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Project Engineer
Northamptonshire

Commutable from Northampton, Kettering, Huntingdon, Corby, Bedford, Rushden
£50,000 – £55,000  

Benefits:-    Private Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical, 25 Days Holiday + Banks

Our client is a leading FMCG manufacturing business, part of a global business that is vast expanding its products & customer base. They are looking for an experienced Project Engineer to join their expanding CI projects team.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Identify and manage investment and continuous improvement projects on site
• Deliver small to medium CAPEX and Capital investment projects from cradle to grave
• Lead project scope for new production & packaging machinery, engineering development plans
• Assist in the preparation of capital authorization requests for projects, to include objectives, scope, budget and timings
• Prepare project documentation in line with governance, compliance and qualification process
• Control the project capital investment budget, from purchase order request through to invoice
• Coordinate and communicate directly with onsite key stakeholders (logistics, production, maintenance, engineering & quality teams), both internally and externally
• Ensure handover and completion at each phase of projects
• Prepare and implement coaching/training of staff on new project implementations

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Ideally Degree or similarly qualified in engineering
• Must have lots of experience in a similar projects role within a technical function – engineering, maintenance, projects, production
• General process knowledge on food / FMCG processing equipment & production machinery
• Must have worked in the food, FMCG or pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
• Engineering knowledge – flow, pressure, pumps, valves, electrical, instrumentation, piping, temperature systems, pneumatics, hydraulics
• Must be able to show previous evidence of doing project calculations for design, change management and process mapping
• CAD experience would be beneficial
• Highly organised person, food project planning & route mapping experience
• Strong & effective communicator, working across all difference levels and different teams
• CAPEX project management experience and financial / budget control
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodologies would be great

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