Project Engineer - KraftHeinz

The  Project Engineer  directs and coordinates exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering project for the plant or within the area of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.  
   
Key Responsibilities of the Role  

• To ensure projects are completed on time within budget or with successful attainment of objectives.  

• Completes specific phases or aspects of the project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans and product testing.  

• Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.  

• Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget.  

• Prepares interim and completion project reports.  

• Provide  functional and technical support to the factories to minimize production and maintenance problems.  

• Apply engineering  expertise  to equipment design, problems solving, and quality improvement.  

• Participate in committee or task forces where necessary to contribute to company goals.  

• Support PRC and key support projects as technical advisor or project manager.  

• In every activity, use the principles of TQM “To do the job right the first time ”.   This includes  establishing  requirements and the process maps necessary to meet the customer’s requirements and all things done right the first time.  

• Promote TQM through actions and communications to all customers (internal and external), conformance to requirements, to  provide  quality products and services and  provide  technical solutions/leadership for the reduction in cost of quality.  

• Development of project scope, justification, and factory/company impact.  

• Appropriation preparation including cost estimates, savings, and timing plan.  

• Development and management of cost controls, asset controls and scheduling controls.  

• Hires and supervises various contractors in the scope of project manager.   This may encompass all project areas and total up to 50 people dispersed among distinct trades.  

• The incumbent must maintain a strong back-up source of technical files,  vendors, and  manufacturers, and engineering groups in order to respond to needs for new packaging methods or to identify technologies/equipment for application in the packaging area.  

• Evaluate,  plan  and implement approved projects in  he  direction of Engineering, Project Review Committee and/or Management Board.  

• Cost Reduction/Production Improvement;  Participate  actively in Company efforts to reduce operational costs and improve finished quality attributes.  Develop projects where  appropriate to   initiate   utilization  of cost cutting/quality improving technique or equipment.  

• Analyzing and preparing appropriation request for capital improvement and replacements of inefficient assets,  collecting  and organizing data for future capital improvements on a  five year  capital spending budget basis; maintaining and active cost reduction program.  

• The incumbent must also  possess   a high level  of human  relation’s  skills to be able to efficiently interact with individuals from varying work disciplines and cultural backgrounds.  

• Direct and compile capital budgeting; collect future capital project requirements from factory departments and compile into a final five-year capital budget.  Control the  currently  fiscal year budget to ensure that the current factory needs are met as well  s  assuring that its needs are well positioned for the future.  

• Analyze and prepare appropriation requests; prepares and financially analyzes all capital and expense appropriation requests.  This includes new facilities and equipment for factory operating improvements,  capacity  increases and replacement of equipment.  

   
Qualifications  

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited engineering school or related field is  Strongly  Prefered    

• 3 +  years of experience or full cycle Project Engineering experience.  

• Strong background in mechanical and hydraulic systems, packaging methods, and materials, electronics and computer applications, and electrical systems.  

• Strong communication  skills are  required  for presentations to factory  staffs  on technical issues or specific project  activity .  

• Ability to read,  analyzes , and  interprets  general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.   

• Ability to  write  reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.   

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the  general public .  

• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.  

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions  furnished  in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.  

• Ability to work to flexible schedule including days, afternoons, midnights, and overtime as needed.