Lead engineering capital projects in Asia, managing budgets, timelines, and project teams to meet business objectives and regulatory standards.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Primary Function
- Lead capital projects in the Asia Region and achieve cost, scope, and schedule targets by
- leveraging regional strengths & resources to meet the business goals across Abbott Nutrition Supply Chain.
- The Project Manager draws on his/her multi-disciplinary experience – engineering, process
- design, automation, operations, and construction management etc. to achieve these goals.
- Most capital projects are between USD 1.0 Million to USD 50 Million and multiple projects
- are managed at a given point in time, requiring various implementation timeline and sites
- locations.
- The Project Manager must develop and manage capital and expense cash flow budgets as
- well as manage project teams in a Matrix structure, to achieve project results.
- This person also directs internal and external resources to accomplish the project goals to
- the satisfaction of the client and the business expectations.
Responsibilities
- Determine the client’s functional requirements and prepare the project scope in terms of
- performance, quality, reliability, and maintainability in agreement with the client and other
- functions — MIS, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Marketing and Operations.
- Develop project execution strategy, identify activities, prepare schedules, evaluate risks,
- prepare risk mitigation plans, and determine the resources necessary for successful
- implementation.
- Manage project team’s efforts to develop the project proposal, design criteria; scope
- definition, cost estimates, and execution schedules that are required for RCE preparation.
- Lead project teams to ensure full compliance with internal and external standards —
- Company standards, national and regional standards, including Safety and EHS standards.
- Communicate the status of each project to senior management and other internal and
- external parties, routinely.
- Provide expert engineering, processing, and project management guidance and oversight
- to new manufacturing projects initiated in Asia region.
- Facilitate regional perspective to manufacturing process design in agreement with local /
- national standards and manufacturing capabilities.
- Provide process engineering and project management support to regional manufacturing
- operations and act as primary liaison with the E&IT Global Engineering Groups to identify
- and provide project management support.
- Provide critical engineering support and guidance during plant/process start-up and
- commissioning.
- Provide expert engineering guidance and support to manufacturing operations across
- Asian Nutritional Sites to help resolve issues both during project execution and
- routine manufacture.
- Facilitate project technical support during Bidding, Negotiation, and Construction phases of
- the projects. Be responsible for interpretation of design intent of bidding and contract
- document packages.
- Work with sites to develop Long Range Capital Plan and Site Master Plans that
- are in alignment with the larger goals of the division and corporation.
- Lead and/or provide guidance to sites in the Front End Planning activities, including
- development of the project scope, design and cost estimates, schedule development, and
- project execution plans on process improvement projects
- Maintain clear communication lines with all sites to ensure consistent deployment of best in
- class practices and equipment
- Plan and schedule work in accordance with plant demands and available
- resources.
- Lead proposed manufacturing scenarios for new product introductions early to determine
- manufacturability, capital cost, and schedule issues. Identify capital requirements to
- manufacture these products when required
- Interface with Asia regional R&D center to align on upcoming and future product trends that
- could impact manufacturing
- Assess contract manufacturing facilities for their ability to manufacture products and
- provide recommendations for process upgrades if required
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering from reputed institute
- Masters Degree in Business Administration, desirable but not mandatory.
- Other: Basic psychology, accounting and writing courses would be helpful and registration
- as a professional engineer is desirable, but not mandatory.
- Engineering degree is essential to managing engineering projects in the Company due
- to large number of technical decisions that must be made. Often these decisions are
- very critical to product quality to the customer, Safety and security of the Company’s
- Employees and contractors working on the project, and bottom-line impact to business
- goals and bottom-line.
- MBA or equivalent business experience would provide the incumbent with the
- background needed to manage budgets, cash flows, and aid with personnel
- management.
- Professional engineering registration could be an asset when dealing with consultants
- and contractors who often have professional engineers on their staff.
- Substantial large capital project experience along with Project Management certification
- provides the necessary background to be successful in this role
- Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards and requirements for infant formula and
- nutritionals.
- At least 10 years Project Engineering, Engineering related work or applicable business
- experience is required
- At least 8 years Project structured work experience such as a project engineer, consultant, project team member, etc.
- In addition to the above the incumbent must have acquired a broad range of engineering
- and management skills, specifically in the Nutritional or FMCG industry, with good
- understanding of manufacturing operations.
- The Project Manager must have a working knowledge of engineering functions, cost control
- system and scheduling techniques and be able to deal with contractors and A&E firms.
- The Project Manager must have a working knowledge of the technical aspects of unit
- operations -- Liquid Processing, Spray Drying, Nutritional Product Manufacturing systems
- and industry and corporate standards and procedures.
- Good human relations and outstanding presentation skills are essential to successfully
- interface with Executive Management at the Company, to manage team members in a
- Matrix environment and to successfully deal with external suppliers.
- Minimum 12 years of overall working experience required
The base pay for this position is
N/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:Engineering
DIVISION:ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain
LOCATION:Singapore > Singapore : SN20
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:Standard
TRAVEL:Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Not Applicable
Top Skills
Automation
Construction Management
Engineering
Process Design
Project Management
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