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Project Engineer

Company: Sazerac Company
Location: Louisville
Posted on: October 29, 2024

Job Description:

Sazerac Company Overview: Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton's, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram's V.O., Myers's, Goldschl--ger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka. We're proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the "Best Places to Work in Kentucky" four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of "world's most award-winning distillery" through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you're a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry. Company/Location Overview: The Project Engineer is responsible for leading projects across the manufacturing network resulting in KPI attainment. Serves as project resource for large project implementations from design through start up. Through project leadership, creates a culture of employee engagement to drive improvements. Job Description/Responsibilities:

  • Design safety into all new bottling installations. Develop SOPs for all bottling operations that drive practices to reduce and eliminate workplace injuries.
  • Leads bottling continuous improvement efforts across the manufacturing network to include evaluation of performance of all bottling lines and recommending changes in equipment, equipment layout and bottling practices to drive improvements in quality and line efficiencies. Create /evaluate production efficiency plans and organize and direct improvements utilizing corrective action techniques.
  • Works with operations leadership across the network to identify bottling improvements needed and to develop improvement project plans and budgets. Monitors progress and reports to operations leadership. Identifies obstacles to project completion and executes plans to get projects back on track.
  • Sets up each improvement project in PPT, ensuring all team members are added and assigned tasks completed to keep projects on time and under budget. Uses PPT to keep key stakeholders on track and informed of project updates.
  • Leader of all bottling continuous improvement efforts across the manufacturing network. Continually drive bottling projects and processes that have an ultimate goal of providing cost savings while keeping safety and quality at a high level.
  • Leader of the Bottling continuous improvement program and culture across manufacturing network. Works with site leadership to achieve Best in Class bottling operations through system and process changes that result in operational and efficiency improvements. Provide support to the New Product Development Team in executing the bottling of new products within timelines and budgets. Work with site management to successfully implement new initiatives including package changes.
  • Works with site leadership to ensure compliance with safety, regulatory and environmental requirements for all assigned projects.
  • Meet and exceed customer expectations through continuous improvement of bottling quality and line efficiency across the manufacturing network.
  • Participates in the PDS process, meeting expectations for reporting on learnings and using feedback from the process to ensure optimal outcomes for the role. Qualifications/Requirements: Must
    • Ability to communicate with all levels of an org
    • Strong computer skills and high comfort using technology and systems
    • Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
    • Bachelors Degree in Engineering related discipline
    • 3 years relevant experience (minimum)Preferred
      • 3 years implementation or project management experience.
      • 3 years implementation or project management experience. #INDPRO1#LI-PL1

Keywords: Sazerac Company, Louisville , Project Engineer, Engineering , Louisville, Kentucky

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