12+ month contract. Potential to extend/option to hire.
Potential to work hybrid later.
Client: A major global corporation and leader in their industry operating over 350 manufacturing facilities with annual revenue over $24B and employing over 15,000.
Overview:
Manage manufacturing plant capital expenditure projects with a cross-functional team of salaried and hourly stakeholders. It may extend from the initial conceptual studies through to project closeout.
Role:
- Manage manufacturing plant capital projects.
- Ensure zero tolerance for unsafe situations in all activities and behavior throughout the project.
- Ensure ethical conduct on behalf of the community, consumer, company, and the engineering profession are adhered to, and all dealings are handled in a fair and competitive manner.
- Support and encourage clear and open communication between the team members and related stakeholders.
- Encourage all team members to direct their efforts towards a "low cost, highly efficient" operation which meets business needs.
- Drive Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and safety standards.
- Ensure that the team is following the requirements of the Quality System (QS) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), OSHA, and other guidelines.
- Encourage continuous improvement, networking and sharing information which is a key pillar of the engineering culture.
- Ensure that company technological and proprietary know-how are in place, are rigorously managed, and respected.
Qualifications:
- 7 – 10+ years manufacturing plant capital project management experience.
- Experienced performing project management functions including project planning, project scope, bid process, scheduling, budgets, cost control, resources, change and risk management.
- Experience with purchase requisition related to equipment and construction purchasing contracts.
- Process engineering experience within the food, beverage, dairy, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, chemical, or consumer packaged goods industry requiring GMP compliance.
- Experienced in permitting requirements.
- Plant design and construction.
- Supervisory experience in managing internal and external project team members or equivalent.
- Strong experience in facilitating change in a manufacturing environment is critical.
- Strong technical, managerial and leadership skills.
- Hygienic and sanitary design and engineering experience.
- Familiar with 3A standards.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements for food safety and equipment is a plus.
- Understanding of financial analysis and relevant business drivers.
- CAPEX budgeting and preparation.
- MS Office, MS Project, MS Excel, basic AutoCAD, Visio.
- Ability to travel occasionally to other locations for factory acceptance testing (FAT) and/or equipment selection up to 5%.
