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IFF Project Engineering Manager in Tilburg, Netherlands
Project Engineering Manager
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Date:Jun 10, 2024
Location: Tilburg, North Brabant, NL, 5048 AN
Company: IFF Family of Companies
Job Description
IFF is a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. We are now very excited to welcome a new PROJECT ENGINEERING MANAGER to our Operations team, and we hope it’s you!
The Project Engineering Manager is the single point of accountability for the end-to-end execution of assigned capital projects up to $10M and supporting the daily business in the meantime.
Working with leadership, technology, maintenance, operations, engineering, safety and quality, the Project Engineering Manager is accountable to the site/business unit for capital projects implementation and status reporting, and responsible for optimal utilization of site team/external engineering ensuring proper deployment of design resources, compliance with site and corporate work processes.
Your Responsibilities will include:
Ensure alignment with business and functional direction, request staffing support, seek assistance with issue resolution, make strategic project decisions and provide status updates, throughout execution of the project.
Provides leadership for an effective and cohesive team by ensuring roles and responsibilities are clearly understood, team member workloads are reasonable, cross-function communications are adequate, and personality conflicts are managed, for owner and contract members. Engages outside consultants when needed to support the team.
Ensures the Front-End Loading (FEL) process is followed consistent with the business needs, all required FEL deliverables are accomplished in a quality manner and leads the project gatekeeping reviews.
Leads the team in identifying non-cap alternatives or lower capital options, following best practices, evaluating scope options, conducting risks analyses, and developing mitigation plans.
Engages with Sourcing organization early during FEL to align on Contracting and Procurement strategies.
Ensures excellence in adherence to PSM, SHE, Sustainability, MIQA, export controls and trade secrets principles, and other core value standards, processes and procedures.
Prepares funding requests, forecasts capital and non-cap expenditures and asset write-offs, and ensures necessary financial reporting and accounting is performed.
Ensures site personnel are staffed and prepared for commissioning and start-up of the new facilities, including training, procedure updates, maintenance records updates, etc.; ensures schedules are aligned with supply chain and operations/maintenance needs, to determine when outages are available if necessary.
Safe execution of all field construction activities leveraging, when needed, Construction Management through Engineering contractors.
Defines and analyzes Key Performance Indicators to ensure overall performance expectations for the project are met and communicates results to the steering team and appropriate functional leaders.
Champions the “no change” concept and ensures only changes consistent with the business and project objectives are approved.
Provide technical support and process safety guidance to daily plant operations. Identify continuous improvement opportunities and implement sustainable solutions.
Job Requirements
Your Qualifications:
Degree in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical preferred).
Previous project management experience (5 years minimum, 10+ years preferred).
Knowledge of CAPEX process and process improvement principles (lean, PDCA, DMAIC)
Knowledge of process safety aspects (HAZOP, PHA, LOPA, LOC, ATEX, BRZO, Hygienic design (EHEDGE), HACCP, GMP, MoC, etc)
Fluent spoken and written Dutch and English are required.
Excellent knowledge of process safety and/or sustainable energy solutions.
Experience in the process- or food industry is required.
The ideal candidate will facilitate management’s ability to lead through change and drives efforts toward our desired culture.
At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more…