- What is a day in the life of a Project Engineer?
- Lead new site design projects from initial concept through execution, ensuring seamlessly integrated facility layouts and automated systems.
Develop and maintain precise AutoCAD facility drawings, layouts, and design documentation for new builds, expansions, and retrofits.
Manage capital planning processes, including pulling together vendor cost estimates, budget development, ROI analyses, and project prioritization.
Direct end-to-end project management for automation and facility projects (e.g., conveying, material handling, and package sorting systems), ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across 20–30 internal/external groups, persuading teams to meet aggressive milestones and budget targets.
Conduct engineering analyses and process redesigns to identify and implement continuous operational efficiency improvements.
- Travel up to 25% (with potential peak travel during major site buildouts) to manage on-site commissioning and construction across national fulfillment hubs.
- What will I need to thrive in this role?
- Education & Experience: B.S. in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, or related field) with 3+ years of project management experience on large-scale capital or facilities projects.
Design Tools: Proficiency in AutoCAD for facility layouts and design documentation is required.
Technical Mastery: Strong background in warehouse, logistics, or industrial design, including familiarity with automation systems (conveyors, sorters, material handling equipment).
Data & AI Analytics: Highly fluent in Microsoft Excel for complex data analysis, building analytical models, and leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude) to streamline operations.
Stakeholder Influence: Ability to manage cross-functional teams and external partners without direct authority to drive project accountability.
- Flexibility & Mobility: Comfortable with ambiguity, an outcomes-driven mindset, and willingness to travel ~25% as site deployment schedules require.
- What does high performance look like?
- Project Completion & Execution: Delivers capital facilities and retrofits on time and within budget through meticulous risk management, clear timeline tracking, and proactive troubleshooting.
Project Completion & Execution: Produces accurate, high-quality AutoCAD layouts, cost estimates, and technical specifications that pass executive and leadership reviews with minimal friction.
Team Impact & 'Team of Doers': Demonstrates extreme autonomy by solving appropriate fires independently before escalating to leadership.
- Team Impact & 'Team of Doers': Effectively builds rapport across distinct teams (facilities, maintenance, finance, vendors) to maintain alignment and high energy across complex project lifecycles.
- What is my potential for career growth?
- Ownership of high-visibility, multi-million dollar capital expansion projects across key global logistical hubs.
Clear pathway toward senior engineering and project leadership roles as Pattern scales its physical infrastructure footprint.
High exposure to executive leadership through direct presentation of capital investment plans, financial analyses, and site designs.
Cross-functional cross-skilling by collaborating closely with specialized maintenance managers, finance executives, and engineering leaders. What does success look like in the first 30, 60, 90 days? First 30 Days: Onboard onto Pattern's engineering tools and operational workflows; build relationships with key maintenance and facilities partners; gain deep familiarity with active site plans and upcoming expansion schedules (e.g., major upcoming facility launches).
First 60 Days: Take co-ownership of an active site project or technology retrofit; independently manage AutoCAD layout updates; interface directly with equipment vendors on cost estimations and delivery timelines.
First 90 Days: Fully own specific project deliverables and site launch milestones; deliver accurate ROI and cost analyses independently; manage on-site deployment activities with minimal leadership supervision. What is the team like? This role reports directly to the Project Management Fulfillment Engineer. You will be joining a growing team of dedicated reliability, maintenance, and engineering professionals. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Facilities Maintenance Managers, Maintenance Engineers, and Vendor Partners, as well as other departments including Finance, Logistics, and Operations. This position is mentored by the VP of Reverse Logistics and Facilities. Sounds great! What’s the company culture? We are looking for individuals who are:
Game Changers - A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.
Data Fanatics - A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.
Partner Obsessed - An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.
Team of Doers - Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners. What is the hiring process? Recruiter Phone Interview
Hiring Manager Video Interview
Panel Video Interview / Topgrading Interview
Reference Checks
- Executive Review & Offer
- How can I stand out as an applicant?
- Strong Nice-to-Haves:
Experience with FlexSim simulation software.
Ability to write Excel Macros/VBA for automated engineering data processing.
Financial modeling experience, specifically conducting financial ROI analyses for capital expenditures.
Prior background in e-commerce fulfillment center launches or conveyor/sortation system commissioning.
Interview Tips
Highlight instances where you managed a complex project with multiple third-party vendors and delivered results without direct structural authority.
Come prepared with concrete examples of facility layouts or automation problems you solved using data and AutoCAD modeling.
Emphasize your adaptability, proactive problem-solving mindset, and willingness to travel to project sites during critical commissioning windows.
