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Project Engineer
- North Chicago, IL
- Days, Monday-Friday
- Co-Packaging & Contract Manufacturer - Liquids
- $80,000 - 100,000 per year salary
The Project Engineer provides mechanical and process controls engineering topic knowledge and best practices to facilitate the design, procurement, installation, and continuous improvement of CPG packaging systems. They will manage project scope, timeline, risks and mitigation, and budget to achieve project charter requirements
Key Responsibilities include:
- Engineering Lead for CapEx and continuous improvement projects
- Drives internal and external partners to achieve project objectives
- Manage project scope, timeline, risks and mitigation, and budget to achieve Project Charter requirements
- Conceptualize, create and review technical drawings, plans, and specifications
- Improve manufacturing efficiency through analysis, workflow plans, and equipment design and automation improvements, including purchase of new unit operations
- Analyze production processes, schedules, methods, and other data and statistics to identify root causes of lost opportunity and provide solutions to capture and reduce these losses
- Develops Project Charters for modifications to improve existing processes
- Establishing centerlines / set points, and documenting procedures for equipment
- Provides solutions to a wide range of difficult to complex problems using comprehensive manufacturing operations knowledge combined with appropriate engineering principles
- Develop, perform, validate and test processes for new equipment purchases and new production line layouts
- Contributes engineering topic knowledge to process and efficiency programs relating to review and improvement of manufacturing process, and to production troubleshooting efforts as needed
- Maintain and produce detailed project documentation for Project Status and Health, IQ/OQ/PQ, and Change Control
Qualifications & Experience required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- Lean Six Sigma Certification highly preferred
- Project Management Certification preferred
- 10+ years of professional engineering experience with a progression of assignments in production engineering projects and process/product development
- Excellent knowledge of CPG manufacturing packaging machinery, processes, and standards related to performance, maintenance, and safety
- Exceptional technical and problem-solving skills and reasoning ability
- Experience using CAD software such as SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar.
- Allen Bradly PLC programming experience, specifically with integration of production line controls.
How To Apply
- Contact: Bryce Charles
- Call Bryce @ 619-354-7388
- Job #: 1649
- If you would like to find out more, simply click apply.
All applicants must live in the USA and be eligible to work and live in the USA. Please note, our client is unable to offer Sponsorship or Visa support for this role.
Relevant Job Titles: Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer, Project Manager, CapEx Project Manager
This position is commutable from: Chicago IL, Naperville IL, McHenry IL, Evanston IL, Highland Park IL, Pleasant Prairie WI, Lake Geneva WI, Fox Lake IN
Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.
Axion Recruitment is working as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.
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With our extensive industry knowledge and vast network of professionals, we are adept at identifying exceptional candidates who possess the technical expertise, experience, and cultural fit necessary to excel within your organization.
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