Project Engineer Jobs in Tennessee

Project Development

• Define the business need, project objectives, scope boundaries, and success criteria for assigned CapEx projects.
• Lead feasibility studies and option evaluations, recommending the preferred technical solution.
• Develop, review, and maintain technical requirements and specifications (including user requirements specifications), layouts, and assessments of utility/process/control impacts.
• Identify long-lead items, shutdown/tie-in constraints, and key interfaces with Operations and Maintenance to protect delivery timelines.
• Develop and manage project plans, including schedule, milestones, and stakeholder alignment through to completion.
• Coordinate and supervise installation and construction activities, ensuring site readiness, logistics planning, and effective punch-list management.
• Plan and execute FAT/SAT activities (where required), commissioning, start-up, and performance verification against defined criteria.
• Deliver a complete project handover, including as-built documentation, O&M manuals, certificates, and warranties.
• Verify post-start performance and confirm the delivered solution meets approved CapEx scope and acceptance criteria.
• Close out projects by completing documentation archiving, capturing lessons learned, and supporting benefits realization reviews.

Capex / Purchasing

• Prepare CapEx requests, providing robust supporting documentation including scope definition, assumptions, risks, and cost estimates.
• Manage RFQ processes, engaging suppliers and evaluating quotations against technical and commercial requirements.
• Raise and manage purchase requisitions and coordinate procurement of equipment, materials, and services in line with company procedures.
• Support contract award recommendations in partnership with Procurement and maintain complete, auditable procurement records.

Cost Management

• Monitor and control project budgets, forecasts, contingency, and change management, providing clear and timely cost reporting.
• Validate supplier charges and support invoice coding/approvals, maintaining accurate cost documentation and project cost files.
• Support commercial closing-out, including final account reconciliation and confirmation of completed financial obligations.

Environment, Health and Safety

• Develop and implement environment, health and safety programs (recycling, confined space, lock-out tag-out, hot work, etc.).
• Maintain clear signing of dangerous products/areas of plant and surrounding areas.
• Monitoring and ensuring that hazardous chemicals are regulated under OSHA through the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) and that information is accurate and updated.
• Ensure that employees are working in safe conditions and have all the safety equipment needed to accomplish their duties.
• Drive Prevention Response Program.
• Ensure all project activities comply with EHS requirements, applicable codes/standards, permitting obligations, and governance processes (including MOC where applicable).
• Lead or support risk assessments and ensure safe design principles and contractor safety expectations are embedded throughout execution.
• Reduce waste to a minimum.
• Assist the Health and Safety Committee.

Human Resources

• Coordinate required project resourcing (internal and contractor), clarifying roles, responsibilities, and timing to meet project milestones.
• Ensure appropriate training is planned and delivered for Operations and Maintenance to support safe start-up and sustainable operation.
• Comply with corporate HR policy and procedures.
• Comply with Union Contract policy and procedures, if applicable.

Other

• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree: Chemical Engineer or Mechanical Engineer
• 7-10 or more years’ experience in manufacturing plants in areas of engineering, maintenance, or processes.
• 5+ or more years’ experience in project management.
• Knowledge of the manufacturing industry (food manufacturing preferred).
• Knowledge of capital accounting and budgeting.
• Strong Cad skills.
• Strong Windows skills (Excel, Word, etc.).
• Good oral and written communication skills, team spirit, dynamic, innovative, results-oriented, and autonomous.

• Occasional overtime may be required.
• Up to 15% of travel required.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and talk, hear and smell.
• The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is sometimes exposed to airborne particles and chemicals.
• The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts.
• The employee frequently works in high places and is infrequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.