**What You'll Be Doing** **Job Scope:** The Project Engineer is a key resource supporting capital projects, facility improvements, and operational initiatives within a food-grade powder blending facility. This role coordinates engineering activities and manages projects from concept through startup to improve safety, product quality, reliability, and production efficiency. **Primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to:** + Manage capital projects, facility improvements, and process optimization initiatives from concept through startup and closeout. + Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resource plans to ensure successful project execution. + Coordinate with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, EHS, and external contractors to achieve project objectives. + Oversee equipment installations, process modifications, and facility upgrades while minimizing disruptions to production. + Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement corrective actions to maintain schedule and budget targets. + Prepare and review engineering drawings, specifications, equipment layouts, and technical documentation. + Support procurement activities, including equipment selection, vendor coordination, and contractor management. + Ensure projects comply with food safety requirements, regulatory standards, company policies, and engineering best practices. + Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, reliability, quality, and production efficiency. + Assist with commissioning, startup, and validation activities for new equipment and system modifications. + Analyze operational data and provide technical recommendations to improve equipment performance and process reliability. + Promote a strong safety culture and support environmental, health, and safety initiatives throughout all phases of project execution. **Ideal Background** **Education:** Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited university is required. **Registration:** Professional Engineering and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) registration is highly preferred. **Experience:** This position requires 10+ years of relevant experience in engineering and project management with a strong mechanical background. **Required Knowledge Skills, and Abilities:** + Manage capital projects and facility improvements from concept development through design, procurement, installation, startup, and project closeout. + Develop project scopes, cost estimates, schedules, budgets, and justification packages for capital and continuous improvement initiatives. + Coordinate with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, EHS, contractors, and vendors to ensure projects are executed safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to production. + Lead equipment installation and upgrade projects involving blending systems, conveying equipment, packaging lines, dust collection systems, utilities, and process automation. + Monitor project progress, track budgets and schedules, identify project risks, and implement corrective actions to ensure project objectives are achieved. + Conduct vendor walkthroughs, develop bid packages, evaluate proposals, and manage contractor and supplier relationships throughout project execution. + Support equipment selection and procurement activities by evaluating technical specifications, performance requirements, and life-cycle costs. + Oversee contractor activities in the field, including safety compliance, work permitting, construction coordination, and quality assurance. + Lead commissioning, startup, and turnover activities to ensure new equipment and systems meet performance, reliability, and operational requirements. + Collaborate with Operations and Maintenance to identify and implement projects that improve safety, product quality, equipment reliability, and production efficiency. + Track project performance and post-implementation results to verify expected benefits and identify additional improvement opportunities. + Prepare and maintain engineering documentation, project reports, equipment specifications, layouts, and project records. + Support facility planning efforts, including capacity expansion, infrastructure upgrades, and long-term asset improvement strategies. + Participate in troubleshooting efforts and provide engineering support for equipment, process, and reliability issues as needed. + Ensure all projects comply with food safety requirements, regulatory standards, environmental requirements, and company policies. **Physical Requirements:** + Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time. **Hargrove Culture** We work to create an environment founded on trust, personal integrity, and a "team mentality" so that each person understands the value of their contributions both on a project and company-wide level. We know that each person on our team contributes to the success of our company by pairing expertise and passion