Global Project Engineer

What you’ll do

• Own project planning artifacts including scope, estimates, schedules, budgets, business cases, execution plans, and Capital Appropriation Requests.
• Set up and operate project governance with risk registers, action tracking, change control, reporting, and decision-making practices.
• Coordinate competing priorities across stakeholders, resources, and external partners across multiple concurrent projects.
• Provide clear project updates, surface risks and decision needs, and maintain accurate, current project records.
• Develop design criteria, technical specifications, bid packages, and procurement documents.
• Review drawings and layouts, P&IDs, electrical documentation, equipment specifications, and contractor submittals.
• Manage execution through consultants, contractors, equipment suppliers, bidding activities, contract negotiations, construction, field issues, and project changes.
• Apply engineering judgment to resolve technical and construction challenges.
• Direct commissioning, startup, training, performance verification, operational readiness, and project turnover.
• Work with site teams to ensure new equipment and systems integrate safely into operations.
• Close out projects with punch lists, as-built documentation, manuals, warranties, spare parts information, final cost reporting, and lessons learned.
• Ensure compliance with AFB standards, applicable codes, OSHA and EHS requirements, food safety expectations, permitting requirements, and site procedures.
• Identify risks early and coordinate mitigation plans with project stakeholders.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, quality, and operational excellence across every project phase.
• Use data and root-cause analysis to identify continuous improvement opportunities and balance safety, quality, productivity, reliability, timing, and cost.
• Communicate complex technical information clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Provide functional leadership across functions, directing consultants, contractors, vendors, suppliers, and other project resources without relying on direct authority.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering and capital project experience in an industrial manufacturing or process environment.
• Proven experience leading projects through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout.
• Strong knowledge of scope development, estimating, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, construction, change control, and closeout.
• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities while maintaining accurate documentation and status reporting.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, layouts, P&IDs, specifications, equipment documentation, and contractor submittals.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience managing capital projects valued at $1 million or more.
• Experience in food manufacturing, process manufacturing, or a similar regulated industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of industrial construction, equipment installation, process systems, manufacturing operations, and startup activities.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, PMP certification, or an advanced degree.

Work environment

• Works across office, manufacturing, construction, and active project environments.
• Must be able to walk through manufacturing and construction areas, climb stairs or ladders, work around moving equipment, and tolerate dust, noise, and temperature variations while wearing required PPE.
• Travel between AFB facilities and to vendor or contractor locations is expected.
• Occasional off-hours support may be required during critical activities such as commissioning or startup.
• May be based at AFB International’s corporate office in St. Charles, Missouri or at the Aurora, Missouri plant site.

Leadership scope

• Provides functional leadership to project teams and directs work of consultants, contractors, vendors, suppliers, and other project resources.
• May also mentor project engineers and site personnel.
• Direct reports are not required for this position.

Capital project scale

Capital projects typically range from $1 million to more than $5 million.