Project Engineer Manager

Job Description : Title:   Engineering Projects Manager    Hiring Manager:  Director of Maintenance and Engineering    About the Function:   Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.   Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to   realising   our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.   Context/Scope:     Position requires a strong knowledge of high-speed bottling and liquid processing, plant operations in a variety of subjects, fields and duties including but not limited to planning, maintenance, scheduling, processing, packaging, procurement, and project management.  The Engineering manager will need to be able to work with maintenance to set up a 5-year asset care and replacement strategy, including a capital expenditure program for the packaging lines, processing asset. This role directly manages 3 Controls Engineers and provides guidance with dotted line management to three Instrumentation and Controls engineers. Strong leadership and communication skills are critical for this role. The incumbent should be capable of innovative thinking and driven to maintain momentum while maintaining a healthy industrial climate will be key to success.  Must be able to prioritize and balance multiple projects, tasks and organizational needs in an environment that is always dynamic.  Needs to be diverse enough to understand and track the needs of the business at the most economic cost and highest quality.  Ideal candidate must be able to work cross multiple functions such as Operation, Quality, Safety, Finance, and Procurement.    Purpose of Role:          Responsible for leading the development, execution, and delivery of plant capital projects as well as compliance with project execution guidelines in support of the Diageo Plainfield Leadership Team strategy.  This role will provide guidance and technical leadership primary in project management and lead problem-solving teams to address packaging and process issues within operations. The incumbent will also respond to strategic planning, innovation support needs and cost analysis requests. This is a key role to support delivery of plant operational reliability critical metrics.    Key Outputs:         Establish and effectively handle project budgets and objectives.  Includes developing, supporting, and carrying out standardized project management requirements such as change control, training, construction management, scope development and alignment with customers on user requirements, justification, constraints, and assumptions.  Ability to communicate project status, needs, and critical metrics to wide range of partners across the business.    Lead reliability projects across packaging lines     Lead processing area projects    Provide guidance and Support Production Team Leads and maintenance coordinators as necessary, providing technical guidance and direction.    Partner with select maintenance personnel to develop training plans to satisfy the needs of both the business and the individual with the collective plant goal of having maintenance personnel that can address controls issues.  Track progress and mentor as required.    Support processing and maintenance teams on issues affecting the production lines whilst on shift   in the event that   additional technical help is required and identify and communicate training gaps to maintenance for continuous improvement.    Verify all projects meet requirements for Safety, Quality, Environment and Food Safety.    Qualifications and Experience Required:          10 years minimum project engineering/management or similar experience required    Excellent verbal and written communication skills    Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and  problem solving  skills    Ability to manage multiple work streams while delivering to target dates.    Microsoft Office suite literate (MS Project a plus).    Knowledge of Microsoft operating systems    Strong leadership and management background    Strong background in Allen Bradley ladder logic programming    Preferred and Beneficial experience:   Knowledge of quality system methodologies, APQP launch processes and statistical process quality control   Six sigma green belt certification   Knowledge of Rockwell Automation RS Batch software   Experience working with SAP CMMS    Strong background in lean manufacturing methods    Experience with design for manufacturing or design for assembly methodologies    Experience with measurement system analysis   Experience performing financial NPV analysis and business project justification   Flexible Working Statement:     Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.     Rewards & Benefits Statement:   We   recognise   and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:   · [Recruiter to list relevant market/region benefits].   Diversity statement:   Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being y