Project Engineering Manager

Primary Responsibility:

The Project Engineering Manager is responsible for taking approved projects from concept/solutions phase through detailed engineering and into implementation, supporting the program management team with technical expertise and leadership to ensure Americold drives clarity of requirements, accuracy of pricing, and supplier/OEM technical delivery.

They will lead supplier selection (RFP, scorecarding) primarily for Automation Contractor and supporting General Contractor and Refrigeration partners, organizing and leading Integrated Detail Engineering (IDE) workshops with internal, external, and customer resources, defining process and systems flows of sites, finalizing budgets and schedules, and supporting the project technically through implementation.

This role is responsible for validating the engineering and performance of the equipment, working with the site/field implementation teams and suppliers.

What You'll Do:


* Technical owner of Americold's program implementations, leading internal and external teams through detailed engineering of automation Type I new builds, to deliver the design requirements and business case of the final product


* This includes automation, construction, refrigeration, and IT systems coordination (WMS and WES) to ensure integrated delivery meets requirements


* Supplier Selection - drive vendor selection of the key leads (AC/GC) and their main sub-contractors to ensure inputs on costs are engineered and delivered by the correct parties


* Integrated Detailed Engineering (IDE) - lead this phase of engineering, taking the design concept into a deeper level of engineering with suppliers


* Drive all IDE deliverables to completion - final design and layouts, construction and automation GMPs/firm pricing, revised project schedules and vendor proposals, updated capital budgets and OpEx requirements


* Project Management- lead the engineering workstream under the implementation team and program manager, after the detailed engineering phase through commissioning


* Plan, schedule, budget and execute all integrated design engineering related project activity


* Manage execution of project technical solution including mitigating change orders

What You'll Need:


* Bachelor's Degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Logistics, or related field


* 10+ years of demonstrated Engineering Design, Project Management and/or Implementation experience in the fields of warehouse automation, operations and/or logistics required


* 7+ years of project management experience; PMP/PMI certification desired or similar levels of program/project management education with successful track record managing multiple high priority capital investment ($10M+) and customer implementations using project/program management methods and tools


* 8+ years of experience using AutoCAD (or other 2D & 3D design software) for detailed mechanical designs and approva...