Chemical Project Engineer Jobs in Ontario (NOW HIRING)

About Danmare The Danmare Group specializes in providing full-service engineering and design solutions to leading companies in the food and beverage industry. Over the past fourteen years, clients have enlisted our expert team to manage challenging projects from start to finish. We take a collaborative approach that considers all stakeholder requirements to satisfy the unique needs of our clients Our skilled team of professionals manage the process design, equipment specifications, plant layout, equipment qualifications, construction, and installations, manage vendors so our clients are provided with successful projects, on time and within budget  The Opportunity The role requires a minimum of 10 years of relevant engineering, project management, consulting, or design experiences to drive and manage multiple projects for a variety of clients in the food, beverage, and pet food industries.  The Team Our team is comprised of a diverse and multi-disciplinary discipline, professional engineers, designers, project managers, who have extensive experiences leading, and managing multimillion dollar projects for clients who are leaders in their respective industries Responsibilities and Duties * Lead major project initiatives. Which includes identifying all equipment capabilities, utility & infrastructure requirements and developing layout concepts, etc. * Manage and lead multiple disciplinary teams, providing guidance and mentor team members * Liaise with vendors, contractors to ensure proper installation of all intended project requirements * Lead and support site start-up team, troubleshoot and resolve issues by collaborating with vendor equipment technicians during installation and start up * Oversee the development of Engineering Check-out, Equipment Acceptance Testing, start-up/validation processes * Develop and maintain project plans and coordinate project activities; track critical path milestones * Ensure end-to-end project planning, risk identification, dependency tricking, issues identification /escalation, and change management are being managed appropriately utilizing best practice project management standards * Provide technical guidance and recommendations during project design, implementation, including commissioning, and process qualification * Interact with core disciplines (structural, electrical, controls, process), as well as internal and external clients to coordinate and achieve project objectives in a timely manner * Working knowledge of CFIA, USDA and FDA food equipment clean design requirements * Prepare and issue tender documents to 3rd party vendors/contractors and completing the process with awarding tenders * Interact with core disciplines (structural, electrical, controls, process), as well as internal and external clients to coordinate and achieve project objectives in a timely manner * Recommend, manage, and implement efforts to streamline the organization’s processes and establish best practices. Qualifications * Bachelor of Engineering in any of the following disciplines, Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial, Electrical or Civil * Professional Engineer status * Previous experiences in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and pet nutrition industries * Working knowledge of FDA and USDA food equipment and clean design standards * Able to work flexible hours, weekends if required * Experience using AutoCAD, Microsoft Project, Excel, Microsoft suite and Visio * Project concept development, design, procurement and installation or equipment experiences * Construction/contractor management, commissioning, and validation experiences * Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, collaborative, persuasive with strong team building skills, conflict management, influencing, and negotiation skills * Up to 40% travel maybe required to support and service our clients * Valid Ontario driver’s license * Valid passport - US Based projects may require relocation for a period of 9 to 12 months must be able to relocate if required during this period