Digital & Automation Project Engineer - Manufacturing

Nestlé S.A.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 82,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé S.A. in the U.S. North America network seeks a Digital & Automation Project Engineer to support electrical, automation and OT scope on capital projects across Nestlé and Nestlé Purina facilities.

You will coordinate documentation, vendor deliverables and project governance under the lead project engineer. The role emphasizes applying electrical and control knowledge, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, maintaining standards, and delivering compliant, repeatable engineering outcomes

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or higher in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 1+ year of experience in electrical and control system engineering and design for capital projects in a manufacturing, industrial, military or related environment.

Responsibilities

• Support D&A project assurance and governance through maintenance of stage-specific deliverables registers, inputs, review packages, open items and comments.
• Manage technical drawings and documents including receipt, distribution, revision status and retrieval for project management review and retention.
• Support project initiation and delivery and assist internal teams and third parties in following established D&A ways of working.
• Coordinate and track project requests for proposal (RFP), follow-up requests for information, vendor submittals, contracts and other agreements associated with D&A procurement and legal compliance.
• Support construction, commissioning, validation and project handover records
• Review, apply and continuously improve D&A engineering standards, knowledge repository, templates, resources and training materials

Skills

Electrical & control systems

Project coordination

Education

Associate’s degree or higher in Engineering

Job description

Nestlé S.A. in the U.S. North America network seeks a Digital & Automation Project Engineer to support electrical, automation and OT scope on capital projects across Nestlé and Nestlé Purina facilities.

You will coordinate documentation, vendor deliverables and project governance under the lead project engineer. The role emphasizes applying electrical and control knowledge, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, maintaining standards, and delivering compliant, repeatable engineering outcomes