Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Develop and manage large-scale capital engineering projects for automation, IoT and continuous improvement solutions, ensuring alignment with long-term business goals and objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Operations, Health & Safety, Finance, Quality) and external suppliers to drive project success, managing stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead the preparation of Capex documents, including cost estimates, project justifications, equipment layouts, and technical specifications, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Manage equipment installation and commissioning, including contractor supervision, safety compliance, and ensuring adherence to all environmental regulations and legislative requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives aimed at reducing Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and increasing operational efficiency through the adoption of advanced technologies like AI, robotics, and digital twin models.
• Ensure the development and delivery of proper training programs and operational documentation (as-built drawings, manuals, spare parts lists) to ensure seamless handover to operational teams.
• Maintain strict financial control over capital projects, accurately forecasting expenditures, managing budgets, and ensuring fiduciary compliance throughout project execution.
• Champion Zero Harm and environmental standards, ensuring projects meet the highest safety requirements and adhere to regulatory standards throughout the project lifecycle.

Major/Key Accountabilities

• Develop the strategies and specific technologies to effectively deliver on the $100-150MM asset digitization program spanning the US & Canada
• Actively grow and develop a team of highly skilled engineers throughout NA.
• Lead Transformational initiatives collaborating with cross-functional teams in alignment with long-term goals and objectives as it relates to the digitization and tracking of assets.
• Ensure global alignment to capture and implement best practices to drive sustainable and efficient operations across all regions.
• Collaborate with Operations, Health & Safety, and Quality teams to develop, seek approval, and successfully implement Capital Equipment Projects in accordance with established schedule, cost, and performance standards.
• Lead team in the development of CapEx documents to include cost estimates and project justification.
• Manage team activities associated with capital project execution to include equipment layout and scope development, requests for quote, purchase order generation, contractor selection, on-site supervision during the installation and start-up of equipment, and proper tagging and accounting of new equipment.
• Ensure that all necessary safe work practices are adhered to by both CHEP and contractor personnel, and all applicable local municipality construction permitting, and environmental requirements are met.
• Effective and timely communications to Key Stakeholders beginning with project development and approval, through final commissioning and qualification.
• Track and report progress as required against project deliverables to key stakeholders throughout the business.
• Utilization of the FAT, CQV, and Vertical Startup Processes with Suppliers and Operations teams, to ensure successful, timely project completion.
• Coordinate training of on-site personnel as needed for system operation and maintenance.  Ensure proper handoff of completed projects to include as-built drawings, maintenance and operations manuals, and spare parts lists.
• Maintain strict financial controls, managing capital budgets and accurately forecasting monthly spend.
• Lead critical reviews of equipment design, by analysing data, seeking to improve MTBF, increase efficiency/productivity, and highlight cost savings opportunities.
• Seek innovations internally/externally to further meet our long-term business objectives.
• Develop Suppliers by providing closed loop feedback, ensuring quality systems are in place and have the desired outcomes.

Measures

• Ensure relevant milestones are achieved in timely fashion to enable program executive and board review decision process.
• Recommend protocols and equipment scaling criteria for large scale digital roll-out.
• CQV success criteria achieved, Vertical Start up timings achieved.
• Maintain fiduciary control over all capital expenditures.
• Achieve road map goals each financial year and set budget appropriately.
• Third party or CHEP R&M operative are trained and qualified before start-up of new installation.
• Zero Harm, UL and Sustainability requirements achieved before starting up installations.

Scope

Location: NA (US & Canada)

Direct Report – 3-5

Authority/ Decision Making

In line with authority levels….

• Set targets, develop plans to achieve targets.
• Specify equipment and implement.
• Negotiate with contract suppliers
• Lead team to deliver all Capex and project related expenditures on time and on budget.
• Collaborate with Opex team to design and implement industrial engineering projects.
• Develop specification of in-plant equipment for scaling within NA

In conjunction with others:

• Strategy for future planning

Key contacts

Internal

• NA ELT
• Process Engineering Team
• Operations Manager – New Products
• Global Digital Team
• Supply Chain Senior Management
• Procurement – External purchasing contracts
• Project Engineers – major and new technology projects
• Finance – CapEx and analysis

External

• Suppliers, Civil Engineers  - negotiating equipment prices and specifications
• Customers – equipment, processes or problems

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering or equiv.

Experience

• 5-7 years Project Engineering or Project management for industrial projects implementation in a Global matrixed organization
• Demonstrated success in delivering capital projects/programs valued above $5MM
• Material Handling and Automation experience in conveyance systems and robotics
• Experience leading a team of highly technical individuals
• Tracking technology and vision systems would be preferred

Languages

Required

• English

Desirable

• Spanish