Project Engineer

Job Description

Project Engineer – Associate Specialist

The Engineering Project Manager position is available at our Company Animal Health facility in Millsboro, Delaware. The Millsboro facility is expanding operations to manufacturing vaccines and biologics for poultry and companion animals.  Leveraging an experienced and innovative team environment, the key technologies at the site are biologics production using fermentation and cell culture platforms, filling and packaging.

This position will lead project teams for the design of new facilities, specifications for new equipment, and management of construction activities / contractors.  Good project management skills are required with the ability to achieve budgets, meet schedules, and minimize interruptions to production. This individual must be detailed oriented with good documentation skills.

The Engineering Project Manager is also responsible for directing and coordinating a broad spectrum of engineering and project management activities associated with biological manufacturing.  This individual will provide technical support for biotech manufacturing equipment, clean utilities, sterile processes and perform process hazard analyses.

All of these activities require good interpersonal skills and the ability to work closely with operations, maintenance and engineering.  This position will start as an individual contributor with the management of projects and project teams with the potential for growth into an Engineering or Maintenance Management role.

Project Management Responsibilities:

• Creates an effective project team and leads it

• Works with Manufacturing to trouble shoot and evaluate process equipment issues

• Works with Manufacturing Operations and R&D to determine new process requirements

• Prepares engineering estimates / budgets for new or modified facilities, equipment and processes

• Drafts capital requests to obtain financial approval

• Responsible for preliminary engineering and feasibility studies to ensure equipment is safe, reliable and accomplishes the needed tasks

• Prepares and manages purchase orders for contractor services or equipment

• Performs technical reviews / evaluations of contractor proposals and recommends the contractor who is most qualified for the required task(s)

• Works with outside contractors to establish a project schedule to ensure construction start and completion time

• Responsible for start-up verification and testing of projects to meet customer needs

• Works with compliance to create an effective validation plan

• Creates and communicates project plans, identifies milestones and critical tasks, and monitors performance against plan

• Responsible for capital project drawings, modifications and alterations of any equipment installed to be added to any existing drawings or correct as built

Education Requirement:

• High School Diploma (required)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering – Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction Science / Management, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering (preferred)

Required Experience and Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization

• Experience in plant engineering and a manufacturing environment

• Proven project and construction management capabilities

• Good equipment / process trouble shooting skills

• Ability to work hands on / day to day with production personnel and contractors

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