In late 2020, Dwight Garrels and his Haskell team walked into an empty 70-year-old warehouse. Eleven months later, they handed over to their client a fully operational facility with two production lines capable of turning out thousands of cans of seltzers and spirits-based cocktails per hour.
It was an unheard-of pace for a facility renovation and delivery of a major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project, and it produced spectacular results.
The moral of the story is that if your process engineering position is mundane, you’re doing it at the wrong place.
Haskell currently has an opening for Project Engineer on its Process team in St. Louis, Missouri, that offers a diverse, dynamic and rewarding opportunity for a talented and driven professional
“It’s fast-paced. We're trying to help the client get to market as quickly as possible with their products,” said Garrels, Mechanical Team Manager in the Industrial Design Division of Haskell’s industry-leading Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Group. “They want to design and build their facilities rapidly, so you have to like that excitement and pressure”.
“A lot of our work is in food and beverage, which is exciting. We do a lot of breweries, distilleries, wineries, food production areas. So, it’s an exciting field just in general to work in. You're not working on acids or paint. You're working on stuff you talk with your neighbor about.”
Haskell is a trusted partner to numerous Fortune 100 companies and some of the world’s largest food and beverage producers. It ranks as ENR’s No. 1 Food & Beverage Contractor for the second consecutive year and is also the No. 1 Green Contractor in Food & Beverage, the No. 1 Green Contractor in Manufacturing & Industrial and the No. 1 Green Design Firm in Manufacturing & Industrial.
The successful candidate will be able to communicate well and work collaboratively with team members and clients. A positive attitude is a must, and the ability to make decisions based on 80 percent information and adjust on the fly will make all the difference.
They will support Engineering and design-build projects across numerous industries, including food and beverage, consumer products, manufacturing and utilities. The primary responsibilities will be to perform work pertaining to process and utility design, equipment requirements and overall system operations. The position offers an early- to mid-career professional the opportunities for mentorship, pursuing advanced degrees and professional certifications and participation in professional organizations.
“Our job is helping the client put together the best way to make that product,” Garrels said.
In addition to providing a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment, Haskell operates with the direction of six strategic pillars, the first of which is to “Provide Team Members the BEST Job of Their Lives.” It offers a robust benefits package that includes a 401k match and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which creates stock ownership for every full-time team member.
It also offers the opportunity to walk the grocery store aisles and feel a sense of connection to the processes that put products on the shelves and in the coolers.
“When you're working with a product that you use, whether it’s beer or potato chips or seltzers or dog food – there is a sense of pride that when you see it on the shelf,” Garrels said. “There is a good feeling that you can tell your neighbors and your friends, ‘I had something to do with that.’ It's like we talk about as a company: We make things that matter.”
Are you ready for a challenging, exciting Process Engineering opportunity with an industry leader? View the complete job description and apply.
