Plant Planning Project Engineer
Mercedes-Benz GroupTätigkeitsbereich:Supply Chain Management Fachabteilung:Material Planning & Inbound Logistics W566 Gesellschaft:Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC Standort:Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC, Charleston, SC Startdatum:sofort Veröffentlichungsdatum:05.11.2026 Stellennummer:MER0004A7T Arbeitszeit:Vollzeit Aufgaben About Us Shape the future today. The world is changing. The question is, what will be our contribution to the outcome? We have set the pace in the field of mobility from the very beginning, and we will continue to do so. At Mercedes-Benz Vans, interdisciplinary teams are developing the mobility of tomorrow. Our goal is to make mobility safer, simpler, and more sustainable for people across the globe. Put your pioneering spirit to good use: This is your opportunity to make a contribution that extends far beyond your job title. At Mercedes-Benz Vans, we offer you the perfect environment for your professional and personal growth. Cutting-edge training and promising career opportunities will help you to foster and expand your professional skill set as well as your individual strengths. Think, try, and thrive with us in collaborative work environments that spark game-changing concepts. Job Overview Leads complex, high-value plant infrastructure, building, civil, utility, and expansion projects from concept and business case through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, acceptance, and closeout. Serves as the owner-side senior project manager across cross-functional plant stakeholders, architects, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, procurement, legal, finance, authorities having jurisdiction, and external consultants. Accountable for safety, scope, cost, schedule, quality, permitting, contract and change control, risk mitigation, and executive reporting while maintaining continuity of live manufacturing operations. Provides technical and commercial challenge, translates production requirements into executable construction packages, and drives timely decisions and remediation actions. Responsibilities Lead and oversee multiple complex construction and infrastructure projects, including plant expansions, energy and utility systems, warehouse, civil/site work, process foundations, parking and traffic improvements, and modifications to operating facilities. Project facilitation for scopes as little as $2,500-$200m. Develop internal project scope of works for internal buyoff and acceptance, strategic planning, execution strategies, scope boundaries, work breakdown structures, milestone schedules, budgets, cash-flow and funding forecasts, risk registers, decision logs, and governance reporting from feasibility through handover. Coordinate internal customers and technical disciplines, including production, maintenance, facilities, logistics, IT, safety, environmental, fire protection, electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, architectural, controls, and quality teams, as well as design firms, general contractors, and specialty subcontractors. Define and reconcile technical requirements; review basis-of-design documents, drawings, specifications, calculations, layouts, models, submittals, RFIs, shop drawings, commissioning plans, and contractor schedules for constructability, completeness, compliance, interfaces, and operational impacts. Prepare and manage RFP/RFQ packages, technical bid evaluations, contractor qualifications, procurement requests, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, contract intake packages, and recommendations for award in coordination with Procurement and Legal. Administer owner-side contracts and commercial controls, including guaranteed maximum price/cost-plus, and lump sum arrangements, invoices, payment applications, commitments, forecasts, contingencies, allowances, value engineering, proposed change documents, request/owner change orders, claims, notices, and audit support. Yearly forecast and cost projection management of $5m-$100m CAPEX. Control project schedules and critical paths; val…