Remote Project Engineer (Food Industry) - 25% Travel/$90K To $120K

A rapidly growing manufacturing company is looking for a qualified Remote Project Manager to join their motivated team in advancing process technology with creativity, passion, and unmatched expertise at a global scale.

Responsibilities:
•    Review final quotes, project cost estimates, customer purchase orders, performance guarantees. Identify commercial and technical issues. 
•    Work with sales teams to negotiate with customers.
•    Establish and drive project schedule, using SAP and Microsoft Project.
•    Procure specialized machinery and controls from vendors. 
•    Negotiate pricing. 
•    Issue purchase requisitions in SAP. 
•    Follow up with vendors on schedules and drawings.
•    Follow equipment through mechanical and electrical engineering, manufacturing, check-out, pre-shipment testing and shipping to see customer specifications are met.
•    Provide project updates at weekly orders-in-progress (OIP) meetings.
•    Monitor project costs. 
•    Schedule and conduct project close-out meetings to identify discrepancies between planned and actual costs.
•    Interface with customer and field service to maintain project “punch list”. 
•    Arrange for visits to customer’s site to address warranty issues and time of installation.

Requirements
•    B.S. in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.  Required
•    5 years of Project Management experience.  Required
•    5 years of experience in the industrial food processing equipment industry.   Required
•    Knowledgeable in the use of SAP, CRM, AutoCAD viewer.   Required
•    Knowledgeable of assembly drawings, system layout drawings, electrical drawings.   Required
•    Available for up to 20-25% local and regional travel.   Required