Engineering Project Manager en Lyons Magnus LLC

Description

Lyons Magnus leads the food industry with creativity and innovation, crafting top-quality products across all manufacturing phases, from raw materials to marketing. With over 2000 diverse items for industrial ingredient and food service sectors, Lyons caters to leading restaurant chains nationally and internationally.

At Lyons, our diverse and talented staff is the heart of our organization. We foster a thriving work environment where employees are engaged in shaping both the company's and their own future.

We are a rapidly expanding food and Beverage Company seeking a hands-on Engineering Project Manager of Engineering that will be responsible for the execution of capital & maintenance projects supporting our bottling, canning and aseptic process lines.

Based on candidates’ experience, position could be Senior Engineering Project Manager.

Shift: Day

Schedule: Monday – Friday (occasional weekends)

Location: Walton, KY

Travel Requirements: Occasional 

Work Environment Available: In office

*NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS Job may also require occasional weekend/evening work supporting a 24-hour/7-day operation. Travel expected to be less than 10%.

Core Responsibilities:

• Identifying/solving issues and managing scope, schedule, budget and quality in a proactive and timely manner.
• Desire to solve problems and be part of a great team.
• An embedded intensity to maximize OEE via engineering, plant support and teamwork.
• Engineering support activities to facilitate completion of specific projects.
• Schedule, budget, coordinate project objectives within budgetary limits and reporting status.
• Process engineering and equipment layout, integration, and specification services for projects that include a comparative analysis and executive summary for senior management.
• Vendor equipment investigation, selection, price negotiation, coordination, and procurement efforts related to projects.
• Participate in monthly and/or weekly project reviews for technical and design concerns with Senior Management.
• Preparation and review of scope documents, job specifications, proficiency evaluation, price negotiations and contract terms.
• Analyze and plan for installation of equipment and related construction activities.
• Management of on-site contractors.
• Inspects work progress, equipment and construction sites.
• Project start-up and commissioning equipment.
• Management of Process & Package Specifications & Sourcing.
• Work intricately with facility management and staff to aide in continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

• Working knowledge of Auto-CAD.
• Working knowledge of PLC, RS Logix and Wonderware.
• Data Acquisition and related Manufacturing tools to drive OEE improvements.
• Working knowledge of maintenance management, CMMS’s, root cause & problem solving.
• Strong project management skills.
• Familiarity with high speed food manufacturing processes related to Chocolate, fruit flavors, drink bases, or confectionary is desirable.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem solving skills and an aptitude for detail and strong organizational abilities a must.
• Strong interpersonal skills with customers (internal and external) and vendors.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related field of study
• 3-5 year of experience in food, beverage or CPG manufacturing environment
• Experience with Auto-CAD

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preference for candidates with aseptic processing experience
•  Working knowledge of PLCs, RSLogix, and Wonderware. 
• 7 years of experience in a food manufacturing or related environment
• Professional Engineer (PE) license and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification