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Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.
What You'll Do: The Project Engineering Manager is responsible for taking approved projects from concept/solutions phase through detailed engineering and into implementation, supporting the program management team with technical expertise and leadership to ensure Americold drives clarity of requirements, accuracy of pricing, and supplier/OEM technical delivery.
They will lead supplier selection (RFP, scorecarding) primarily for Automation Contractor and supporting General Contractor and Refrigeration partners, organizing and leading Integrated Detail Engineering (IDE) workshops with internal, external, and customer resources, defining process and systems flows of sites, finalizing budgets and schedules, and supporting the project technically through implementation. This role is responsible for validating the engineering and performance of the equipment, working with the site/field implementation teams and suppliers.
Essential Functions:
They will lead supplier selection (RFP, scorecarding) primarily for Automation Contractor and supporting General Contractor and Refrigeration partners, organizing and leading Integrated Detail Engineering (IDE) workshops with internal, external, and customer resources, defining process and systems flows of sites, finalizing budgets and schedules, and supporting the project technically through implementation. This role is responsible for validating the engineering and performance of the equipment, working with the site/field implementation teams and suppliers.
Essential Functions:
- Technical owner of Americold’s program implementations, leading internal and external teams through detailed engineering of automation Type I new builds, to deliver the design requirements and business case of the final product
- This includes automation, construction, refrigeration, and IT systems coordination (WMS and WES) to ensure integrated delivery meets requirements
- Supplier Selection - drive vendor selection of the key leads (AC/GC) and their main sub-contractors to ensure inputs on costs are engineered and delivered by the correct parties
- Integrated Detailed Engineering (IDE) - lead this phase of engineering, taking the design concept into a deeper level of engineering with suppliers
- Drive all IDE deliverables to completion - final design and layouts, construction and automation GMPs/firm pricing, revised project schedules and vendor proposals, updated capital budgets and OpEx requirements
- Project Management– lead the engineering workstream under the implementation team and program manager, after the detailed engineering phase through commissioning
- Plan, schedule, budget and execute all integrated design engineering related project activity
- Manage execution of project technical solution including mitigating change orders
- Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Logistics, or related field
- 10+ years of demonstrated Engineering Design, Project Management and/or Implementation experience in the fields of warehouse automation, operations and/or logistics required
- 8+ years of experience using AutoCAD (or other 2D & 3D design software) for detailed mechanical designs and approvals
- Successful track record managing multiple high priority capital investment ($10M+) and customer implementations using project/program management methods and tools
- Must be able to travel at an estimated ~60%-70% of the time to support projects and staff both domestically and internationally
- PMP/PMI certification desired or similar levels of program/project management education
- Ideal candidate would have a mix of 5+ years of design and an additional 5+ years of implementation
Experience in “new builds/greenfields”, working with construction or general contractors a plus - Operations management experience desired; proven experience inside a distribution center and leadership or other role through two or more go-lives
Our associates know the answer to the question What’s in it for me? We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.
Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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