Senior Project Engineer: Capital Projects & Process

Protective Industrial Products; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Protective Industrial Products in Charleston, South Carolina, seeks a Senior Advanced Project Engineer to lead capital projects, equipment installations, and process improvements across the manufacturing facility. The role blends project management with hands-on development to boost safety, quality, productivity, and reliability.

You will manage scopes, budgets, and schedules; coordinate with engineering, maintenance, safety, and external contractors; and develop procedures and training for new

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as sciences, technology, engineering or mathematics.
• 5+ years of experience in supporting industrial or manufacturing capital projects.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Ability to read blueprints and schematics (MEP, structural, electrical).
• Strong organizational and communication skills with bias for action.
• Ability to build rapport with internal and external suppliers.
• Ability to analyze and solve complex problems.
• Proficiency using AutoCAD for layouts and drawings.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital projects from concept through commissioning.
• Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets and resource plans.
• Develop business cases and manage capital proposals through approvals.
• Coordinate engineering, maintenance, production, safety, quality, purchasing and contractors.
• Track milestones and communicate status to leadership.
• Assess risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Ensure projects are safe, on time and within budget.
• Support equipment startup, validation and turnover to operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, equipment and material flow.
• Design and execute controlled process trials.
• Develop standard work and implementation plans.
• Document results and recommend based on data.
• Partner with operations to productionize successful concepts.
• Develop operating procedures and training for new processes.
• Develop maintenance plans in SAP for new or modified equipment.
• Present updates to leadership and drive capital approval steps.

Skills

Project management

Blueprint reading

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

PMP certification

Tools

AutoCAD

SAP

Job description

Protective Industrial Products in Charleston, South Carolina, seeks a Senior Advanced Project Engineer to lead capital projects, equipment installations, and process improvements across the manufacturing facility. The role blends project management with hands-on development to boost safety, quality, productivity, and reliability.

You will manage scopes, budgets, and schedules; coordinate with engineering, maintenance, safety, and external contractors; and develop procedures and training for new