Job Description

Project and Engineering Leader, Asia Pacific

Our team in Singapore currently has an opening for a Project and Engineering Leader, Asia Pacific

YOUR ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management

• Develop, Oversee and Manage overall APAC engineering projects’ plan and schedule, through active engagement of internal stake-holders and external solutions providers
• Proactively follow-thru engineering projects’ executions, quality, risks and issues, including development of mitigation plans and escalation when necessary in order to see them to successful completion
• Coordinate and Oversee startup and commissioning of engineering projects, supporting any required technology transfer process in ensuring streamlined transition from mechanical completion to operational startup
• Communicating project status to project teams, senior management, and other stakeholders in APAC Region
• Managing, facilitating, and documenting weekly project status meetings
• Assuring adherence to defined corporate and development processes in all scoped projects
• Providing feedback to functional/technical/regional/site/supply chain managers on the performance of local project supporting resources
• Support the APAC Region sites to ensure engineering compliance with local regulations and company requirements.

Budget

• Develop the APAC Region annual budget for Maintenance, Engineering and Projects (Overall APAC CAPEX).
• Managing capex budgets and expenditures through a formal allocation and control gate-keeping process, with standard and consistent assessment framework
• Review monthly APAC Region CAPEX financial statements for accuracy and explain significant variances between actual and budgeted results.

Team Management

• Develop a team (direct/indirect) where all members and points of view are respected – The Leader is responsible for the overall performance of the team including team dynamics, morale, and motivation
• Provide technical and engineering project support to engineering operations activities and employees in the Asia Pacific region in terms of training, equipment, system, process troubleshooting, optimization, etc.
• Managing team members through performance management and coaching

YOUR PROFILE

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Chemical Engineering
• 10 years of relevant Engineering, Project Management, and Manufacturing experience, preferably within the chemical industry
• 5 years of supervisory experience preferred.

Skills/Competencies

• Working knowledge of maintenance reliability improvement programs and experience in process control systems
• Project management capabilities to ensure quality of execution, schedule and budget are within expectations
• Experience with Operational Excellence programs and Continuous Improvement in leadership and contributing roles.
• Training and/or certification in Lean Six Sigma a plus.
• Must have experience maintaining facility Environmental, Safety, and Health standards to minimize employee and community exposure.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, direct and manage cross functional team in a fast paced, results oriented environment required.
• Must have excellent communication skills; including the ability to interface with internal & external customer contacts.

INTERESTED?

We look forward receiving your application.