
Digital and Automation Project Engineer
St. Louis, MOJob$82–115K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Digital & Automation Project Engineer supports electrical, automation, operational technology and digital scope on capital projects across Nestlé and Nestlé Purina factories in North America. The role coordinates project assurance, maintains project documentation, and applies foundational knowledge of electrical, controls and automation systems to support standardization and compliance. It also provides project delivery and design support under technical leadership.
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Full job description
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Position Summary
The Digital & Automation Project Engineer will support the delivery of electrical, automation, operational technology and digital scope on capital projects across our Nestlé and Nestlé Purina factories in North America. You will coordinate the project assurance process, maintaining documentation from vendors, contractors and stakeholders to support the project team and our factories. In this position, you will apply foundational technical knowledge of electrical, controls and automation systems and equipment to ensure standardization and compliance, as well as prepare deliverables for review by the lead project engineer. As capability develops, the D&A Project Engineer may also perform defined engineering and design support assignments under direction of technical leadership.
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Support D&A project assurance and governance through maintenance of stage-specific deliverables registers, inputs, review packages, open items and comments
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Manage technical drawings and documents including receipt, distribution, revision status and retrieval for project management review and retention
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Support project initiation and delivery and assist internal teams and third parties in following established D&A ways of working
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Coordinate and track project requests for proposal (RFP), follow-up requests for information, vendor submittals, contracts and other agreements associated with D&A procurement and legal compliance
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Support construction, commissioning, validation and project handover records
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Review, apply and continuously improve D&A engineering standards, knowledge repository, templates, resources and training materials
REQUIREMENTS
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Associate’s degree or higher in Engineering or related technical discipline
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1+ year of experience in electrical and control system engineering and design for capital projects in a manufacturing, industrial, military or related environment
Salary: $82,403.10 to $114,512.00 per year
Bonus Eligibility: Yes
The pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at top of range.
Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at https://www.nestlejobs.com/nestle-in-the-us-benefits
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
The Nestlé Companies are equal employment opportunity employers. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at [email protected] or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.
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Job Requisition: 423447
How this job compares
Set against the 5,139 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$82–115K/yr
- Missouri median$103–143K/yr40 salary ranges
- US median$96–145K/yr2,717 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $98K, is 21% below the Missouri median midpoint ($124K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Engineer salary ranges in Missouri.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 98 open Project Engineer jobs in Missouri and 5,139 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Missouri
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,969 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 3,243 of the 5,139 open Project Engineer jobs (63%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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