Project Engineer

For nearly a century, The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high-quality, high-value foods and beverages that help bring people together. In 2022, Jel Sert was certified as a Great Place to Work! We are currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Project Engineer. If you are looking for a Great Place to Work, with a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

We are actively seeking a Project Engineer. In this role, you will support the VP of Manufacturing and Engineering and the Director of Engineering while providing technical and administrative leadership in various business areas, including, but not limited to: Assets Management, Capital Management, Change & Improvement of Manufacturing Technology, Change & Improvement of Facilities/Utilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Support site start-up team and troubleshoot issues when they arise. If required, work with vender technicians to remediate issues.

• Assist with the development of Engineering Check-out, Equipment Acceptance Testing, Start-up/Validation documents.

• Develop and maintain project plans and coordinate project activities; track critical path milestones, accomplishments, and results.

• Ensure that end-to-end project planning, risk identification, dependency tricking, issues identification / escalation, and change management are being managed appropriately utilizing best practice project management standards

• Build relationships with senior leaders and other Program/Project owners; interact with, prepare materials for, and present to Senior Management as required

• Gather and provide management with needed information and metrics. This will include: extracting/comparing/maintaining/analyzing data

• Able to work flexible hours and multi-task in a fast paced, dynamic, high-pressured environment - managing changing priorities and tight deadlines.

• Develop project scopes and detailed project plans.

• Manages schedules, costs and other key deliverables per the approved project plan.

• Identifies, assesses and communicates project risks.

• Measures project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.

• Resolves and/or escalates issues to management in a timely fashion.

• Coordinates internal resources and third parties/vendors for the execution of projects.

• Coordinates project-initiated training.

• Effectively facilitates project team meetings.

• Ensures that forms and records to document project activities are maintained in a project management software database.

• Establishes a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of each project.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Generalist knowledge, skill/aptitude in process/packaging engineering, facility maintenance and utilities management required.

• BS in Engineering required, Mechanical or Electrical preferred.

• CAD software experience preferred.

• Minimum of 3+ years project engineering experience within food manufacturing required.

• Effective leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills.

• Detailed oriented and have proven time management skills while working on multiple projects simultaneously.

• SQF knowledge/experience a plus.

• Must have effective interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate throughout all levels of the organization.

• Bilingual Spanish preferred.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE and ABILITIES

• Solid knowledge of manufacturing operations.

• Proven project management skills (developing project charters, defining and managing scope, building timelines, communicating plans and managing cost and risks).

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills with proven ability to develop relationships internally and externally.

• Organized and detailed oriented with the ability to prioritize tasks and work against deadlines.

• Experience working with and effectively leading cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.

• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.

• Advanced Microsoft Office knowledge; advanced in Excel

• AutoCAD and MS Project expertise preferred.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU - BENEFITS

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

• 401(K ) & ROTH Plan with Company Match

• Life Insurance

• Supplemental Insurance

• Paid Time Off plus Paid Holidays

• Employee Assistance Program with a comprehensive of emotional, financial, physical, and social well-being programs.

• Continuous learning opportunities through various platforms and resources.

PERKS OF WORKING AT JEL SERT!

• Training and Career Development Opportunities

• Referral Program

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Discounts on our Delicious Products

• Health Club Member Reimbursement

• Interactive Company Culture with Engagement Activities

• Employee Service Awards

• Company Philanthropy

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes. In addition to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

• Must be able to discern differences between red/green/amber.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Office & Manufacturing environment

• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.

• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.

FOOD SAFETY and FOOD QUALITY RESPONSIBLITIES

Follow applicable procedures and work instructions.

Back-up Director of Engineering