Project Engineer
Ajinomoto
- Portland, OR
- Permanent
- Full-time
Position Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide engineering support and project development for Operations, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement
- Provide and or manage CAD and design services.
- Support detailed capital planning and management for the facility.
- Project engineering, management and planning including but not limited to:
- Economic and feasibility analysis
- Conceptual and schematic design
- Plant and equipment layout
- Vendor/OEM and or Contractor sourcing, development and management
- Project financial management including cost estimation, budgeting, cost tracking and processing
- Scope development from concept to detail design
- Cost and schedule development
- Support and implement energy and sustainability initiatives.
- Tracking of overall cash flow for operations capital budget and the planning of capital budgets
- Project management, execution, including control, commissioning & startup.
- Actively support maintenance, environmental and safety activities and programs
- Actively participate in continuous improvement activities and teams.
- Actively work with other departments in problem solving and developing best practices.
- Perform work within company standards.
- Performs all other work as required by the company.
- Must have a Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
- 3-7 years of experience as a project engineer or project manager.
- Must have solid working knowledge in food production processing, packaging equipment, utilities.
- Must have skills in capital project development and implementation.
- Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Must have project management skills, be detailed oriented, and be able to prioritize and manage multiple simultaneous projects.
- Must have sound planning and organization skills.
- Knowledge of standard MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project)
- Working AutoCAD knowledge is preferred.
- Ability to travel 10-15% as may be required to support project activities.
- Experience with TPM - EAM, PM & AM is preferred.
- Experience with Ammonia Refrigeration Systems is preferred.