Project Engineer – Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Kerry is a global leader in taste & nutrition. Our manufacturing facilities produce and supply the world with over 15,000 different food, beverage, and pharmaceutical products throughout the world. With a commitment toward sustainability and a reputation for innovation, a career with Kerry offers you the chance to change the way the world sees food and nutrition. A career with Kerry is something you can feel good about
About Kerry:
Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier, and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About the role:
We are currently recruiting for a Project Engineer at our food crumbing and coating production facility in Gainsborough. This role will lead and support various projects ranging in scope from plant process improvements, new product launches, and EHS improvements, to the execution of capital projects. The successful candidate will join a well organised and structured engineering department, picking up fully documented ‘in-flight’ projects as well as scoping new projects.
You will collaborate with the Engineering, Production and QHSE teams as well as Contractors, SME’s and central functions to ensure projects are delivered to specification, on time and within budget and with safety built-in as standard.
Key responsibilities:
As a Project Engineer you will:
- Create capital proposals including scope documents, cost estimates, and timelines.
- Development of a detailed scope of work, equipment specifications, purchasing documents, creating and maintaining detailed timelines, receiving and commissioning plant/equipment.
- Develop project specifications by making calculations, preparing process flow diagrams (PFD’s), piping and instrumentation drawings (P&ID’s), site and floor plans, elevation drawings and other project documentation as applicable.
- Leads the bid process and selection of contractors/vendors in actual design and specifications of installations.
- Conduct feasibility studies for new or existing systems.
- Establish a project plan including considerations around timeline, plant tie-ins, project team requirements etc.
- Communicate clearly, both written and verbally, with contractors, plant personnel, peers and management.
- Manages and coordinates the activities of teams and contractors to ensure successful project execution.
- Directs the installation, commissioning, qualification and verification for regional engineering capital projects.
- Responsible for the effective management of change for all processes & equipment under your remit.
- Recommends improvements in the area of operational safety for a project.
What do I need to bring?
In Kerry we understand that people have very different career trajectories and experiences. In order to be successful in this role we would be looking for the right competencies and aptitudes as well as your experience in a Project Engineering role.
Our ideal candidate will bring:
- Degree in either Engineering, Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering or related subject Junior to mid-level experience in a similar position within manufacturing environment
