Sr. Manager, Project Engineering

 

As a leader in the science of nutrition, Nestlé Health Science believes in empowering healthier lives for patients and consumers through a rich product portfolio featuring top brands such as Garden of Life®, Nature’s Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Nuun®, Persona Nutrition®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more, as well as through Aimmune Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies to prevent, manage and treat food, GI and metabolic-related diseases.

 

Our team members are challenged to make a genuine impact and play an integral role in driving the business forward. We embrace a dynamic culture that always puts the consumer first, and where ownership, accountability and agility are celebrated at every level. To help our people thrive, we offer expansive career growth potential, the opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, and a range of best-in-class benefits.

 

We have more than 11,000 employees around the world, and products available in over 140 countries.

 

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

 

Position Summary: 

 

Manage internal and external engineering resources, vendors, contractors & stakeholders whose objective is to oversee large capital investments relating to the company's fixed assets. This could involve the relocation and optimization of the existing fixed asset base including maintenance optimization and/or the purchase of new fixed assets, installation of new line, industrial services, and civil construction.  It may extend from the initial conceptual studies through to project closeout. This role will require you to be On Site full time at our Franklin Park IL.

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Primary Responsibilities 

• Coordinate and manage resources, both personnel (e.g. project engineers, technicians, contractors, vendors etc.) and funding, to ensure the project or mission fulfills and meets the set objectives defined within the approved scope / project charter.
• Propose and control the project costs in accordance with the Capital Investment Guidelines.
• Monitor the project in accordance with the key performance indicators, including within budget, delivered on time and successfully handed over. 
• Reviews the quality of work completed with the project team to make sure it meets project standards.
• Evaluates performance and provide feedback to project team members assigned to the project.
• Ensure that the requirements of the client are maintained at all times in accordance with the business needs.
• Guide the team principles of ethical conduct on behalf of the community, consumer, company, and the engineering profession.
• Champions a demeanor of zero tolerance for unsafe situations and never implements any change, whether directly instructed to, or under your own initiative, without first questioning its impact in relation to product safety/quality, people safety and the environment through a Management of Change – MOC. 
• Support and encourage clear and open communication between the team members and related partners, e.g. site, division and market management, project steering committee, NPTC, TCU, CO- Engineering, CT-Packaging.
• Encourage all team members to drive their efforts towards a "low cost, highly efficient" operation which meets the business needs. To take the lead in driving good Hygienic Engineering, in the design and execution of the project, and ensure the implementation meets Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and safety standards.
• Ensure that engineering is respecting the requirements of the Nestle Quality System (NQS), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), OSHA, and other requirements.
• Encourage continuous improvement, networking and sharing information within engineering such that it becomes a key pillar of the engineering culture.
• Drive procedures for protecting technological and proprietary know-how are in place, are rigorously handled, and respected

Conceptual Study Phase (feasibility & approval)

• Ensure that all projects are sustainable and designed for the long term, resulting in a positive impact on the company ROIC.
• Challenge the supporting documentation even if it is provided by other functions.
• Prepare the project for approval in accordance with the Guidelines for Capital Investment

Design Phase

• Ensure that all assets are well designed (i.e. plant layout, equipment selection etc.) and fit the business purpose through applying new technologies, proven principles, thorough design reviews and basic science.
• Support or manage all official Value Engineering Analysis (VE