Project Engineer

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

As a Project Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Assisting with capital project schedule creation, schedule updates, and milestone tracking.
• Supporting cost tracking and reporting activities, including budget monitoring, forecast support, and spending summaries
• Collaborating with capital project team members to develop equipment specifications.
• Coordinating project documentation, drawing transmittals, vendor files, and engineering administrative records and supporting procurement processes such as request for quote package assembly, purchase order coordination, bid tab development, and order status tracking.
• Maintaining project logs and records, including change logs, RFIs, punch lists, equipment lists, and document review workflows.
• Preparing weekly and monthly project reports, KPI dashboards, milestone charts, and status presentations and supporting project closeout activities, including as-built tracking, spare parts coordination, open purchase order follow-up, lessons learned, and file archiving.

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline from an accredited institution (completed and verified prior to start).
• Minimum (3) three years of capital project management experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.

• Experience with project scheduling, cost tracking, procurement support, or engineering documentation.
• Familiarity with SAP or similar enterprise systems.
• Experience creating dashboards, reports, and status presentations.
• Exposure to vendor submittal tracking, document control, or change management processes.
• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or plant environment.

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life - both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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