Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients, a pioneer of plant proteins and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

What makes us proud?

Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.

Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

Key Accountabilities

To meet our challenges, we are looking for our next Senior Engineering Project Manager CAPEX, within our US Engineering Team, to assist and advice our internal client (GBU Manufacturing plants) in the expression of their needs and translation into industrial applications for the food and pharma process industry. This position will be located in Keokuk (IA) or Gurnee in Chicago Area (IL)

The person will be responsible for several CAPEX industrial projects (5 – 50 Millions $), from the initial stages (pre-study, detailed and engaging preliminary project) to final installation and performance.

The project manager's missions are as follows:

Define, in liaison with the client, the engineering needs,
Define, in liaison with the relevant hierarchies, the project organization to be implemented,
Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc.) required to complete the project
Based on production process and user’s requirements, work out different technical proposals, to present
Prepare estimated budget and hand over for approval,
Lead technical interface with vendors and contractors for quotations on equipment, civil construction and field installations processing the SAP Purchase Requisitions, working collaboratively with Purchasing to negotiate vendor and contractor purchase agreements,
Ensure overall control of the project in terms of quality, costs and timeframes,
Prepare project implementation plan, time schedule, follow up implementation work and ensure safety, quality and progress of the work,
Organize and arrange the project works with the all staff, discuss and solve the problems showing up during implementation, provide necessary guidance and support,
Apply seasoned working knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements to field installation and equipment/systems design.
Manage team resources, set project schedules, personally or through others oversee field construction activities of contracts and contractors,
Oversee and provide technical leadership for ad hoc project teams of drafting contractors, technicians, engineers and other to contribute to project completions,
Guide, project team members on assignments involving AutoCAD, SAP, Connections, Outlook, etc.
Communicate and interface well with other engineers, department and interdepartmental project team members with improvement suggestions to resolve complex issues (problem solving skills) and develop/innovate designs (problem solving and prevention skills).
Review the project schedule, cash flow projections and report actual cash flow and variance, risks, and action plans to keep the project on track with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required
Execute the project according to the project plan
Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project
Provide information on the progress of the project to the customer and project core team

Key Competency Requirements

Mechanical systems
Contractor/contract administration and field construction / project activity oversight
Process systems operations and equipment specifications, materials of construction, assembly, piping design
Understand computer systems such as AutoCAD, SmartSketch, Microsoft Office Suite, SAP
Smart phone knowledgeable
Strong, effective communications and people skills with technical, lay, managerial and executive personnel
Capital project management and related systems
Capital project team leadership. Effective organizational, planning and multi-tasking skills. Project development skills.
Process, equipment and project innovation.
Ability to utilize root cause analysis to determine direct and fundamental causes of a complex failure and appropriate controlling, corrective, and preventive actions. Demonstrated effective and logical systematic technical complex troubleshooting and problem solving skills personally and leading teams.
Clear, informative and persuasive verbal, written and presentation communication skills, including ability to create and deliver, through teams, training to others on technical matters. Strong computer skills in Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Word, Aspen, and SAP.
Positive interpersonal skills and a record of putting a team commitment above personal accomplishments.
Ability to make data-based decisions over emotional or experience-based. Knows what information is needed to make the right decision
Demonstrated seasoned knowledge of safe work practices and safe construction practices
Safety Skills (during design, realization phase and in animation), Industrial risks skill (in chemicals, risk machines, risk pressure, Atex gas & Powders), and quality (industrial, feed, food, pharma, baby food..)

Functional Competencies

Skill on budget and planning management :

Master directly or outsourcethe realization of technical-economical comparisons in order to choose the optimal solution for Roquette
Be able to build or optimize the estimation of a project and present it.
Know how to organize the design, the sourcing & supplies, the tasks constituting the course of the project and adjust the schedule regularly in order to correct and report any drift,
Monitor project expenses in collaboration with its entity, with the cost controller.
Initially set the quarterly cash need for of the industrial project
Capable of anticipating and evaluating problems that could disrupt the project's schedule and responsiveness in order to intervene accordingly.
Sense of agenda and result in order to evaluate and optimize the times and means necessary for the realization of the different stages

Organizational and managerial skills :

Guarantee the implementation of the engineering directives and the investment process defined by the company
To support department managers in their technical arbitrations.
Know how to organize and plan the different stages of the industrial project from conception to completion and identify the means necessary for its realization
Organize and coordinate the industrial project team
Transversal management with a high volume of subcontracting in the design phases as in realization of investments
Optimize the load plan and align the resources allocated to the industrial project,
Transmit and share within the project team the information internal to the project
Flexibility to manage contingencies and requests out of phase of the project

Technical Applicative Competencies

Technical and regulatory skill :

Motivate and support less experienced industrial project managers on the difficulties they might encounter on their projects.
Analyze the results obtained and adjust the differences (between forecast and actual) that can exist by identifying and conducting corrective actions.
Contribute to the definition of the process, to the definition of equipment, to establish water/material/energy balances,
Integrate the needs of the internal client while respecting the regulatory, climatic and specific constraints of the country of implementation.

.Safety, industrial risk and quality skills :

To ensure the safety of the persons involved in the project during the design, the traveling and on construction site in accordance with state and federal laws and Roquette standards
If necessary, integrate the animal, human nutrition or pharmaceutical quality constraints (GMP, ISO 22000,...) into the design, implementation and start-up of the project

Qualifications/Requirements

Education:

Bachelors of Science in an Engineering Discipline

Experience:

5-10 + years’ experience within an engineering company or engineering department in an industrial company.
Experience in management of capital projects for chemical or process industry with some projects above $30 million dollars.

Specific requirements:

Broad technical skills (mechanics, instrumentation, building construction, piping...)
Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong adaptation capacity
Must possess strong leadership skills and the perseverance, drive and self – confidence to handle negotiations, drive the schedules and ability to influence others
Ability to work in a team environment and have a positive influence on others

Things that will make you stand out

Being Focused and Disciplined
Being Customer Service, Quality and Productivity Oriented
MBA
Professional Engineer
Project Management Training
Six Sigma Green or Black Belt

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not directly manage employees.

Work Environment

This job spends approximately 50% of the time in an office environment and 50% of the time in the Plant environment

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk, climb stairs, use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms; work in hot, cold and loud environments. Employee must be able to wear a respirator.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full time positon. Days and flexible hours of work are required to meet facility demands.

Business Trips (Percentage):

Travel out of the area will be required when working on projects at other US manufacturing plants. Occasional international travel may be expected.

Competencies:

We expect four leadership skills from all our employees:

• Act like a valuable team member

•Target quality and excellence

• Be disciplined and compliant

• Make decisions quickly and with determination.

AAP/EEO Statement

An Equal Opportunity Employer  “AAP, EEO, M/F/H/V/D, Drug-Free Workplace”

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together !

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