Principal Project Engineer
ReckittAbout the role
We are Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Manufacturing
Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.
If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.
Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.
About the role
Step into a world of innovation and leadership as our Engineering Manager at a dynamic mid-sized factory. Here at Reckitt, you'll spearhead a team that's not just maintaining standards but setting new ones. If you have a keen eye for improvement and a knack for executing projects seamlessly, this is your platform to shine and contribute to tangible business outcomes. Your expertise will not only keep the gears turning; it will enable our operations to thrive. Be a part of a vibrant team, driving change and delivering excellence
Your responsibilities
• Project Planning
- Generate and organize relevant data to gain agreement among project stakeholders on a defined project scope.
- Ensure that the project scope includes fulfillment of relevant regulatory requirements including compliance with, as a minimum, RB/MJN quality requirements, United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) regulations, state and federal environmental health and safety (EHS) requirements, and RB/MJN engineering guidelines.
- Prepare project budgets and cash flow projections.
- Coordinate the completion of financial analysis for economic justifications.
- Assemble project implementation timelines in the form of milestone and detailed project schedules.
- Prepare capital appropriation requests and route to obtain management approval.
• Project Execution and Control
- Prepare project plans to communicate scope, schedule, budget and resources necessary to successfully achieve project objectives.
- Schedule and conduct regular meetings with project teams to communicate project status and plan activities for project completion.
- Ensure project timelines are adhered to and promise dates to the customer are met.
- Control project spending to within designated parameters to align with company business goals and objectives and provide bi-weekly management updates of spend forecasts and project status.
- Regularly communicate project updates to stakeholders.
- Communicate and align capital project schedule with scheduled plant shutdowns.
- Maintain a project scope variance log to record budget and schedule impacts of requested changes and facilitate management review.
- Prepare or assist with the preparation of system documentation including user requirements specifications (URS), functional and design specifications, and equipment qualification protocols.
- Oversee or perform activities involving equipment specification, design development, vendor selection, equipment procurement, and installation and start-up activities.
- Generate bid packages and procurement requests, per RB/MJN procurement policy and review change orders and change requests to ensure project objectives are maintained while considering budget and schedule constraints.
- Oversee the work of engineering and construction contractors to ensure the timely, safe, and proper completion of work activities.
- Conduct project reviews with site EHS representatives to ensure that projects are planned and implemented in accordance with site environmental, health, and safety guidelines and procedures.
- Ensure all contractors are operating in a safe and compliant manner and are respectful of site policies.
- Review and monitor hot work, critical lifts, excavations, and confined space entries and ensure appropriate work permitting is in place.
- Conduct
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