Sr. Facility Project Engineer

We are proud to announce the launch of Volkswagen Group’s largest cell factory, PowerCo, in St. Thomas. This is more than just a job – it’s a unique opportunity to shape the future of sustainable energy. Join us as we ramp up operations and help build a world-class company. 

At PowerCo, we believe in fostering an environment where ambition meets collaboration, and where flexibility and creativity thrive.  You'll be part of a diverse, talented team that is shaping the future of battery production. You’ll have the chance to advance your career while working alongside passionate colleagues who share a vision of making a lasting impact on the world.

Are you ready to be part of something exciting? Power up your career with us!

This exciting opportunity is based in the charming town of St. Thomas, Ontario, and requires in-person attendance. 

Reporting  to the Manager, Construction Static Architecture  this position will support the project owner by overseeing and ensuring the successful completion of a large, complex construction project. You’ll provide on-site construction scheduling support, keeping a close eye on key project constraints such as time, budget, quality, and safety. Your responsibility is to be the owner’s eyes and ears, reporting progress and ensuring that the project aligns with their vision and objectives. The candidate will represent the Owner’s interests for the project, regularly working with the Owner’s site team, contractors, subcontractors, and local officials in an effort to ensure that project goals and scheduling milestones are achieved.

•    Member of the construction site team in St. Thomas 
•    Responsible for build-up our Gigafactory in St. Thomas, Ontario. In detail, this contains:

• Aligning the design of our factory with the standard factory team
• Independent optimize and define local user requirements for our buildings and connection points with municipal utilities 
• Leading the process for tender document creation, hand-over to purchasing department and bidding phase for a certain building and supporting the process for all other buildings
• Technical evaluation of construction offers and finalize purchase order within the PowerCo committees
• Coordinate construction companies on our property in general with support of internal and external partners
• Accompany the release of the construction work and solve open points with construction companies
• Handling independently claims from the construction companies

•    Overall coordination and scheduling of construction milestones considering all interfaces (e.g. equipment installation, start of production etc.) 
•    Coordinating all external consultants as client representative on our site
•    Scheduling and monitoring assigned tasks and projects to internal and external stakeholders
•    Self-driven preparation of project reporting for project and top management level
•    Representing technical topics for the whole plot to the project team
•    Conducting and support internal team members by site inspections to manage progress and deliver progress reports
•    Aligning general topics with the headquarter function
•    Be the contact person in a center of excellence for our worldwide construction sites
•    Prepare internal and external audits independently
•    Performing other tasks, as required.