Technical Project Manager
Location
Bomlitz | Germany
Job description
Job Description
It’s an exciting time to be part of the IFF family. We are a global leader in taste, scent, nutrition & health, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy.
By joining IFF as a
Technical Project Manager
you could be part of a diverse team of highly passionate people who never stop imagining, always curious and committed to creating a better future for all.
Are you motivated by leading technical teams to success, and getting high from seeing ideas on paper transfer into reality in the field? Does your heartbeat for the technical and science worlds, and are you passionate about carrying out several tasks at once without losing sight?
Then you might be the new Project Manager we are looking for in our Capital Execution Team. You will be based at our Facility in Bomlitz, Germany, a large Pharmaceutical Production Site.
This position implies the Project Manager has enough expertise and experience to lead projects for different IFF businesses (Nourish, Scent, N&B) and with increasing complexity.
Your responsibilities:
As a Project Manager for IFF, you will be 100% accountable for executing projects, all the way from Business having an idea until the handover of the project to Operations at the end:
- Leading and executing various Capital Projects based on well-proven project models, covering both small and large - scale projects.
- Ensuring that Business objectives on scope, schedule, budget and quality are fulfilled.
- Provides leadership for an effective and cohesive team. Has the ability to assess the project teams functional capabilities.
- Provides guidance to Process Engineers / Manufacturing Technology for developing strong Basic Data. Challenges quality of Basic Data to improve robustness of inputs before Detailed Design.
- Leading and facilitating required design reviews, to secure scope of Work and Budget.
- Developing project quality plans and auditing of work processes.
- Developing project economy, cashflow forecast and integrated project schedules.
- Ensuring excellence in adherence to Process Safety Management, Safety, Health and Environment (EHS) and Mechanical Integrity.
- Performing risk management and developing mitigation plans.
- Adhere to robust cost control by applying no-change philosophy.
- Making strategic project decisions and providing of regular status reports to the Project Steering Committee.
- Identify key stakeholders, internal as well as external to IFF, and establish communication with them as required.
- Presenting options and opportunities, followed by recommendations, for business to make decisions.
- Be a champion for contractors' safety in the field, through high Construction Management standards. Applies IFFs Life Saving Principles to projects.
Job Requirements
Skills and qualifications:
- You have excellent oral and writing skills in German and English, with the ability to discuss strategic and contractual subjects at a high level.
- High-level communication skills with decision-makers.
- Your bachelor or master’s degree in Process or equivalent technical experience in Engineering fields: Process / Chemical Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Bio-Tech, Food Technology Engineering.
- Proven record of accomplishments managing Projects of more than $5M.
- Proven skills in gathering, motivating and leading a multidisciplinary engineering- and cultural team, to create team spirit and maintain high performance.
- Your ability and willingness to delegate responsibilities with the right balance between leading and acting as a team member.
- We will rely on your experience with project commissioning, start-up and handover to production within a plant in operation.
- Willingness to travel abroad as required for efficient project execution.
- Preferable broad knowledge of other Engineering disciplines, to facilitate planning and coordination.
At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Visit IFF.com/careers to learn more about our Equality Policy…
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