Project Engineer (Portage la Prairie, MB)

• Work closely with plant and engineering leadership to develop and prioritize multiple capital projects as part of the annual capital program.
• Develop capital program and individual project schedules to include budgeting, capital submittal development, procurement, detailed engineering design, execution, equipment commissioning, and startup phases of the project life cycle.
• Lead the effort with multiple disciplinary resources to create a detailed project scope of work and cost estimate.
• Tracking and managing action items ensuring on-time project deliverables.
• Tracking and managing project budgets.
• Develop project cash flow forecasts.
• Collaborate with Technical Engineering as needed for larger and more complex projects.
• Lead purchasing activities with internal departments including Procurement and Legal to manage equipment purchases and service contracts.
• Responsible for tracking and managing project purchasing logs.
• Identify construction and installation contractor pool and work closely with procurement and legal departments to enter into master services agreements (MSA).
• Review equipment contracts and establish required equipment delivery dates aligning with project schedule and project execution plan.
• Review and approve all project invoices and process for payment.
• Process and manage all budget change orders utilizing change order management process.
• Review installation bid packages and manage the bidding process working closely with procurement when required.
• Work with vendors and contractors to develop sound start-up support plans.
• Work closely with plant operations team to identify required equipment spare parts and tracking the deliverable dates.
• Manage contractors during project installation.
• Lead project closeout and prepare capitalization with Asset Management and Finance.
• Lead project lessons-learned activity documenting and presenting to management at the close of the project.
• Prepare project status reports and update presentations (MS PowerPoint) to leadership and other key stakeholders.
• Other tasks related to project engineering as required.

• Bachelor's Degree (B.S. Eng.) from 4-year college or university.
• Canadian P. Eng. license.

• 3+ years related manufacturing experience in a food processing plant or related / comparable industry.
• Understanding of engineering principles in manufacturing applications.
• Exposure to engineering in a food processing plant is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to planning and execution of capital projects including budgeting and tracking.
• Exposure to working with or overseeing technical consultants and construction staff.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills.

• Possess and can demonstrate effective thinking and behaviors as it relates to leadership skills and competencies. (esp. drive for results, collaboration, urgency and conflict resolution)
• Ability to lead multiple small and medium sized projects simultaneously; including compressed project (and installation) timelines in an operating food manufacturing facility.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate to plant and engineering staff and leaders.
• Strong MS Office skills including Outlook email communication.
• Proficiency in using, creating, and managing spreadsheets (MS Excel) is required.
• Proficiency in reading and creating CAD documents (AutoCAD, SolidWorks) is required.
• Exposure to MS Project preferred.
• Exposure to PDF editing preferred.

• International travel is not required for this position.
• Maximum travel not expected to exceed 10%.

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