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Job Title: Divisional Engineering Project Manager

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information

The role of Divisional Engineering Project Manager will be based at our Loughborough, UK site and will support the Laboratory Chemicals Division (LCD)

Discover Impactful Work:

The Project Engineering Manager will lead LCD’s Divisional Engineering strategic improvement projects implementation and is responsible for managing project planning, scheduling, risk and resource management, budgeting, and the coordination of projects from conception to completion. This role requires strong leadership and communication as well as excellent problem-solving and organizational abilities. You should possess a deep understanding of engineering principles and practices, as well as a proven history of project management methodologies, with the ability to lead numerous projects simultaneously. Working collaboratively with local site teams you will ensure safety, compliance, quality assurance and that project goals are achieved in full, on time and within budget. A key aspect of this role will be developing the team’s skills and proficiencies while building an early asset management model as a standardised process.

A day in the Life :

• Communication: Collaborating with team members, clients, and sponsors to ensure effective communication and alignment of project goals.

• Stakeholder Management: Regular reviews with clients, vendors, contractors, and other sponsors to establish project requirements, resolve issues, and ensure customer satisfaction. This includes running expectations and providing regular project updates within the division and local sites.

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring that engineering projects and processes meet relevant laws (local to region), regulations, and industry standards and that approvals are acquired and accurately documented.

• Leadership: Leading, motivating and coordinating multidisciplinary project teams, providing mentorship and support and performance feedback to team members while resolving challenges to ensure successful project execution.

• Project Planning: Developing project plans, defining objectives, and setting timelines while holding teams to account to landmarks.

• Resource Management: Prioritising resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials, to ensure project tasks are completed cost and time efficiently.

• Budgeting and Cost Control: Management of project costs, preparing budget estimates, and implementing cost control measures to ensure projects are completed within budget.

• Risk Management: Identifying potential risks and developing solutions to minimize their impact on project timelines.

• Quality Assurance: Implementing quality processes to ensure project goals archived required standards and specifications and customer expectations. This involves conducting regular inspections, reviewing technical information, and leading all aspects of testing and validation processes. (IQ,OQ and PQ)

• Project Reporting: Preparing regular progress updates, project documentation, and presentations for management and partners. This includes summarizing project status, highlighting key achievements, and identifying any issues or deviations from the project plan.

• Continuous Improvement: Finding opportunities for process improvement and implementing standard methodologies to improve project efficiency and outcomes.

Keys to Success:

Education

Bachelor’s degree / equivalent in Engineering with appropriate experience

Experience

• Previous experience in large and multifunctional Project Management Engineering experience

• Working internationally across numerous sites in different regions

• Familiarity with COMAH / DSEAR / ATEX and OSHA regulations

• Chemical manufacturing / FMCG

• PPI / Six Sigma / World Class Manufacturing

• Validation Protocols

• Experience working in a union environment and/or matrix organization.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Safety management strategies and techniques

• Experienced in working and leading multi-functional teams to achieve business objectives.

• Strong numerical and analytical skills

• Ability to influence business partners to validate project goals and acquire formal agreement.

• Ability to analyse problems, identifying root causes, and implementing efficient countermeasures.

• Active leadership of progress reports, project information, and presentations for leadership and sponsors.

• Cost control and budgeting of large multiyear / international projects.

• Contract negations / RFP development.

• Communication of project metrics.

• Experience of validation protocols.

• Proven engineering leadership

• Make timely decisions based on data, analysis, and risk assessment.

• PC literate with a strong skill using Power BI, Databases, Outlook, and Excel.

• Proven use of and qualified in lean methodologies.

• Experience of maintaining and establishing relationships with authorities and agencies

• Extensive knowledge of equipment purchasing and installation & performance contracts

• Vendor and contract management

• Contractor control

• Strong understanding of permit to work

• Attention to detail.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

• This role is based on-site in Loughborough, UK. Travel will be required to support other parts of the LCD business.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.