Job Description:
The Site Project Engineer is responsible for leading the planning, design, and execution of capital projects that enhance workplace safety, quality/food safety, asset health, productivity, and sustainability.
The Site Project Engineer deploys engineering know-how to successfully deliver projects, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.
This role collaborates cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Quality & Food Safety, Health, Safety & Environment, and Regional Engineering to safely deliver assigned projects on time, within budget, within scope, and in compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
What are we looking for?
Minimum:
Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field
2+ years of experience in a comparable technical position
Proven experience in successfully managing small-scale (<$2M) capital projects
Solid understanding of engineering principles
Strong planning, communication, listening, and influencing skills
Travel up to 5% (domestically)
Preferred:
3 + years of comparable technical experience within food, beverage, pharmaceutical or related industry
Practical knowledge/experience in food processing plants, including food safety and hygienic design
Practical knowledge/experience in construction management
What would be your key responsibilities?
Project Management:
Manage capital projects (project initiation through closeout) to ensure delivery of scope, schedule, budget, and cash flow in accordance with internal project life cycle process
Conduct proper project planning, including development and alignment of project objectives, scope, schedule, and deliverables with key project stakeholders
Lead project risk assessment and implementation of appropriate risk mitigation strategies
Develop applicable procurement documentation, including Request For Quotation (RFQ)/Request For Proposal (RFP) and equipment specifications, to effectively communicate technical requirements to prospective suppliers
Review and approve technical drawings and construction submittals
Conduct proper project planning, including development and alignment of project objectives, scope, schedule, and deliverables with key project stakeholders
Manage construction, installation, and commissioning activities to ensure successful equipment/system start-up and handover to Operations and Maintenance
Track project progress, budget performance, forecasted cash flow performance, and schedule adherence throughout project life cycle
Communicate project status updates to key stakeholders
Maintain project documentation including drawings, specifications, change orders, and as-built records
Asset Management:
Identify and initiate fixed asset capitalizations in compliance with corporate finance/accounting policies
Identify and initiate fixed asset retirements in compliance with corporate finance/accounting policies
Support annual fixed asset cycle count work stream and corresponding asset tagging
Support asset conservation initiatives to ensure compliance with internal asset conservation standards/guidelines
Support site’s Asset Health Check program by providing technical inputs and risk mitigation strategies during annual audit
Workplace Safety/Food Safety Compliance:
Ensure assigned projects comply with internal engineering standards, workplace safety standards, and food safety standards, along with external regulatory requirements (e.g., OSHA, FDA, etc.)
Ensure project activities are executed safely, adhering to site’s construction safety program
Ensure hygienic design principles are employed in equipment selection or design
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles
Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today
Best-in-class learning and development support from Day 1, including access to our in-house Mars University
Industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus
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What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
