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Job Description
Pepsi Co seeks an Engineering Programme Manager to lead global strategic capital projects in Cork, Ireland.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering large, complex projects, managing a team of engineers, and ensuring operational excellence.
About the Role
The Engineering Programme Manager will be responsible for leading the execution of large strategic capital projects, managing a team of engineers, and ensuring operational excellence.
- Lead the execution of large strategic capital projects to deliver key business critical initiatives
- Manage a globally diverse group of engineers to ensure the delivery of large strategic capital projects
- Responsible for delivering engineering and procurement standards, including technical and commercial aspects, supplier relationships and performance management
- Identify and resource the capabilities needed to deliver technically complex solutions
- Responsible for the safe execution, budget, and schedule of large strategic capital projects
- Responsible for adherence to project governance protocols and compliance with project controls
- Identify and develop strategic supplier relationships to support effective management of large strategic capital projects
- Implement project management best practice, including PM procedures, EHS management, validation, risk management, tracking & performance metrics
- Develop and leverage best practices from Pepsi Co divisions and other industries to deliver world-class performance in plant and equipment design, project implementation and construction management
- Develop and implement sustainable engineering practices and programmes ensuring sustainability in plant design and operation
- Lead value management exercises as required
- Support the communications planning and flow of information from projects through to the Governance/Steering teams and the wider stakeholder network
- Lead and/or support the identification and resolution of project issues
- Support the set up of organisation and reporting structures for new strategic projects
- Responsible for project capital and opex budget control, cashflow forecasting and cashflow tracking/reporting
- Lead the interface and communication across functions to ensure seamless handover of projects to plant operations
- Provide technical leadership as required to both project and site/cross functional teams
- Be a change advocate
Requirements
- 5 to 10 years process industry experience in engineering with additional operations or maintenance exposure and extensive capital project management experience
- Degree qualification in Chemical, Process, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- Experience in leading large multi-cultural engineering teams
- Proven track record in delivering large capital projects in a global and diverse environment
- Experience in process plant technical standards, project concept development, business case and capital approval, design, procurement, installation/construction, commissioning, validation, EHS management and contractor/construction management
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, proven ability to work at all levels in an international organization
- Highly developed influencing skills required to manage various stakeholders
- Strategic leadership mind-set capability a requirement