Project Engineering Manager

Cereal Partners Worldwide

Location: Bromborough, Wirral

Salary: Circa £51,000 plus companywide benefits including annual bonus and car allowance

This is a full-time permanent opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs so please speak to use during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you.

Position Summary

We’re looking for an experienced Project Engineering Manager to join the team here at Cereal Partners, Bromborough.

At Cereal Partners UK, we have established ourselves as one of the largest cereal manufacturers in the UK, making many well-loved brands with a long heritage. Cereal Partners UK is a powerful alliance between Nestlé and General Mills, producing some of the biggest names in breakfast cereals. As a bright, forward-thinking company, we are always striving for a new way to develop and market better products, helping to enhance the lifestyle of consumers and stay on top in the highly competitive cereal aisle.

A day in the life of a Project Engineering Manager

Reporting into the Factory Engineering Manager, as the Project Engineering Manager you will lead the Project Engineering function to deliver capital projects safely, on time and within budget until vertical start up, meeting the short-term and strategic needs of the site.

Other key activities will include:

• Lead and coordinate the Capital plan (CAPEX) process, defining the project team, project scope, success criteria and milestone deliverables that support business goals.
• Lead in the development of the long-term site plan and strategic projects.
• Execute the basic and detailed design of the project based on company standards, local regulations, the defined User Requirements Specifications and the TPM characteristics of a unit operation (safety, quality, affordability, maintainability, operability and reliability).
• Ensure available feedback from previous projects is leveraged to prevent waste and optimize execution.
• Lead the team and coordinate the contribution of all the stakeholders, to ensure that the fixed asset side of the project is implemented in accordance with the defined category standards, timing, cost and quality.
• Ensure all project related activities are fully compliant with relevant legislation and Nestlé/ GMI/ CPW standards and guidelines.
• Ensure that the investment project charter has been fulfilled and that the project scope is achieved with the agreed cost and timing.
  

What will make you successful

• High calibre engineer Apprentice trained/ HNC or Degree
• Proven experience within a manufacturing environment, preferably with food products or FMCG.
• Excellent project management skills, able to lead cross functional teams. 5 years’ experience
• Sound technical knowledge and practical experience of working within health and safety legislation.
• Financial management skills, reviewing, controlling and forecasting, purchasing negotiation.
  

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of CPW – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, car allowance, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

The closing date for this role is 9th February 2023

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At CPW, our values are rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers and our consumers. That’s why championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and it would be applicable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Financial support could be available from Nestlé to assist with the immigration fees associated with the Skilled Worker route. We encourage you to review the UK Home Office guidelines ahead of submitting a job application to review whether you meet the eligibility criteria under the Skilled Worker route. If you require sponsorship, please discuss this with us as part of the recruitment process.