Project Engineer (Contract)

Project Engineer (Contract)
Crediton, Devon 

The Company 

Born from humble beginnings in 1817, Ernest Jackson provides a wide range of healthcare products to keep families at their best. We are part of a leading group that includes some of the world’s best-known confectionery, food, and beverage brands. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Engineer to join our team in Crediton on a 12 – 18 month contract and deliver a key manufacturing improvement project. 

Your Rewards 

- Salary of £35,000 - £45,000 DOE per annum
- Competitive bonus scheme 
- Performance incentive schemes 
- 35 days’ holiday allowance per annum (incl. Bank Holidays; option to purchase additional annual holiday) 
- Contributory pension 
- Life assurance 
- Flexible benefits programme 
- Free ’fit for life’ medical assessments 
- Paid community volunteering days 
- Online university learning materials 
- Access to international group job vacancies 
- Participation in frequent social events 

If you are a project manager from a manufacturing background, this is an exciting opportunity in which you will have the chance to affect real change within a highly successful company. 

Part of one of the world’s most successful food and pharma manufacturing groups, we offer a host of attractive benefits and increments to ensure you are well rewarded for your hard work. 

You’ll discover a dedicated, team-focused environment where colleagues share ideas and support each other. You’ll be making positive changes to this environment, enhancing efficiency and driving change. 

Your Role 

As a Project Engineer, you will be tasked with the end-to-end management of a manufacturing project to enhance our efficiency and capability. 

Working on the project from specification through to production hand over, you will lead a cross-functional project team and act as the key point of contact for all project communications. 

Specifically, your role will entail: 

- Managing the design and implementation phases of the project including risk analysis through to testing 
- Overseeing all start-up elements such as commissioning, planning and hand over 
- Leading and co-ordinating manufacturing, engineering and supply chain resources 
- Utilising regional and global team expertise to drive the project 
- Delivering equipment design and co-ordinating change management processes within engineering 
- Ensuring plant staff possess the knowledge and skill to support the start-up 
- Managing procurement processes for new equipment 

About You 

To be considered as a Project Engineer, you will need: 

- Previous experience of managing large scale capital investment projects of up to £4 million
- Technical experience within a manufacturing environment, preferably food/pharma 
- Experience of CI tools, TPM, and Lean manufacturing principles 
- Solid financial awareness, able to manage tight budgets and deadlines 
- An engineering degree or similar qualification 
- The willingness to travel 

Other organisations may call this role Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Process Engineer, Production Process Engineer, Change Project Engineer, Manufacturing Project Manager, or Change Manager. 

The closing date for applications is the 17th August 2018. 

Webrecruit and Ernest Jackson are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. 

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