Associate Project Engineer

The Role:

Under the direction of the Engineering Project Manager, the Project Engineer is responsible for developing, leading, and executing capital projects in a manner that follows all Meati process and technical standards while working cross-functionally with other engineering disciplines. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a highly collaborative personality and strong engineering background while managing projects in for fermentation, food processing, plant utility systems.

Project Development

• Assists with development of Meati capital plans.
• Assists with development of project charters and objectives in an environment where scope and deliverables may be ambiguous and needs to be brought into focus.
• Develops cost justifications, scope, schedule, and budget estimates.
• Writes, submits, and presents capital request documentation.
• Drives development of project success criteria for vertical start up and alignment with sponsor and stakeholders.

Project Execution

• Responsible for project scope execution, cost, schedule management and safety.
• Assists in the competitive selection process, contract negotiation process, and oversight of all design consultants, specialty vendors, and construction teams as necessary for each project.
• Prepares Best Value Option Analysis (BVOA) to compare solutions and cost for best value and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Reviews, marks up, and approves drawings and other technical documentation
• Develops Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) planning and executes successful FAT.
• Provides field installation supervision, leads commissioning, and field troubleshooting during startup phase.
• Identifies and resolves technical problems.
• Communicates project status throughout the organization.
• Coordinates and supervises contractors and vendor reps and construction management.
• Develops and executes IQ, OQ, PQ with project team during installation, commissioning, qualification, and verification project phases.
• Ensures that all technical deliverables, cost, and schedule requirements are met throughout the execution of the project.
• Adds value by influencing through innovation and continuous improvement.
• Identifies, develops, and implements process improvement projects to increase productivity, reliability, sustainability, and cost reduction.
• Supports a High-Performance Organization (HPO) environment by utilizing a total team approach to capital project execution and process improvements.
• Ability to forecast spend for project costs, track budgets, manage schedule.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 5-7+ years of project engineering experience in the food or pharmaceutical industries along with an understanding of sanitary design concepts.
• Demonstrated leadership, planning, organizing and communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects from the evaluation through implementation stages.
• Experience developing justification, scoping and managing capital projects to budgets and schedule.
• Contractor management experience, including scoping the work, managing a bidding process, negotiations, field installation supervision, and change order management
• Experience leading cross-functional project teams.
• Ability to follow up and prioritize project issues independently and juggle multiple projects with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, troubleshoot, and solve technical problems.
• Ability to communicate and present to individuals at all levels of the Meati organization,
• Willingness to learn and adapt to a fast-changing environment.
• Proficient in Excel, Power Point, MS Project, Word.  Proficiency in AutoCAD a plus.
• Must have solid written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work weekends, varying shifts, holidays as project execution schedules may require.
• Travel will be approximately 20% but may be higher during specific project phases. 

**Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Meati™ we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.**

Compensation:
Range is 100-110K, including a potential annual bonus and equity. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience.