Location : Cambrai

Segment : Royal Canin

Contract : permanent

This role is responsible for fundamental execution activities of project with a direct report line to the Global Project Manager in Region and supported by Global Technical Leaders during overall project timeline. The Project Engineer works closely with all factory departments.

The Project Engineer is in charge to manage first and foremost projects in this original factory. She/he should manage or support projects in other regional factories in particular if large projects on this original factory is not enough to commit project manager full time.

The Project Engineer ensures that projects are delivered safely, on time, to budget and to the required quality standard.

She/he is responsible for deploying his/her engineering know-how to successfully support the execution of projects to the business that deliver a sustained technical competitive advantage. She/he is responsible for managing the work of partners, allocating and utilizing resources in an efficient manner and maintaining a co-operative, motivated and successful team.

This role requires strong communication, functional/technical and project management skills in order to deliver success of projects in safely, timely and efficient manner.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree is required.

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in a comparable technical position

• Basic understanding of engineering principals

• Ability to travel depending on project demands

• Project management experience

• Team skills performance

• Presentation & Communication Skills

• Project Planning, Phasing & Prioritization

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, in English and in French

• Strong understanding of processes

What will be your key responsibilities?

Ensure Safety Everywhere

• Contribute to a winning environment which promotes safety

• Support safety, security and environmental policies

• Effectively monitor and improve a safe work environment

• Compliant with Mars and external safety standards and rules

Manage project deliverables in line with the project plan

• Develop project cost estimates with a high degree of accuracy and rapidness

• Develop accurate and achievable project schedules

• Lead the planning and execution validation activities

• Ensure delivery of quality work

• Develop resources that support excellence in execution and leadership, including effective communications and establishing clear accountability with the project team, contractors and vendors

• Organize any necessary meetings to progress team work (weekly, daily, or ad-hoc as appropriate)

• Monitor progress and manage risks to and recovery of any schedule slippages

• Recording and managing project issues and escalating where necessary

Coordinate partners activities

• Ensure partners respect Safety

• Job holder has responsibilities for managing training vendors and contractors on site including ensuring the availability of quality and safety training programs

• Lead Partners for the overall coordination, implementation and financial management of the project

• Coordinate the start, implementation and closure of projects.

• Monitor partners’ performance.

Manage CVS activities and resources

• Responsible of HO 0 (dry & wet commissioning)

• Support all CVS activities including validation and start-up.

What can you expect from Mars?

• At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.  

• As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably. 

• The opportunity to learn and develop, taking charge of your own career across Mars. 

• You will evolve in the heart of an innovative production plant that will challenge you, on a daily basis  

Royal Canin's CSR commitments, to build a better world for tomorrow:  

• Since 2015, no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world 

• All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are ISO 14001 certified from design to factory gate 

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