Project Engineer

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc.; St. Johns (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc. in Michigan seeks a Project Engineer to drive capital projects from ideation to implementation.

You will oversee site CAPEX planning, provide engineering leadership to manufacturing operations, and ensure projects meet safety, quality, schedule, and budget targets. Responsibilities include leading design reviews, creating capex packages, coordinating contractors, and ensuring compliance with USDA/PMO requirements.

Qualifications

• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital project delivery from ideation through implementation.
• Oversee site CAPEX planning and spend.
• Provide engineering leadership to manufacturing operations.
• Ensure projects meet safety, quality, schedule, and budget targets.
• Coordinate third-party contractors across all project phases.
• Develop project packages for capex approval (scopes, budget, tendering).
• Ensure compliance with USDA, Grade A, and PMO requirements.
• Produce project status reports for leadership.

Skills

Math/analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Excel

AutoCAD

Job description

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Glanbia is a better nutrition company, home to consumer brands and ingredients that help people around the world feel strong, nourished, and to perform well at any age. MWC is a world-class leader in the manufacturing of premium quality block cheese and whey protein ingredients for consumer food and beverage markets worldwide. Our customers are among the top food and beverage companies in the world.

Job Summary - Project Engineer

The Project Engineer will drive the successful delivery of business-critical capital projects across the full project lifecycle, from ideation through implementation. This role oversees site CAPEX planning and spend, provides engineering leadership to manufacturing operations, and ensures projects meet safety, quality, schedule, and budget objectives.

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct and manage voice of the customer reviews, technical design reviews, project progress reviews to ensure projects are developed and delivered successfully.
• Develop project packages for capex approval (scopes, budget, tendering etc.), ensure projects meet Glanbia procurement and contract requirements, ensure all work meets Glanbia Quality or EHS requirements (safety, permits, contracts etc.)
• Uses team management skills to lead the design group during the conceptual phase of project development.
• Develops and implements agreed project success criteria based on performance, schedule, and budget.
• Directs development of an action plan and requirements for resource management, labor, materials, and time required to complete project.
• Develop and implement projects to improve operational costs, efficiency, yields, quality, and safety.
• Troubleshoot technical problems and identify solutions with cross functional teams which reduce downtime and conserve costs.
• Apply general engineering and technical principles to troubleshoot and implement improvements in various plant or project areas including civil, mechanical, electrical, process, utility, packaging etc.
• Manage third party contractors throughout all project phases.
• Determine the layout of piping, equipment, and utilities for project engineering changes. Develop energy and mass balances to determine plant requirements.
• Responsible for trouble shooting support for processes equipment to enhance operations.
• Ensure projects delivered meet all applicable standards i.e. USDA compliancy, Grade A and/or PMO requirements
• Directs and coordinates installation activities to ensure products and systems conform to engineering design and specifications.
• Evaluates field installations and recommend design modifications to align systems with project design criteria and goals.
• Maintain equipment, project, and construction documents and plans utilizing Vault.
• Review supply and installation of mechanical and utility systems and insure compliance with design documents and company standards.
• Monitor equipment to identify potential errors and develops solutions to eliminate the reoccurrence of those problems.
• Produce project status reports for circulation to leadership team.
• Manage project installation and commissioning
• Develop accurate and efficient Process and Instrument Drawings for projects through the use of customer specifications, general process descriptions, company standards and verbal instructions.
• Ensure project system design complies with State and Federal regulations.
• Check drawings for drafting and engineering errors to produce a complete system design for presentation to customers.
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of Glanbia non-negotiables.
• Support with developing capital budget for the site, 1-to-5-year plans to outline investment needs that support and growth the business.
• Manage and control capital budget planning for a particular area – help plant prioritizing key projects that will lead to business growth and reduce cost of manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 2years or more experience.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Understand and complying with EPA, DEQ, OSHA and other regulatory requirements
• Basic knowledge of software tools for project management and engineering drawing (MS Project, Excel, AutoCAD etc.)

Our wide range of dairy and functional proteins offer superior functional properties and excellent nutritional support. US Cheese, together with our joint venture partner, is the leading supplier and marketer of American-style cheddar cheese in the US. Glanbia attracts talented individuals from all parts of the globe who are seeking a career in food manufacturing. We take pride in fostering a culture committed to our employees and developing an environment of delivering high-quality products. We offer an assortment of job opportunities in a friendly community to meet your unique career goals. In addition, we provide our workforce with competitive salaries and rewarding benefit packages.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.