Project Engineer

Job Title: Project Engineer
Location: Philippines

Main Scope

• Reports to Site Transformation Engineering Manager

• The Project Engineer covers the leadership in terms of project execution and delivery of identified projects for BWPC Cavite to drive the transformation agenda of the site. This includes the overall responsibility of implementing and execution of the different stages of the project/s safely, on-time, in-full, and within budget. S/he needs to control, monitor, and manage the project including all aspects of safe execution, costs, project network, contractor management, quality of results, installation, commissioning and ramp-up of the project.

• Plan, craft, manage, and execute the following phases of work which form the execution part of the project: Project Engineering and Management, Resourcing Appointments, Reporting and Meetings, Capital Budgeting & Financial Management, Contract Procedures, Change Management.

• The Project Engineer will also be responsible for day-to-day oversight of controls and electrical reliability. In addition, this person will drive the site masterplan for electrical systems and controls and automation aligned with the Unilever design teams including end to end execution of site controls / automation capital investment projects.

• Subject Matter Expert on automation and programming controls for the site and mentor for technicians.

• Development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the factory.

• Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas.

• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.

Job Purpose:

1. Working directly with the line crews daily. S/he also acts as the technical trainer for line teams and provides coaching in phenomena identification, root cause analysis, and the establishment of countermeasures. Supports electrical engineering and controls and automation capital projects at the site and ensures standards are followed.  Provides technical expertise and input into reliability issues for factory systems: SCADA, PLC, HMI, DCS, variable speed control, servo-motion control, etc. to maximize plant efficiency and reliability. You are the site expert on electrical and controls and automation systems.  Provides leadership in the management of software modification and optimizing programming and maintains all records.

2. Participates in establishing company-wide best practices and standards for electrical engineering and controls and automation and is responsible for ensuring compliance at local site. Support in the development of the plant masterplan for electrical systems and controls and automation. Technical resource to the category engineering team for new products and re-stages (innovation and renovation).

3. Value engineering; bringing new Ways of Working to the Engineering community in our continued pursuit of the lowest installed cost, while living our core values (Value vs. Values proposition).

4. On Time, In Full (OTIF) end to end delivery of assigned capital projects (typical value <€0.05m) adhering to Unilever standards and ensuring safety as our number 1 priority.

Are you interested?

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