The Sr. Advanced Project Engineer will be responsible for capital projects, equipment installations, and operational improvement initiatives across the manufacturing facility. This role combines traditional project management with hands-on process development, requiring the ability to identify opportunities, develop innovative solutions, conduct trials, and implement improvements that enhance safety, quality, productivity, and reliability.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Project Management
- Lead capital projects from concept through commissioning.
- Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resource plans.
- Develop business case and cost justification for potential projects and submit/manage capital project proposals through approval stages.
- Coordinate Engineering, Maintenance, Production, Safety, Quality, Purchasing, and outside contractors.
- Track milestones and communicate project status to leadership.
- Manage project risks and develop mitigation plans.
- Ensure projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget.
- Support equipment startup, validation, and turnover to operations.
- Process Improvement & Development
- Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes, equipment, and material flow.
- Develop and evaluate new manufacturing methods.
- Conceptualize innovative solutions to recurring production challenges.
- Design and execute controlled process trials.
- Collect and analyze production data to validate improvements.
- Develop standardized work and implementation plans.
- Document test results and make recommendations based on data.
- Partner with operations to transition successful concepts into production
- Technical Leadership
- Assist in developing equipment specifications.
- Evaluate new technologies and automation opportunities.
- Coordinate vendors and integrators during equipment installation.
- Support FAT/SAT activities when applicable.
- Assist with equipment acceptance and commissioning.
- Develop operating procedures and training materials for new processes.
- Develop equipment, parts and maintenance plans within SAP to support new equipment or modifications to existing systems.
- Collaboration
- Work closely with: Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Safety, Quality, and outside contractors
- Present project updates to leadership team inside and outside of the plant.
- Build consensus around proposed improvements, develop capital project proposals and business cases, and drive capital approval steps to support improvement projects.
- Mentor team members involved in improvement projects.
CORE SKILLS/COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS
Required:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline such as the sciences, technology, engineering or mathematics
- 5+ years of related experience supporting industrial or manufacturing capital projects/programs
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects.
- Ability to read and understand blueprints and schematics (MEP, structural, electrical diagrams)
- Strong organizational and communication skills and significant bias for action.
- Ability to build rapport / relationships with internal and external suppliers
- Ability to analyze and solve complex and challenging problems
- Proficiency using AutoCAD to develop equipment/plant layouts and related drawings.
Preferred:
- SAP Expertise - Proficient in using SAP for asset tracking, work orders, and reporting.
- PMP certification.
- Experience with industrial automation.
- Experience with manufacturing process development.
- Familiarity with capital project management.
- Experience in continuous improvement within a manufacturing environment.