Capital Project Engineer*

Job Description:

Job DescriptionJob Title
Capital Project Engineer

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Capital Project Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Your primary role will be leading capital projects at the 3M Center and surrounding areas supporting the campus facilities group, and R&D (all businesses including corporate R&D labs). Additionally, there will be active efforts to provide mentoring development towards large capital project leadership and/or general leadership per the interests and talent of the candidates. Candidates who excel in this role and team excel at working with all personalities and levels within the organization. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leads capital engineering projects that support Growth, Cost Reduction, EHS improvement, and Equipment/Facility Renewal.
• Works with cross-functional team including electrical, facilities, design, technical experts, and operations to deliver project expectations.
• Utilizes project engineering fundamentals (scope, budget, schedule, forecasting, communication, financial analysis) to deliver the best outcome for 3M.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an Engineering or Science discipline (completed and verified prior to start)
• Three (3) year of experience in engineering, manufacturing, and/or project management in a private, public, government or military environment.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Possess expertise equivalent to that which would be obtained in a bachelor’s degree or higher in chemical, mechanical, industrial or electrical engineering
• Prior experience with manufacturing equipment
• Prior experience with automation, extrusion, material handling, or inspection equipment
• Skills include good communication (written and verbal) skills

Work location:

• 3M Center - Maplewood, MN

Travel: May include up to 5%

Relocation Assistance: Is not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.

To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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