Project Engineer

• Delivering a variety of simultaneous Capital projects at our Trowbridge manufacturing site, to improve safety, costs, quality, environmental impact and production capability of the site.
• Act as figurehead and single point of contact for day to day management and delivery of your projects on time and to budget at the right quality.
• Work with the Business Sponsor and key stakeholders to define the scope and objectives of the projects and secure approval
• Planning and coordinating all activities required to deliver the different phases including:

• Day to day Supplier Management and liaison
• All Procurement activity including overseeing the Tender Process and Contract Award
• Appropriate Business Engagement to ensure quality, timely input into the design and build readiness for the change
• Managing stakeholders both internally and externally
• Ensuring that all activities required are resourced appropriately
• Managing any dependencies and interdependencies with other projects or BAU work
• Managing the scope and change control process, escalating significant cost/scope changes for Approval to Sponsor
• Ensure that appropriate Governance is implemented to ensure controls for the Project (eg meetings, reporting, plans, logs)
• Manage Risks, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies (and interdependencies with other Project's or BAU), escalating when required
• Ensure that necessary maintenance information is provided to the onsite maintenance team to keep new plant and equipment reliable, safe, efficient and legally compliant.
• Introduce new technologies for competitive advantage, including robotics/automation and potentially artificial intelligence-based systems.
• Collaborating with other teams in delivering world class business plans and objectives, including safety, quality, cost and service.
• Innovations to improve product quality, reduce customer complaints, reduce food waste and direct labour costs and improve sustainability.

• Strong project management skills.
• Superb problem-solving skills.
• Focused on continuous improvement, lean processes and excellence in delivery.
• Good financial acumen with experience of managing capital project budgets.

• Degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline.
• Experience of working in chilled/frozen food manufacturing.
• Previous factory build experience.
• Experience of working with business management teams across the organisation.
• Industry qualifications in Health and Safety, HACCP and Food Hygiene
• Project Management Qualification

• Team spirited with a sense of urgency and agility.
• Able to work closely with the wider team, particularly production.
• Adheres to high standards of ethics and values – “does the right thing”
• Encourages organisational and individual responsibility towards the community and the environment
• Sets high standards for quality and output
• Focuses on customer needs and satisfaction, including internal customers
• Ability to make prompt, clear decisions
• Good problem solver
• Adapts interpersonal style to suit different people or situations

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days annual leave per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

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