About Danmare

The Danmare Group specializes in providing full-service engineering and design solutions to leading companies in the food and beverage industry. Over the past fourteen years, clients have enlisted our expert team to manage challenging projects from start to finish. We take a collaborative approach that considers all stakeholder requirements to satisfy the unique needs of our clients. Our skilled team of professionals manage the process design, equipment specifications, plant layout, equipment qualifications, construction, and installations, managing vendors so our clients are provided with successful projects, on time and within budget.

The Opportunity

The role requires a minimum of 10 years of relevant engineering, project management, consulting, or design experience to drive and manage multiple projects for a variety of clients in the food, beverage, and pet food industries.

The Team

Our team is comprised of a diverse and multi-disciplinary group of professional engineers, designers, and project managers, who have extensive experience leading and managing multimillion-dollar projects for clients who are leaders in their respective industries.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Lead major project initiatives, which includes identifying all equipment capabilities, utility & infrastructure requirements, and developing layout concepts.
• Manage and lead multiple disciplinary teams, providing guidance and mentoring team members.
• Liaise with vendors and contractors to ensure proper installation of all intended project requirements.
• Lead and support site start-up teams, troubleshoot and resolve issues by collaborating with vendor equipment technicians during installation and start-up.
• Oversee the development of Engineering Check-out, Equipment Acceptance Testing, start-up/validation processes.
• Develop and maintain project plans and coordinate project activities; track critical path milestones.
• Ensure end-to-end project planning, risk identification, dependency tracking, issues identification/escalation, and change management are being managed appropriately utilizing best practice project management standards.
• Provide technical guidance and recommendations during project design and implementation, including commissioning and process qualification.
• Interact with core disciplines (structural, electrical, controls, process), as well as internal and external clients to coordinate and achieve project objectives in a timely manner.
• Working knowledge of CFIA, USDA, and FDA food equipment clean design requirements.
• Prepare and issue tender documents to third-party vendors/contractors and complete the process with awarding tenders.
• Recommend, manage, and implement efforts to streamline the organization's processes and establish best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in any of the following disciplines: Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial, Electrical, or Civil.
• Professional Engineer status.
• Previous experience in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and pet nutrition industries.
• Working knowledge of FDA and USDA food equipment and clean design standards.
• Able to work flexible hours, including weekends if required.
• Experience using AutoCAD, Microsoft Project, Excel, Microsoft Suite, and Visio.
• Project concept development, design, procurement, and installation or equipment experience.
• Construction/contractor management, commissioning, and validation experience.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, collaborative, persuasive with strong team-building skills, conflict management, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Up to 40% travel may be required to support and service our clients.
• Valid Ontario driver's license.
• Valid passport - US-based projects may require relocation for a period of 9 to 12 months; must be able to relocate if required during this period.