Engineering Projects Technician

Job Title

Engineering Projects Technician

Department

Engineering

Scope

BWPC

Site

Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care – Cavite

About Unilever

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.

Main Job Purpose

The Projects Engineering Technician has the overall responsibility for supporting Projects identified by the Cost Deployment Pillar, Innovation and Masterplan.

Objectives

To define specific duties of the jobholder, their reporting lines within the organization and identifies the appropriate qualifications to ensure competency of the work being performed.

Roles and Responsibilities

Safety and Quality

• Ensure compliance to Safety and Occupational Health procedures (i.e., use of proper PPEs and reporting of unsafe acts and conditions through SBO, etc.).
• Ensure compliance to environmental policy (i.e., proper waste segregation and water and energy conservation, etc.).
• Ensures compliance to GMP and HACCP (i.e., proper hygiene and proper wearing uniforms, etc.).
• Participates in QBO program.
• Follow prescribed work procedures and company safety rules and regulations.
• Adheres 100% to all Sustainability policies and procedures. Respect health and safety legislation requirements.
• Coordinate, check and approve work requests within defined timelines and resources.
• Perform project execution in accordance with the stipulated safety rules and regulations.
• Perform safety risk assessment and eliminate identified risks accordingly together with contractors.
• Guarantee the quality of current and new initiatives via continuously updated methods and qualification standards in order to introduce new product/processes in line with Unilever quality standards, and to deliver expected quality via a competent and adequate qualification process.
• Contribute to the right specs definition to meet Customer expectations for new products (Prototyping / Industrialization). Proactively interact with all internal and external customers to continuously maintain updated knowledge of customer expectations in terms of quality.

Planning and Documentation

• Define the scope of the project in collaboration with steering committee. Create a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project. Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc.) required to complete the project. Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities considering risk assessment. Develop, control and coordinate the flow of entire project documentation, filing and storage system and technical archive activity in order to meet legal and PMI requirements. Prepare technical documents. Check for completeness and accuracy in order to support the activities of the project and department.
• Review technical drawings, drafts and/or sketches prepared by design consultants, construction company and other engineers, work with technical references, directories in order to review and to carry out analyses of works performed by design consultants and construction companies.

Equipment installation/Project Implementation

• Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress, coordinating activities and solving problems to ensure the successful completion of the project. Control project plan by reviewing design, specifications, and plan and schedule changes. Participate in the checkup of materials, execute technical and design supervision of the installation of new equipment in order to ensure high quality of the installation and commissioning of the equipment. Integrate new equipment, conduct necessary risk assessments, provide input for preparation of related documentation in order to fully comply with legislation and internal procedures. Lead equipment validation process. Coordinate Computerized Systems/Equipment validation procedures and rules. Make all necessary arrangements for hand over and acceptance of new devices/equipment for commissioning and the registration of the new equipment in order to transfer to the factory asset responsible and registry system (SAP, SAM) to ensure further maintenance.

Communication

• Maintain communication within and with relevant departments in order to execute the project plan and to find the most timely / cost effective solutions. Initiate work organization improvement in order to use available resources in the most effective way. Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project.

Cost

• Prepare project reports for management and steering committee. Monitor all budgeted project expenditures. Monitor cash flow projections and report actual cash flow and variance to steering committee on a regular basis (monthly/bimonthly). Manage all project funds according to budget, according to company policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all financial records for the project are up to date. Prepare financial reports and supporting documentation for stakeholders. Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase.

Standardization

Maintain the standardization level of manufacturing equipment by ensuring that no change to the design is executed unless duly validated through centralized change management process. Make sure all Change Management procedures are respected and applied and a proper qualification process takes place.

Admin

• Compliance to company COBP, CR&R.
• Compliance to the GMP and GHK rules of the plant.

Focused Improvement

• Participates in Focused Improvement activities.
• Executes agreed Focused Improvement actions.
• Raises improvement activities (OFI) and OPL.
• Validates results and effectiveness of Focused Improvement activities via real time observations.

Maintenance

• Support Project Specialists on the User Requirement Specification (URS) to be used for bidding.
• Support Project Specialists: Request for Proposal (RFP), Technical Recommendation Letter (TRL), Notice to Proceed (NTP) for all Projects procurement transactions.
• Create Purchase Requisition (PR) via Ariba, Coupa or SAP and coordinate closely with Procurement team to convert to Purchase Order (PO).
• Monitor and ensure on time delivery of PO. Coordinate closely with vendor and Port-clearing.
• Performs Good Receipt (GR) and ensure 100% GR forecast compliance.
• Support Project Specialists on the creation of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for New CapEx.
• Support Project Specialists in coordinating to all stakeholders from start to end of the project.
• Support Project Specialists in coordinating to inter-department (Electrical, Mechanical & Utilities) from conceptualization to turnover of the projects.
• Prepare and maintain MP Information database.
• Prepare Project Network.
• Lead the Projects installation and commissioning.
• Support Project Specialists in completing IQ, OQ, PQ FAT/SAT Checklists.
• Ensure all Project compliance to Machinery Safety standards and Hygienic Plant Standard.
• Support Project Specialists in coordinating, conducting and leading the training for New Equipment Operation and Maintenance.
• Prepare the Project to Asset capitalization.
• Support Project Specialists in coordinating and updating P&ID & Factory Layout affected by the Projects.
• Send daily progress report for all projects.
• Work with other Pillars on improvement related projects.
• Member of Early Equipment Management Pillar.

Digital

• Able to operate simple gadgets such as smartphone and iPad.
• Learn and adapt to digital tools as required by the Company.

Manning

• Participates in training and other ad hoc activities as required by the Company.

Knowledge and Skills Required

• Minimum Technical Course or 4-year Engineering Course.
• Excellent knowledge of Unilever and SHE Standards.
• Good knowledge of Manufacturing and Process Safety.
• Influencing skills.
• Good observation and auditing skills.
• Experience in Supply Chain operations.
• Manufacturing and/or Engineering experience.
• Proven track record of analytical thinking and project management.
• Prior Unilever experience.

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their 'Whole Self' to work and this includes you If you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

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