Project Engineer

 

Project Engineer 
 

 

We are looking for a Project Engineer for our Plymouth, MI facility. The Project Engineer manages projects from scoping to commissioning, incorporating requirements from process engineers, production personnel, and senior management.  The Project Engineer plans projects to minimize costs and downtime, sources parts, equipment, and labor, and tracks project progress and spending.

 

Your Responsibilities:

 

• Serve as a project manager for projects generated by others. Projects will range in cost from $10,000 to upwards of $500,000.
• Create capital expenditure requests (Non-Order-Based Spending).
• Design simple mechanical solutions, including pipework and simple parts/structures.
• Maintain positive liaison with existing vendors.
• Source new vendors for parts, equipment, and labor.
• Obtain competitive quotations from multiple vendors.
• Identify and proposing upgrades and/or purchase of new equipment.
• Occasionally work with Quality to implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Work closely with the Financial Controller on project costing and tracking.

 

Your Profile:

 

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering.
• U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder.
• Knowledge and ability to use basic manual and powered tools.
• 5+ years of project experience in industrial environments.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint is required. Working knowledge CAD required. Proficiency three-dimensional CAD is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work within a cross-functional team. Ability to foster and maintain relationships with vendors.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Proficiency interpreting mechanical drawings (e.g. pipework and instrumentation diagrams, CAD drawings of parts and structures).
• Willingness to get hands-on with dirty, noisy, and hot equipment when help is needed.

 

We offer:

 

Aside from a dynamic global culture and leading market position, we are proud to offer our employees development opportunities, competitive salary and a robust benefit program ALL available on first day of employment!

 

The perks and benefits of working at Oerlikon include the following:

 

• Comprehensive medical and prescription drug plan with low premiums, company sponsored HSA contributions and without cumbersome waiting periods to keep you going strong.  
• Excellent Dental and Vision coverage.
• Employee Assistance, Financial and Wellness programs to help improve all aspects of your life journey. 
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with significant company match and financial planning and education options to help you achieve your retirement goals 
• Tuition reimbursement and internal education resources to satisfy your love of learning so you can continue to grow with us!
• Generous paid time off to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• 12 paid company holidays to occasionally extend your weekends or time off. 
• Flexible hours or remote work environment available for certain positions
• 100% company paid life insurance and disability insurance
• Employee Referral Bonus program because why not to bring your friends to work everyday!

 

Why Oerlikon:

Every one of us has the chance to be more curious; to bring a new innovations and ideas in our work and to our customers in the automotive, aerospace, energy, tooling,