Project Manager - Engineering & Maintenance m/w/d

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.

As a Project Manager - Engineering & Maintenance m/w/d you will directly report to our PM Team Lead and you will join our Operations team in Vernier.

You will lead the implementation of many-sided projects on site from justification and technical design to successful implementation and commissioning.

In this exciting role you will :

• Manage requests for the study and implementation of projects at Vernier site in the following areas:
  • ingredients production
  • compound production
  • logistics
  • utilities production and distribution
  • waste water treatment plant
  • laboratory facilities
  • building technology
  • buildings and open spaces (roads, effluent networks, green spaces, etc.)
• Project Management
  • Manage CAPEX projects
  • Lead project team and external resources
  • Develop project scopes, cost estimations, credit applications and specifications
  • Monitor compliance with design and construction parameters, respecting all norms and EHS regulations
  • Monitor project execution parameters, including timing, detailed cost estimate, list of deliverables and implement corrective actions whenever necessary
  • Co-lead tender process with suppliers, contractors and IM&S
  • Follow-up project Indicators and lead steering committees
  • Support project team in the project execution
  • Conduct hazard studies, risk assessments and process optimization
  • Support Execution supervisor for contractor management
  • Deliver project on time, in scope, in budget, in quality, following safety and legal requirements
  • Report project status and budgetary control for approved projects
  • Produce all required design documents (including specifications)
  • Implement project plans within approved budget and schedule
  • Follow Givaudan project management process (PGP)
  • Manage project reporting in PPM Tool (cost plan, milestones, status report…)
  • Participate in the training and seminars proposed
• Engineering

• Responsible for all design aspects related to electricity, instrumentation and automation processes.
• Monitor technology and propose solutions, standardize processes, equipment, engineering concepts and create norms.

Your success profile includes :

• Project Management Certification IPMA (min C level), PMI or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering HES (ETS) or EPF in Electricity, Instrumentation and Automation.
• 5 to 10 years of experience in factory engineering, including management of multiple process engineering projects involving resources from diverse disciplines.
• Experience working with diverse cultures and diverse specialists (internal and external).
• Experience in working in complex/matrix organizations.
• Technical skills in:
  • chemical production and mixing facilities
  • utilities production and distribution facilities
  • installations related to logistics
  • building technical installations (HVAC, fire extinguishing and detection, standardand emergency lighting, etc.)
  • civil engineering and building trades
  • ATEX regulations
  • Project management, using TPM, KPI, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing
  • Knowledge of financial concepts (e.g. OPEX, CAPEX) and tools (e.g. SAP)
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
• Languages:
  • French: fluent
  • English: fluent
  • German: good command a plus
• Plan and align: manage complex projects.
• Action oriented.
• Take responsibility and don't accept the status quo.
• Customer-focused with a sense of production urgency.
• Collaborate: autonomous and team spirited, collaboration with colleagues, customers and hierarchy.
• Manage complexity and organized mindset.
• Challenge with a continuous improvement behavior, following the site’s CI culture.
• Decision quality: work systematically with facts, to make the most rational decisions. Knowing how to take a step back, especially in an emergency context.
• Cultivate improvement and standardize: systematically seek solutions that can be duplicated in other situations.

Our Benefits (for Vernier, Switzerland) :

• Healthcare support
• Paid Time Off and family leave
• Retirement plan
• Sport and leisure clubs
• Company shop
• Staff restaurant

Are you interested in this exciting challenge? We are looking forward to receiving your application! Please make sure you enclose your CV, Cover Letter, Diplomas and Work Certificates.

#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.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. 
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.