drive plant improvements using Six Sigma and PM tools. Travel may be required; fluency in English is expected.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience as an engineer or Mechanical/Electrical Technologist, or 8 plus years of equivalent project experience.
• Proven track record of handling multiple medium to large sized projects.
• Team player with effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical and planning abilities combined with practical business sense.
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office and Project Management software).
• Working knowledge of industry codes and regulations e.g. OH&S, WHMIS, HACCP.
• Knowledge and experience with Food industry would be an asset.
• Fluency in the English language.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage (Capital) project plans, operations, budgets and schedules (annual and multi-year)
• Provide engineering support for the operations group
• Assist senior management in developing and justifying capital expenditure requests
• Investigate practical, cost-effective and innovative plant improvement solutions
• Utilize and incorporate Six Sigma and other project management tools, methodology and principles
• Negotiate contracts and supervise equipment vendors, service providers and contractors
• Actively participate in company initiatives; e.g. Innovation, Share groups, MyMLF, Energy Efficiency.
• Travel as required.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

MS Office

PM software

OH&S knowledge

WHMIS knowledge

Food industry knowledge

English fluency

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Maple Leaf Fresh Foods in Hamilton, Ontario is seeking a Project Engineer to join our team at our state-of-the-art facility. This role requires extensive experience in project management with the ability to multi-task on medium to large projects.

You will develop and manage capital project plans, support operations, justify capital expenditure, and drive plant improvements using Six Sigma and PM tools. Travel may be required; fluency in English is expected.