Project Engineer

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Project Engineer, your new opportunity?

You will lead the implementation of multi-discipline projects on site from justification and technical design through to successful implementation and commissioning of projects on site. Projects are of a capital or engineering investment nature and vary in size and complexity including site master plans, renovating, engineering studies, new constructions or utilities.

You will:

1. Contribute to the design of the Regional Project Engineering plan by advising its management regarding project feasibility.
2. Prepare business cases, designs related to project plans and coordinate their execution upon approval by sponsor(s) and steering committee(s).
3. Manage capital projects.
4. Develop project scopes, cost estimations, credit applications and specifications, etc.
5. Monitor compliance with design and construction parameters, respecting all norms and regulations and EHS.
6. Monitor project execution parameters, including timing, detailed cost estimate, list of deliverables and implement corrective actions whenever necessary.
7. Co-lead tender process with suppliers and contractors.
8. Implement and apply appropriate project monitoring tools.
9. Support project teams in the project execution.
10. Support local project management in resource and contingency planning.
11. Conduct hazard studies, risk assessments and process optimizations.
12. Control contractors on site for the projects managed.
13. Report project status and budgetary control for approved projects.
14. Produce all required design documents.
15. Accomplish the project plan(s) within approved budget.
16. Provide feedback to line managers regarding performance of project team members.
17. Work with the respective line managers and HR Business Partner(s) in developing project management capabilities in the Engineering function.
18. Contribute to the development and promotion of functional talents within and outside the Engineering function.

You:

1. Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or related discipline.
2. Plant Engineering or Maintenance Certification.
3. 2 to 4 years of experience in factory engineering/maintenance, including management of multicountry/multiple process engineering projects involving resources from diverse disciplines.
4. 1 year of experience in people management preferred.
5. Experience working with diverse cultures and multidiscipline specialists (internal and external).
6. Experience working in complex/matrix organizations (incl. Global CoE setup).

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.