Job Description

TAI Engineering is seeking a highly-skilled and motivated Project Engineer with a strong background in manufacturing and industrial settings. The ideal candidate is a versatile and optimistic leader who can manage multiple capital projects from start to finish, driving process improvements and collaborating effectively with various teams to ensure successful project execution and client satisfaction.

About TAI:

TAI has been a leading multidisciplinary firm for over 35 years, providing expert engineering, management, and technical services to industrial, manufacturing, commercial, and mission critical markets. With over 300 skilled professionals, 16 different divisions, and 6 offices across the US, TAI offers sole-source solutions for complex projects, built on long-term client partnerships and a culture that attracts top talent.

Team members at TAI are capable, well-rounded, flexible, and optimistic. We have found that the best employees are the ones who recognize the importance of what they do and the ones who let that guide them in the actions they take. More than any skill, we seek people who make decisions that support the common good. We work for our clients, and we work for one another.

Here’s a glimpse into your day to day:

• Managing all aspects and resources of multiple capital projects from inception through completion, developing detailed objectives and standards to meet all project deadlines & deliverables, and ensuring that all budgetary guidelines are met. Projects are typically under $2M in value.
• Managing capital appropriation for assigned projects, preparing cost/benefit analysis to justify and support project approvals, and preparing detailed written reports & deliver presentations outlining the status of projects.
• Managing contractor and construction activities on assigned projects, ensuring successful project execution.
• Working collaboratively with the Operations and Maintenance/Engineering departments to provide technical support in the acquisition, installation, operation, maintenance, and improvement of manufacturing equipment, to include facilitating disposal of what is obsolete.
• Ensuring that departmental and plant objectives are met in the areas such as Safety, Quality, Sanitation and Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
• Developing and implementing process improvement projects to increase productivity, reliability, sustainability, and cost reduction.
• Supporting a High Performance Work (HPW) environment by utilizing a total team approach to process improvements.

You’ll be a perfect fit if you have:

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial).
• Minimum 5 years of project engineering experience in a manufacturing/industrial setting.
• Demonstrated leadership, planning, organizing and communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects from the evaluation through implementation stages.
• Experience scoping capital projects, managing capital projects to budgets, obtaining equipment specifications, managing schedules, and managing construction activities.
• Experience leading large project teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project engineering experience in the food processing, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and/or chemical processing industry.
• BS or MS Degree focused in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering.
• Knowledge and experience with plant operations, CAD systems and shop floor integration.
• Experience with SAP or a similar ERP system.
• A strong understanding of sanitary design concepts.
• Experience with maintenance programs and processes.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Pay: $115,000-145,000 annually (based upon experience).
• Annual Profit Sharing Bonus (variable).
• PTO and Paid Holidays.
• Health Benefits: Employee through family level coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurances. Company funded life and long-term disability insurances. Short Term Disability, FSA, HSA, EAP, and supplemental life insurances (employee – family) are also available!
• 401(k)with employer match

Other Offerings:

• The opportunity to make a real impact on a variety of industry-leading projects.
• The ability to balance your work and family activities.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment that values creativity and innovation.
• A chance to learn and grow alongside some of the brightest minds in engineering.
• Professional Development, Tuition Reimbursement, and Association Membership Reimbursements.

Discover what makes TAI a top-20 manufacturing partner, according to Engineering News-Record (ENR), and one of the top-50 fastest-growing private companies in the Baltimore Business Journal. Learn more about us at

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