Principal/Director Project Engineer – Wastewater
Chobani
full-time
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Location: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $144,000 - $216,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
PMP
About the role
- Define project scope in collaboration with senior management, end users, and stakeholders
- Create work breakdown structures, capital expenditure requests, and manage budgets and forecasts
- Create and execute detailed work plans and identify sequences of activities to complete projects
- Select and manage resources and contract qualified consultants as appropriate
- Define objectives and measures for project evaluation at completion
- Ensure project personnel receive appropriate orientation
- Perform change management in accordance with the Project Control Plan
- Follow Chobani’s project management structure and document project activities using appropriate forms
- Monitor project progress, adjust to meet performance and earned value against baseline
- Review and update project schedules with senior management and impacted stakeholders
- Initiate, manage, and receive all budgeted project expenditures and manage cash flow projections
- Report actual cash flow and variances to senior management regularly
- Manage all project funds according to established accounting policies and procedures
- Oversee project closure including asset cost allocation, identifying nonvalue added activities, and asset disposals
- Follow Chobani’s safety procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices
- Manage multiple projects concurrently and be available to work off hours and weekends as needed
- Travel on average up to 3 weeks per month to Chobani sites
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering
- 8-10 years of Capital Project Engineering experience in the food and beverage industry (minimum 8 years)
- Experience with design, construction and operation of Dairy Manufacturing Site Wastewater Pre-Treatment Plants (dairy preferred)
- PMP certification preferred
- Pro-active, personal drive, decisiveness, commercial/business acumen
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Organizational competency and ability to prioritize
- Inventory management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Positive attitude, high energy, flexibility, and personal initiative
- Ability to work well under pressure and maintain professional demeanor
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Available to work off hours and weekends as needed
- Willingness to travel on average up to 3 weeks per month
- Serve as back-up in the absence of other Project Engineers