Project Engineer jobs in Elkhart, IN

Project Engineer

Job Description

About Warsaw Chemical

For more than 80 years, thousands of businesses nationwide have depended on Warsaw Chemical to provide high-quality solutions, backed by unmatched customer service. Today, you’ll find our products used in a wide variety of industries, from schools, healthcare providers and governmental entities, to carwashes, manufacturers and distributors, restaurants, hotels, correctional facilities, and numerous other businesses.  With over 800 unique formularies, we are committed to providing safe, powerful, and cost-effective solutions that clean better and save money.

Job Description:  Warsaw Chemical is seeking a Project Engineer with experience in a facility relocation to work in our corporate office in Warsaw, Indiana. The ideal candidate will lead in all areas of project management and be an important part of our growth team.

Primary Job Duties:

• Coordinate, organize, and oversee a manufacturing facility move.
• Utilize experience in facility design and equipment installation process with Lean Manufacturing.
• Delegates work and assignments to team members based on expertise, work experience, and time constraints.

• Leads an interdepartmental team to complete an assigned project on time, to specifications, and with accuracy and efficiency.
• Outlines the tasks involved in the project and delegates accordingly.
• Conducts cost analysis, estimating expected costs for the project.
• Prepares and implements a budget based on estimates.
• Conducts risk assessments; reports identified risks to management; provides recommendations for mitigation of risk (including termination of the project if appropriate).
• Addresses questions, concerns, and/or complaints throughout the project.
• Acts as a liaison between company, customers, and vendors.
• Communicates and collaborates with sales and marketing teams to provide training and information required to promote and sell new projects, programs, and systems.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, specifications, and best practices.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Design or Modeling software.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Thorough understanding of or the ability to quickly learn about the project or product being developed.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or comparable experience in Chemical or Process Engineering.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods standing and walking and/or sitting.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.

Our Values:

We are driven by our 4 core values that Team Members hold as a fundamental way of doing business: People First Culture, Integrity, GRIT (passion and Perseverance), Innovation. We are a small high performing team so we are looking for those that align with these values. No brilliant jerks allowed.

• People First Culture: We create SAFE workplaces focused on building strong partnerships with our Warsaw Chemical Team, Customers and Community.
• Integrity: We demonstrate honest, sincere, and ethical behavior in all professional/personal choices and actions.
• Grit: We own our responsibilities and approach situations with Passion and Perseverance to achieve goals.
• Innovation: We foster creativity to drive continuous improvements and breakthrough solutions.

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive salary with bonus opportunity, based on experience, Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, critical illness and accident benefits, life insurance, 401(k) and more are available to eligible Team Members. Additionally, There’s the opportunity to work with a genuinely awesome team of co-workers. Professionalism, mutual respect and a sense of humor are traits we value and exhibit.