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For plant managers, EPCs, OEMs, and capital-project owners

The capital project is approved and there’s no one to run it. Post one contract — get a project engineer owning the schedule.

Capital project management and engineering. Scope, schedule, and budget control. CPM scheduling (Primavera P6, MS Project). Equipment specification, procurement, and vendor management. Cross-discipline coordination (mechanical, electrical, controls). FAT and SAT. Installation and commissioning oversight. Stage-gate and AFE. Turnover and closeout. Post one multi-professional contract; staff project-engineering, scheduling, and commissioning-coordination roles as separate seats inside it.

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Summary · for citation

Automate America is the global marketplace for capital-project and project engineering contracts, connecting thousands of automation professionals — project engineers, project managers, and planning/scheduling specialists — with manufacturing plants, EPCs, OEMs, and capital-project owners. Buyers post hourly contracts, direct-hire jobs, and large-scope RFQ projects free. The project-engineering scope spans capital project management and engineering, scope/schedule/budget control and earned-value management, critical-path scheduling (Primavera P6, MS Project), equipment specification, procurement, and vendor and subcontractor management, cross-discipline coordination across mechanical, electrical, controls, and civil, capital appropriation (AFE) and stage-gate governance, factory and site acceptance testing (FAT/SAT), installation and commissioning oversight, safety and risk management, and closeout, turnover, and lessons learned. Greenfield and brownfield line installs, plant expansions, equipment relocations, and automation-integration projects round out the scope. Industries served include automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, packaging, metals, and consumer products. Buyers running a full capital program post a single multi-professional contract that names project-engineering, scheduling, and commissioning-coordination roles as separate seats inside one posting.

  • Execution and scheduling are different searches.

    A buyer who needs someone owning the whole project and a buyer who needs a P6 scheduler are looking for different engineers. Project engineering/management, planning and scheduling, and commissioning coordination are distinct tagged skill paths.

  • Discipline and industry fluency is searchable.

    Automation and controls projects, process and utilities, packaging lines, and greenfield/brownfield expansions each demand different coordination experience. Buyers filter to project engineers who have run their exact project type — not "project engineering" in the abstract.

  • From AFE to turnover, not just Gantt charts.

    Capital appropriation (AFE) and stage-gate discipline, procurement and vendor management, FAT/SAT execution, installation and commissioning oversight, and closeout and turnover documentation are first-class skills — the whole project lifecycle, not just the schedule.

Why companies post here

  • Someone owning the project this week. When capital is approved but the project has no owner, the platform routes the contract to project engineers who have run that exact project type. Qualified profiles surface inside the first hour on a competitive published rate — completed projects, industry experience, and peer reviews visible before the call.
  • One contract, the whole project team. A complete capital team — project engineer, planner/scheduler, and commissioning coordinator — fits inside one multi-professional contract. Each role is staffed independently as qualified responses come in. No three separate recruiting cycles. No three separate invoices.
  • Project-type and tool precision. Automation-integration vs. process vs. greenfield install, Primavera P6 vs. MS Project scheduling — each is a searchable skill path. Buyers filter to project engineers who have delivered their exact project type on the tools their organization runs, not a generic PM resume.
  • Hourly or direct-hire — your call. The same project engineer is often open to both an hourly contract for the immediate capital project and a direct-hire conversation for the staff project-engineering seat. Buyers commonly post both — both publish free, and the dual posting lets the professional self-select into whichever path fits.
  • Public peer reviews, on every profile. Profiles surface real peer reviews from prior contracts, with star ratings and the reviewer's role visible — not a curated project-portfolio deck. Buyers see the actual feedback, the actual owners, and the actual delivery record before they reach out.

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Frequently asked

Can I hire a project engineer to run a capital project end to end?
Yes. Full-lifecycle capital project engineering — from AFE and scope through procurement, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and turnover — is a searchable specialty. The platform routes the contract to engineers who have run that exact project type, with the delivery history visible up front.
Do you have P6 and MS Project schedulers?
Yes. Critical-path scheduling (Primavera P6, MS Project) and earned-value management are a distinct skill path from project engineering. Buyers who need a dedicated planner/scheduler filter for that specifically, separate from the project-management pool.
Can I hire for procurement and vendor management?
Yes. Equipment specification, procurement, and vendor and subcontractor management are searchable specialties. Buyers commonly bundle procurement with project engineering, or post it as a standalone role inside a multi-professional capital-project contract.
Can a project engineer coordinate FAT, SAT, and commissioning?
Yes. Factory and site acceptance testing (FAT/SAT), installation oversight, and commissioning coordination across mechanical, electrical, and controls are tagged strengths. Buyers who need the build-and-startup phase coordinated filter for engineers with that execution experience.
What project types are covered?
Automation-integration projects, process and utilities, packaging-line installs, greenfield and brownfield plant expansions, and equipment relocations are each searchable. Buyers filter to project engineers who have delivered their exact project type rather than a generic PM background.
Will I get flooded with unqualified applicants?
No. Profiles surface published rate, project-type experience, and industry history up front. Most buyers see a small, well-targeted set of responses rather than a flood — the published rate filters the pool by itself, and the project-type-specific skill paths route the posting to the engineers who actually deliver that work.
How does this compare to a staffing agency?
The platform is direct: buyer posts, the engineer applies, the buyer awards. No recruiter intermediating the rate. No screening tax stacked on the engineer's pay. Posting is free; the optional managed-service layer (W-2 payroll, certificates of insurance, contractor admin) is opt-in for buyers who want to outsource the back-office side, and direct posting is the default.
Where is the strongest geographic coverage?
Michigan, Ohio, and the Southeast lead on automotive and manufacturing capital projects. Texas and the Gulf Coast lead on energy and process. The Northeast and Midwest follow on pharmaceutical, food, and consumer products. Coverage is worldwide; in the US, the volume concentrates around the capital-investment base.

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