Project Engineer

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  

Project Engineer, your future opportunity?

As a Project Engineer, you will lead the implementation of multi-discipline projects on site from technical design through to successful implementation and commissioning of projects on site. Projects are of a capital or engineering investment nature and vary in size and complexity including site master plans, renovating, engineering studies, new constructions or utilities.

You’ll report to the Site Engineering Manager, based in our Cuernavaca site working 100% on site.

In this exciting opportunity, you'll:

Strategy design and execution

• Contribute to the design of the Regional Project Engineering plan by advising its management regarding project feasibility.
• Prepare business cases, designs related to project plans and coordinate their execution upon approval by sponsor(s) and steering committee(s).

Project management

• Manage capital projects.
• Develop project scopes, cost estimations, credit applications and specifications.
• Monitor compliance with design and construction parameters, respecting all norms and regulations and EHS.
• Monitor project execution parameters, including timing, detailed cost estimate, list of deliverables and implement corrective actions whenever necessary.
• Co-lead tender process with suppliers and contractors.
• Implement and apply appropriate project monitoring tools.
• Support project teams in the project execution.
• Support local project management in resource and contingency planning.
• Conduct hazard studies, risk assessments and process optimizations.
• Control contractors on site for the projects managed.
• Report project status and budgetary control for approved projects.
• Produce all required design documents.
• Execute the project plan(s) within approved budget.

People management

• Contribute to the annual human resources processes by providing feedback to line managers regarding performance of project team members.
• Work with the respective line managers and HR Business Partner(s) in developing a project management capability in the Engineering function.
• Contribute to the development and promotion of functional talents within and outside the Engineering function.

You?

If you are someone who wants to shape your own world, who excels being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment, who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are, then join us – and improve your world.

Your professional profile includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Plant Engineering or Maintenance Certification
• 2 to 4 years of experience in factory engineering/maintenance, including management of multiple process engineering projects involving resources from diverse disciplines.
• 1 year of experience in people management.
• Experience working in matrix organizations.
• Good command in project management, using TPM, KPI, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and project controlling tools.
• Knowledge of EHS rules and guidelines.
• Knowledge of financial concepts (e.g. OPEX, CAPEX) and tools (e.g. SAP).

We offer the following benefits:

• Annual bonus.
• Medical insurance coverage.
• Pension Plan.
• Onsite lunch facility.
• Career Development Opportunities with access to many virtual learning sessions.
• Food Coupons
• Savings Plan
• Quality of Life program.

#LI-Onsite

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.