Project Engineer

Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.

Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate full-time opportunity for a Project Engineer, located at the Bay City Factory, 2600 S. Euclid Ave., Bay City, MI 48706.

Job Summary:

The Project Engineer is responsible for the engineering and technical disciplines for projects at all factory locations. This includes developing and implementing plans for automation, infrastructure and process related projects spanning one to five years assuring project accuracy and quality.

The Project Engineer works with the engineering department and factory personnel to define project objectives, scope, develop budgets, P&ID’s, drawings, specifications and bid packages. Local travel is required to all factories which are located up two hours away to manage assigned projects through to successful completion. The Project Engineer also works with factory personnel to support operations, maintenance and non-capital projects.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Prepare, schedule, coordinate and monitor assigned engineering projects.
• Monitor compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications.
• Review engineering deliverables (budget, schedule, planning) and report regularly on project status.
• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders to provide assistance & technical support.
• Evaluate project equipment, building & infrastructure needs, develop project budgets, schedules and P&ID’s.
• Develop structural, mechanical, electrical & instrumentation layouts with internal & external disciplines.
• Create bid packages for equipment purchase & installation.
• Coordinate with support groups for environmental, safety, power and controls services for projects.
• Provide training & start up support to operators, supervisors and maintenance personnel.
• Track order deliveries & installation progress, approve invoices & track project costs.
• Archive drawings, equipment cut sheets, manuals and provide hard copy / online access to factory personnel.
• Project handoff to AMMS / Planner Schedulers for asset management.
  
  

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience.
• Proven work experience as a Project Engineer including project management.
• Strong AutoCAD drafting experience.
• Strong technical experience and working knowledge of ASME boiler, pressure vessel and piping codes.
• Experience specifying process equipment such as piping systems, pumps, heat exchangers, evaporators, centrifuges, chillers, tanks, filters, air compressors, water treatment systems, boilers, turbines and equipment unique to the sugar industry.
• Experience specifying bulk material handling equipment such as belt and screw conveyors, bucket elevators, mixers, screeners, bins, scales, packaging equipment, and explosion protection equipment.
  
  

Key Competencies:

• Strong communication skills
• Proficient skills in MS Office products, AutoCAD and other engineering software.
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment.
• Provides model behavior to demonstrate corporate values.
  
  

NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.

Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive salary, opportunity for professional growth, and provides excellent medical insurance 100% company paid. A comprehensive benefits package includes: dental and life insurances, 401k match, paid holidays, vacation, sick leave and more. To learn more visit www.michigansugar.com .

Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.

Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugarbeet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugarbeets each year in 20 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.

That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.

Michigan Sugar Company has 930 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company’s annual payroll is more than $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million.

Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugarbeet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugarbeets are grown in the country.

Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer