ABOUT THE ROLE:

 

The Global Engineer Smart Buildings Center of Expertise is defining and driving the technical scope of multiple projects, End-to-End and Global across the organization. The role will manage a portfolio of 10 to 15 projects per year, each with a budget between 2 and 15 MCHF. The role is also responsible for bringing expertise for the BC standards. Together with the Global Senior Engineer BC Standards and a CSD community he will give content, evaluate, discuss and deploy the BC standards that are related to his domain of expertise across all clusters and locations.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Design, communicate, and implement an operational plan for initiating complex and multiple projects; find solutions for operational problems, minimize delays.  Identify, develop and gather resources to make the basic engineering happen for these projects

Supporting corporate projects in the pre-IP phase and assisting the engineering execution and other departments for the post-IP phase

Collaborate in footprint- and masterplan studies from the engineering part and the basic design for principal processes; in particular all civil and utilities related topics

Supports the BC organization in the development of technical standards according to the business strategy. He ensures the standards are known and understood

Delivers content for the technical specifications for all main equipment and production processes

Assist in generating concepts for the BC long term strategy for the factory of the future in terms of flows and manufacturing processes

Collaborate with Technical Sourcing for strategic purchasing and develop long term partnership and collaboration with the preferred suppliers of the main process-equipment

Collaborates with the other Regional Experts to improve capacity, efficiency, safety, sustainability and quality for all BC process installations and factories

Relation building and contacts with suppliers and colleagues over different regions expect high availability / flexibility (time zones)

 

ABOUT YOU:

 

Bachelor's/ Master's degree in Civil Engineering (construction and utilities with specialism : smart buildings)

10+ years of experience in construction industry or related industry   

Must be fluent in English (spoken and written). French, German and/or other languages are an advantage

has experienced working in a matrix organization, leading initiatives across 10+ locations and influencing stakeholders remotely. 

Thorough knowledge of product-, people-, waste- and packaging-flows in factories

Affinity with the chocolate process and chocolate equipment

Basic accounting & budgeting skills (business cases, feasibility studies)

Interest in food processing area particularly hygienic design and energy management  is a must

Affinity & interest in Industry 4.0 developments (e.g. MES, Smart Tech, Data mining, Google tools)

Background in TPM, Lean, Six Sigma is a plus

Solution-oriented negotiator with an ability to influence and motivate stakeholders from multiple levels in an organization