Project Engineer

auduboncorporatecareers; Illinois; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Audubon is seeking a Project Engineer to join a on-site project team at a client facility in Romeoville, IL. The role acts as the primary on-site resource, coordinating with home office, plant personnel, and contractors to keep projects on track and within budget.

Responsibilities include supporting capital project execution, developing scopes and budgets, managing vendor bids, and maintaining project documentation.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in project engineering or lead engineering roles.
• Engineering degree required, Mechanical preferred.
• Construction/Project engineering background considered with relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Support capital project execution and day-to-day engineering needs with home and corporate teams and on-site leadership.
• Act as liaison between corporate engineering, plant operations, contractors, and vendors.
• Track actions and schedules and coordinate with site and home teams.
• Lead small-to-mid size capital projects from concept through installation and startup.
• Maintain core project documentation (Action Items, Schedules, Cost Reports).
• Develop preliminary project scopes, budgets, and schedules for capital projects and plant initiatives.
• Coordinate with equipment vendors to specify, evaluate, and procure process equipment.
• Solicit and review bids from contractors and prepare bid tabs for client review.
• Manage contractor activities on-site to ensure safety, schedule, and budget adherence.
• Plan work around production downtime; support installation with weekend and extended hours during shutdowns.
• Provide hands-on engineering support to maintenance teams for troubleshooting and improvements.
• Track progress and communicate status, escalate risks or delays as needed.

Skills

Project coordination

Experience in project engineering

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Audubon is currently seeking a Project Engineer to be part of a project team working onsite at a client’s facility in Romeoville, IL. The Project Engineer will serve as the primary on-site resource for the facility acting as the representative coordinating with the home and office and plant personnel.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Areas of Responsibility will include:

• Support capital project execution and day-to-day engineering needs in coordination with home and corporate engineering teams and on-site plant leadership.
• Act as a liaison between corporate engineering, plant operations, plant maintenance, contractors, and equipment vendors.
• Track actions and schedule plant activities.

• Report back and coordinate weekly with the home engineering team in New Orleans, LA.
• Lead execution of small-to-mid size capital projects from concept through installation and startup with our office engineering and design team.
• Maintain core project documentation (Action Items, Schedules, Cost Reports).
• Develop preliminary project scopes, budgets, and schedules for capital projects and plant level initiatives.
• Coordinate with equipment vendors to specify, evaluate, and procure process and utility equipment.
• Solicit and review bids from contractors (mechanical, electrical, controls, etc.).
• Develop bid tabs for client review and approval.
• Manage contractor activities on-site, ensuring work is completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Plan and coordinate project work around limited production downtime windows.
• Support installation efforts, including frequent weekend work and extended hours during shutdowns.
• Provide hands-on engineering support to maintenance teams for troubleshooting, repairs, and system improvements.
• Track project progress, communicate status updates, and escalation risks or delays as needed.
• Additional duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required for the position:

• 2+ years experience in Project Engineering or Lead Engineering roles.
• Engineering degree required with Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Construction Management/ Project Engineering backgrounds considered with relevant experience.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit; climb, balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision depth perception, and ability to focus

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled