Capital Projects Engineer

Company: ZXP Technologies
Location: Chicago
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

At ZXP, our culture and values define our workplace and how we work. We work as One Team in a safe and environmentally sound way, empowered to take ownership and accountability to ensure we deliver quality products and services with speed and flexibility to exceed our customers' expectations.Overview of the Role:The Capital Projects Engineer is responsible for providing the technical/ engineering leadership to support capital project initiative execution (process, packaging, warehouse, facilities & grounds), as well as oversee effective maintenance and reliability of assets at the site. The role spans from strategic planning of the out-year and long-range capex plans to the scope development, design, budgeting, capex funding requests, and direct project leadership and responsibility for the execution of discrete projects on the in-year capital plan to ensure safe and compliant operations, asset integrity, as well as the efficiency & growth agenda for the business. This role will directly lead the packaging/ packaged goods portfolio of projects, so PRIOR ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE IN CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS MANUFACTURING IS AN ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE ROLE.Responsibilities:CAPEX:

• Lead the development of capex planning for out-year and long-range capex investment to ensure safe & compliant operations, asset integrity, operational efficiency, and new business growth opportunities.
• Lead the execution of the annual capital plan and ensure routine performance and progress reporting on project execution status vs plan.
• Execute projects with disciplined and rigorous adherence to the capex execution stage gate process (Appraise/ Define/ Execute/ Operate) ensuring stakeholder engagement and formal signoffs and approvals as required.
• Lead the detailed engineering scoping of projects with the support of the operations and sales to achieve clearly defined project outcomes and deliverables. Develop detailed cost estimates for projects to be rolled up into CAPEX requests and work with operations, sales, and finance to define the project justification (ROI, payback, etc.) for projects that are efficiency and growth driven.
• Develop detailed capex project designs using AutoCAD to translate the scope into layout designs that can be used for stakeholder engagement and alignment, detailed project costing, and tendering of the projects for contractor (and in-house resource where applicable) planning and bidding.
• Using MS-Project develop project implementation plans to ensure project timelines are clearly defined and execution is tracked vs the plan, and stakeholders are routinely updated.
• Lead the procurement process for capex assets to drive optimum project cost through competitive tendering and sourcing of assets in line with the project design to achieve the project goals.
• Assure project execution in accordance with plans through the Maintenance & Construction Manager.
• Develop project "process narratives" as required to ensure that a technical operating description is available for instrumentation and controls technicians to develop the associated controls strategy and PLC program.
• Ensures an effective Management of Change (MoC) transition and hand-over of newly installed and/ or modified assets to Operations, to ensure safe and effective commissioning, start-up, and operation.
• Ensure process projects are appropriately scoped, designed, executed, commissioned and start-up through the appropriate leadership and direction of the Process Engineer.Maintenance:
• Provides over-arching strategy, direction, goal setting, performance tracking, and performance assurance for the maintenance execution within the plant.
• Leads the development of the annual maintenance and MRO budget for the site and ensures the execution to plan.
• Through the Construction & Maintenance Manager, ensures assets are maintained to deliver required operational performance goals (throughput, OEE) and minimizing unplanned downtime by ensuring the effective development, implementation, and execution of preventative maintenance programs & processes.
• Ensure maintenance effectiveness through the application and performance management of maintenance key performance indicators (kpi's).
• Manage the maintenance backlog through the CMMS application for the site and leverage that system for performance management kpi's.
• Ensure MRO spend is approved (appropriate delegation of authority) and optimized to deliver the reliability and performance goals of the operation through effective sourcing strategies, competitive tendering for supplies, and supplier performance management.
• Ensure MRO stores inventory is optimized to meet operational requirements.
• Ensure training requirements are planned & executed to enable safe maintenance task execution, and the competency and capability of the maintenance team to deliver safe and reliable asset operation.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.Capital Projects Engineer:
• Promotes One Team by communicating, engaging, and aligning functions across manufacturing and sales (new business initiatives) in support of effective project scoping, design, and execution.
• Recognizes the performance of their team, or resources from across the organization, when goals are achieved, targets are delivered, and improvement initiatives are addressed in the area of Project Execution & Maintenance Effectiveness.
• Reports to COO with a dashboard of kpi's that clearly articulates current performance and performance trends and identifies focused improvement opportunities.
• Assesses, supports, and addresses the competency and capability development needs of own team and ensures the training and development resources are available as required.
• Uses technology, software, and hardware to record information and write reports.Qualifications:
• Minimum - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, or Chemical preferred).
• Minimum 7 years of Engineering experience in CPG - Consumer Packaged Goods manufacturing environments.
• Minimum 3 years of Project Engineering scoping, design, execution, and start-up experience on consumer-packaged goods related projects with comprehensive experience in AutoCAD design, and the use of MS-Project for project scheduling, tracking, and performance management.
• Minimum 3 years of experience leading salaried staff teams.
• Experience in process engineering (fluids handling) is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS-Office particularly MS-Excel for data extraction, analysis, and reporting and MS-PowerPoint for performance reporting and communication.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required for management of direct reports (setting clear expectations, coaching, managing performance) and influencing skills to manage across functional boundaries to achieve functional goals.
• Required - Language, Writing and Reasoning - Must be proficient in the English language.Certificates and Licenses:
• 4-year bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• MBA an asset.
• Spanish as a second language an asset.Physical Demand and Work Conditions:
• A high volume of walking, sitting, and standing is part of the daily schedule.
• Specific vision abilities are required to perform this job. They include but are not limited to distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• All ZXP employees are exposed to weather conditions consistent with the Texas region. Also, frequent exposure to moving equipment, and high noise levels typical of a manufacturing plant with occasional exposure to fumes, airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals is expected.
• A mandatory Dress Code policy applies to all employees and may be found in the Employee Handbook.ADA: ZXP adheres to the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) in providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For more information refer to Employee Handbook or contact the Human Resources department.
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