Strategic Project Engineering Manager

🕒 March 6

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Smithfield Foods

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1936

🌾 Agriculture

Agriculture • Food & Beverage

Smithfield Foods is a leading global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. The company offers high-quality meat products under a variety of popular brand names, including Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan’s Famous, and Carando. Smithfield Foods is renowned for its innovative approaches, combining tradition with technology, to drive the future of food. The company is committed to sustainability, supporting communities, and producing safe, affordable, and high-quality food products. In addition to its core operations, Smithfield Foods actively engages in community support endeavors, such as addressing food insecurity and supporting veterans.

📋 Description

• Responsible for developing preliminary designs and specifications for engineering and materials, while preparing project cost estimates. • Conducting research, feasibility studies, and economic studies to ensure the design is both viable and cost-effective. • Determining design criteria based on required standards and codes, and validating field work, creating as-built drawings to document the final outcome. • Reviewing and checking engineering projects for accuracy and soundness and managing project execution by guiding vendors and contractors. • Coordinating project schedules with plant personnel, vendors, and contractors, ensuring alignment with management and engineering teams to successfully implement plans. • Accountable for coordinating and providing direction to equipment vendors to plan layouts, ensure utility requirements are met, and maintain installation schedules. • Conducting engineering planning, design, and operational reviews during pre-project studies to assess feasibility and ensure alignment with project goals. • Responsible for contract administration, including reviewing bid packages to ensure compliance and completeness.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience, required. • 2+ years’ experience in a position of leadership to include team development and management, required. • Ability to apply sound engineering principles to operational and design issues. • Knowledge of installation and construction project scheduling. • Must possess Project Management skills; Contract Administration skills; National codes and standards interpretation skills. • Proficient in engineering economics. • Proficient in AutoCAD. • Proficient in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software and Word processing software, other Microsoft Office products. • Energized by collaboration through travel to other locations. (50% of the time).

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive training and professional development programs • Tuition assistance covering English language learning and various certificate programs • Apprenticeship programs that combine hands-on experience with focused learning • Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children • Education Reimbursement Program for obtaining GED/High School Equivalency Diploma or academic degree