Engineering Project Manager

About the role

• The purpose of this role is to oversee all engineering project activities at the site, ensuring efficient delivery of the capital investment plan, development of capital masterplans, compliance with preferred supplier lists and engineering standards, and robust governance of capital projects. This includes stratedgic leadership, risk management, fostering a safety-conscious culture, and close collaboration with factories for seamless execution of capital plans. The role is pivotal in aligning project success criteria and industrial execution, ensuring solutions meet or exceed requirements.

Your responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute the engineering departments's strategic capital plan aligned with the company goals.
• Provide leadership support to the site engineering team, fostering high performance and a collaborative culture.
• Drive engineering excellence through best practices, standards and continous improvement.

Capital Planning and Execution

• Build and manage the capital plan in collaboration with site directors and stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate portfolio execution planning, financial forecasting, and timely reporting.
• Establish and maintain effective capital project management systems from idea generation to post-investment review.
• Conduct thorough project reviews to minimize execution risks and implement risk reduction strategies.

Compliance and Standards

• Lead implementation and normalisation of global engineering standards, technologies and methadologies.
• Ensure readiness of engineering documentation for regulatory audits.
• Maintain adherence to quality mangement systems and relevant engineering regulations.

Project Delivery

• Oversee procurement of engineering capital equipment
• Ensure successful FAT, SAT, commissioning, and qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) of facilities and equipment
• Drive vertical start-up of new assets and monitor KPI's related to capital projects

Governance and Reporting

• Ensure capital project governance and compliance with financial requirements.
• Facilitate reporting for regional updates, Capital Commitee and other requirements
• Attend project and factory steering committees

People Development

• Mentor and develop site engineering teams to build a strong talent pipeline
• Provide training on Capital Project Policy and Capex Playbook
• Foster a culture of safety, collaboration and continous improvement

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with various stakeholders and align priorities, resources and timelines with the broader suplly chain initiatives.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in and Engineering Discipline or related field
• Minimum 7 year's experience in engineering with 3+ years experience in engineering leadership within the Consumer Packaging / FMCG industry.
• Proven track record of successfully implementing engineering capital investment programs
• Demonstarated experience in delivery of Vertical startup
• Strong knowledge of relevant regulations and industry best practices
• Experience working in a multinational environment would be advantageous
• FMCG operational management experience would be advantageous

The skills for success

• Engineering Project Management, FMCG Manufacturing Operations, Capital Projects Management, End-to-End Project Delivery, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Budgeting and Cost Control, Risk Management, Process Improvement, Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Methodologies, Production Optimization, Engineering Operations, Change Management, Resource Planning, Strategic Planning, Design Engineering