Corporate Project Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION The Project Engineer is responsible for identifying, developing, and executing continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives across NASP Metals facilities. This role serves as a hands-on project leader who partners with operations, maintenance, quality, safety, and plant leadership teams to analyze opportunities, quantify business impact, and implement sustainable solutions that improve safety, productivity, quality, employee development, and cost performance. The successful candidate will have a strong continuous improvement mindset and the ability to independently lead projects from concept through implementation. As a member of the corporate engineering team, this individual will work closely with senior engineering leadership while progressively taking ownership of increasingly complex projects and driving measurable business results throughout the organization. Key Responsibilities Include: Project Management * Identify, evaluate, prioritize, and lead continuous improvement, operational excellence, and strategic business initiatives across manufacturing and support functions. * Develop project charters, business cases, cost-benefit analyses, implementation plans, and success metrics to support project prioritization and decision-making. * Lead projects from concept through implementation and sustainment, ensuring objectives, timelines, budgets, and deliverables are achieved. * Coordinate cross-functional project teams, engaging operations, maintenance, quality, safety, HR, and other stakeholders as required. * Track project progress, communicate status updates, and proactively remove obstacles, mitigate risks, and manage resource constraints with minimal day-to-day direction. * Facilitate project meetings, action planning sessions, and stakeholder reviews to maintain alignment and accountability. * Manage external contractors, suppliers, consultants, and service providers as necessary to support project execution. * Develop and maintain project documentation, standards, and reporting tools to ensure sustainability and knowledge transfer. * Quantify and validate project results, including productivity improvements, cost savings, quality enhancements, and other key performance metrics. * Support the development and execution of the corporate project pipeline by identifying new opportunities aligned with business objectives. Manufacturing & Process Improvement * Identify, evaluate, prioritize, and lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, productivity, employee capability, and cost performance. * Analyze processes, operational data, and performance metrics to identify root causes and develop sustainable solutions. * Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement methodologies to eliminate waste, improve workflow, and optimize performance. * Validate and sustain implemented improvements through performance tracking, standardization, and employee training. Equipment & Facility Engineering * Lead and support equipment, facility, infrastructure, and operational improvement projects from concept through startup and operational handoff. * Develop project requirements, evaluate solutions, and coordinate vendors, contractors, and internal resources to ensure successful project execution. * Partner with plant teams to improve equipment reliability, maintainabi