Mechanical Project Engineer

Position Description

Job Summary

Why work for us?

At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

What's the Job?

The Mechanical Project Engineer works with the Chowchilla team and is responsible for the engineering and technical disciplines of projects. The project engineer should have all the necessary skills required to schedule, plan, forecast, manage all resources and technical activities of engineering projects from commencement to completion. The managing of these projects should ensure that the work adheres to all company safety policies and OSHA mandated requirements. Interaction with external vendors, plant stakeholders, and corporate teams will be essential. This position reports to the Engineering Manager at the Chowchilla facility.

Essential Duties

• Provide leadership and/or project management within the facility or cross functionally in other teams as needed.

• Preparing, scheduling, coordinating and monitoring of assigned capital projects.

• Uses structured problem solving methodologies for data driven analysis and decisions.

• Ability to use SolidWorks and read/ analyze/ interpret/ generate engineering drawings.

• Work closely with maintenance on various plant priorities.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Engineering Manager.

• Establish timelines for every projects and then managing the execution of the project to completion on time. This will include determining qualified contractors for the project, bidding the project, analyzing and selecting the contractor, managing contractors during install, handling project startups, developing punch lists with stake holders as required.

• Train personnel on use and maintenance of new or modified equipment. Document training and procedures as required.

• Set up spare part inventory for new equipment and help develop/ support Preventative Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance programs as required.

• Have a good understanding of the capitalization process for projects and ensure all projects are executed within the budgeted amount.

Required Qualifications

What do you bring?

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an accredited university or institution.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Project Engineer in a manufacturing or production facility.
• Design using computer aided drafting and design.
• Have a high level of proficiency in all Microsoft Office programs.
• Knowledge of SAP is a plus.

Additional Requirements

• Interpersonal skills sufficiently developed to interact with plant personnel, other plants, suppliers, and contractors to find and implement solutions to problems. Have the ability to instruct and get work done through vendors and plant maintenance.

• Ability to work on occasional days of 12+ hours during down days or during a project startup.

• Occasional travel to vendors, other plants, seminars, trainings and equipment exhibitions.

• Self-motivated with a continuous improvement mindset.

Additional Description

What are our perks?

We provide unique options to fit your unique lives! Our Total Rewards Program is customizable to accommodate your needs. Our menu of flexible optionsincludes, but is not limited to:

• Excellent healthcare options: Medical, vision, prescription & dental

• Family Focus & Balance: Parental leave, paid time-off and Employee Assistance Program

• Financial Security: Competitive 401(k), Company-funded Retirement Accumulation Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program (PEG)

• Tuition Reimbursement: Continuing education for every season of your career

• Pet Insurance options: Insurance plan & prescription discount program for your furry friends

• Employee Recognition Programs

• PerkSpot: Our exclusive one-stop online discount marketplace

• LiveWell: Rewarding you for living a healthy lifestyle

Company Summary

Who are we?

Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed has more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. www.certainteed.com

Legal Statement

Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.

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