Project Engineering Manager

Job Title: Project Engineering Manager

Function: Supply Chain/Engineering

Based in Minburi, Thailand

About Unilever

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Job Purpose

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  This role is to manage the end-to-end delivery of capital engineering projects. May be dedicated to deliver a single project of significant size or a portfolio of smaller projects. Responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day management of projects including stakeholder engagement, contractor management, site safety, budget management.

Main Responsibilities

• On Time In Full (OTIF) end to end delivery of assigned capital projects adhering to Unilever standards and ensuring safety as our number 1 priority
• Lead engineering project teams drawing resources from the local, regional and global organisation as well as Unilever Engineering Cluster, Centre of Engineering Excellence and 3rd Party Teams
• Business Partner with SUD for development of the capex program and program management
• Development and maintenance of good stakeholder relationships

Candidate Criteria

Experience & Qualification

• 10+ Years experience of Project Engineering in FMCG / related Industry or gained in an engineering consultancy environment
• 5+ years’ operating in a management capacity
• Significant Project Management experience
• Good to have attained Professional Engineer Status (Or member of professional institution)
• Firsthand experience / track record of delivering major (€Multi Million) capital projects within Unilever or similar FMCG environment

Skill

• Professional Engineering Skills, hold engineering degree (s)
• Engineering Design Process Management (Working Knowledge)
• Project Delivery
• Maintenance Principles and Best practice (Working Knowledge)
• Contract Management & Conflict Resolution
• Budget Management

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a team leader, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

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Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.