Project Engineer

Project Engineer - Chemical Process

Cincinnati, OH

Competitive salary, based on experience, plus excellent benefits, bonus potential and profit sharing

Looking for mentorship as a Project Engineer in a diverse engineering role? Look no further!

📌 Grow with dedicated mentorship: Work directly with a manager committed to your professional development and eager to provide guidance!
📌 Achieve true work/life balance: Enjoy a consistent 40-45-hour workweek with rare weekend or after-hours calls, allowing you to thrive both professionally and personally.
📌 Drive impactful projects: Experience a streamlined approval process , enabling you to get your projects off the ground quickly and efficiently!
📌 Benefit from exceptional rewards: Take advantage of a strong compensation package that includes 10% bonus potential, profit sharing, and 401K match .
📌 Expand your expertise: Engage directly with customers, attend client meetings, and tackle a wide range of diverse projects spanning chemical, mechanical, civil, and electrical.

If you're a highly motivated, results-oriented engineer seeking a challenging and rewarding opportunity with a company that truly values its employees, we encourage you to APPLY!

A growing chemical manufacturer with a diverse customer base and product line is seeking a Project Engineer to oversee multiple projects in a high-volume, process-oriented manufacturing environment. Daily, you will report to the Program Manager and will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Oversee aspects of multiple capital equipment projects, from conception to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets.
• Attend daily meetings to update management on the status of projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (sales, engineering, operations) to define project scope, feasibility, and resource allocation.
• Assist with the management of vendors and contractors to achieve project objectives.
• Contribute to the validation process for assigned projects, ensuring timely completion and adherence to quality standards.
• Successfully transition completed projects to operations, providing comprehensive documentation and training.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with customers regarding project expectations, progress, and timelines.
• Collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders at all levels to gather information, facilitate decision-making, and ensure project success.
• Develop and optimize line layouts and modifications to enhance production efficiency and safety.
• Support the development of process flow diagrams in collaboration with the process engineering team.
• Assist with establishing and maintaining equipment standards to promote consistency and reliability.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and cost reduction within capital projects.
• Work with team on feasibility analysis.
• Partner with the Program Manager to improve the project management system.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management to support overall business objectives.

Candidates should be detail-oriented, have excellent problem-solving skills, be able to prioritize tasks, be improvement-minded, and be able to communicate at all levels. Individuals should enjoy spending 30-50% of their time on the manufacturing floor. This is a diverse project engineering position that reports directly to the Program Manager. The company offers EXCELLENT medical benefits (including dental and vision), profit sharing and bonus potential, paternity leave, 401K, paid holidays, vacation and personal days. Medical benefits are available the first of the month after start.

REQUIREMENTS for the Project Engineer:
1. Bachelor's Degree in a technical field; Mechanical or Chemical Engineering highly preferred
2. Minimum of 2-3 years of similar project management experience
3. Experience working in process-oriented manufacturing (such as chemical, food, beverage), including a blending/mixing process
4. Experience overseeing capital equipment projects, including timelines and budgets
5. Blueprint reading experience
6. P&ID experience
7. Working knowledge of Gantt charts
8. Microsoft Office

Skills preferred but NOT required:
1. PMP certification
2. Consumer products manufacturing
3. Validation experience
4. Formal problem solving tools (5WHY or fishbone diagrams)
5. Power BI

Why work for this organization:
📌 Company has a diverse business mix and supplies Fortune 500 companies
📌 Excellent benefits, including 401K, profit sharing, quarterly bonus and 10% annual bonus potential
📌 Work/life balance, averaging 40-45 hours per week
📌 Company is positioned for future growth and acquisitions
📌 Minimal red tape on project approval
📌 Privately held company

Candidates are preferred to be local to the Cincinnati, OH area. A relocation package is offered for candidates with all required skill sets.

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