Senior Project Engineer

Senior Project Engineer

Ohly is one of the world's leading suppliers of yeast-based specialty ingredients for the global food, fermentation, feed, and health markets. It is part of the Associated British Foods Ingredients group (ABFI), providing specialty ingredients to a variety of segments including Food, Beverage, Nutrition, Feed, and Pharma. Within the model of devolved autonomy operated by Associated British Foods, Ohly develops and implements its own strategy and accounts for its own business success. This empowers our people with great freedom and independence, while enjoying all of the benefits and opportunities that belonging to a global group brings, meaning that individuals and teams can make a real difference within this operating culture.

Ohly has a great opportunity for a Senior Project Engineer to join our team in Boyceville, Wisconsin. The Project Engineer coordinates and manages capital projects, monitors process operations/controls, and assists with technical issues for the Boyceville facility to support production, maintenance, process improvements, and new process development. We are a small team, so interaction with leaders and colleagues across the organization are plentiful.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define, manage, and implement day to day capital projects as required by management team decisions

• Lead and manage engineering projects, ensuring all deliverables are met according to timelines, budgets, and quality standards

• Mentor and support junior engineers and project team members, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.

• Quality and Safety are paramount to all we do. Engineering experience in food processing, ingredients, pharmaceuticals, medical device, or chemicals translate well to our manufacturing setting

• We also have projects in facilities, civil, and utility engineering, so any experience in these areas is a plus

• Communication is key - this role will provide downtime requirements and daily formal communication to our Production Manager for scheduling and ensure all departments are generally aware of project work which may be occurring in their areas

• Coordinate vendors/contractors, equipment installations, construction, commissioning, and qualification as necessary to ensure minimal disruption to production

• Complete capital projects and repairs on time, on budget, and with zero accidents

• Monitor and provide technical inputs to the extraction, processing, and drying operations and support our production, maintenance, R&D, and quality control departments

• Responsible for ensuring employees comply with Good Manufacturing Practices and the Food Safety Plan as well as report food safety problems to personnel with authority to initiate action

• Participate in the Ohly Americas safety program including but not limited to attending weekly, monthly, and annual safety training

Essential Skills & Knowledge

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, chemical, bioprocessing/bioproducts, food engineering, or related area

• 5+ years of industrial engineering experience with project related background

• Ability to create projects to support improvements in plant operations.

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Comprehensive oral and written skills

• Understanding of GMP's, engineering in food production environments, and 3A standards

• Familiarity with process controls

Ohly operates based on our values of doing the right thing for our people, customers, and planet. We are committed to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace that includes colleagues with varied lifestyles, backgrounds, and experiences. We believe that enables us to better meet our values while innovating and delighting our customers throughout our global communities. If you are a creative engineering professional with a project related background, passion for manufacturing, and would like to find out more about US based opportunities we'd love to hear from you.