Automation Project Engineer

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

You assist in planning, developing and execution of capital projects, technical development, feasibility perspectives of engineering-related activities in the supply chain and capital-expense project execution to support growth, world-class manufacturing and productivity with the highest level of quality, safety and environmental requirements. You help ensure sure that Mondelēz business and innovation processes in project management and Mondelēz standards in execution are followed.

How you will contribute

The role supports capital project execution, and you will be accountable for the quality of the results and execution of capital projects using Mondelēz standards, and business and innovation processes in project management. You will help define and deliver the capital and technical agenda during the development phase of capital investments with stakeholders so that accurate budgets, plans and fit-for-purpose technical solutions are provided and develop the capital budget according to the contract and forecast cash flow. You will also help ensure that applicable engineering developments and standards are properly implemented, and support the development and implementation of state-of-the-art processes and equipment strategies to optimize resources, harmonize assets and rollout best practices.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Engineering or operations
• Working effectively and under pressure to meet deadlines
• Analysis
• Project management

Department: Manufacturing

Reporting to: Business Development and Engineering Lead, Vietnam

General scope of work: 

• This position is accountable for planning, leading productivity projects, engineering works for New Product Development (NPD) Projects which will directly impact plant productivity, capacity, product quality and Safety/Health/Environmental (HSE) improvement. 

• Investigates and identifies concepts and new methods and their applications to new and existing processes/procedures to support productivity program efforts, resolve problems and gain economic advantage/ productivity improvement. 

• Actively seeks technical and plant operation information by keeping abreast with current plant capacities, efficiencies, HSE and quality issues to ensure all relevant data are secured and analyzed for effective project planning and continually offer new ideas to improve plant performance. 

• Ensure that plant operators and maintenance personnel are adequately trained and developed to operate and maintain newly installed equipment and technology by implementing proper training and procedures. Also for all plant equipment, facilities and installation comply with statutory regulations. Company policy and Mondelez International Engineering standards to provide a safe working environment.

Main responsibilities: 

1. Projects – Capacity/Productivity/NPD 

• Investigates, evaluates, plans, consults, implements assigned projects by ensuring that the set objectives are met by timely completion of the project within budgeted cost. Assigned projects could be productivity projects, expansion plans, NPD Projects and special projects which will directly impact plant productivity, capacity, product quality and safety/ health/ environmental improvement.

• Prepares conceptual studies and/ or plant expansion proposals by developing preliminary engineering designs and budgetary estimates in order to provide management with timely and complete project information and feasibility upon which to base decision.

• Actively seeks technical and plant operation information by keeping abreast with current plant capacities, efficiencies, HSE and quality issues in order to ensure all relevant data are secured and analyzed for effective project planning and continually offer new ideas to improve plant performance. 

2. Cost Control / Productivity  

• Investigate and Identify concepts and new method and their application to new and existing processes/ procedures by continually seeking technical information and feedback from the plant end user in order to support productivity program efforts, resolve problems and gain economic advantage/ productivity improvement that are aligned with the Integrated Lean Six Sigma Principles

• Ensure all purchase requisitions comply with the Mondelez Procurement requirements.

• Monthly CAPEX Tracking and spending

3. Safety/ Health/ Environment Affairs  

• Ensures that all plant equipment, facilities, utilities related to projects comply with statutory regulations, company policy, Mondelēz Engineering Standards in order to provide safe working environment.

• Observes a safe working environment by following guidelines in using the proper wearing of personnel protective equipment while in the plant and by reporting to his immediate superior all unsafe acts and conditions to protect himself from accidents and the company assets from damage as well as the safety of his colleagues.

• Participants in environment and health affairs by promoting awareness and refraining from acts, which are detrimental to the environment and health in order to ensure compliance with administrative and government regulations.

4. GMP/MIA/ ISO Audit Expectations  

• Observes Good Manufacturing Practices by following its guidelines to protect the company products from possible contamination and rejection.

• Reports all deficiencies contrary to Mondelēz audit expectation by informing his immediate superior of such defect or gap so that appropriate corrective action could be immediately made to avoid, if not aborted, further damage to the operations.

• Ensures that ISO/ MIA (Mondelēz International Audit) guidelines/procedures are observed by following strictly the Engineering procedures and work instructions in order to pass ISO/ MIA audits.

5. Authorities 

• Authorized to take action related to ensuring the quality and safety management system conforms to the requirements.

• Authorizes to take action to ensure that the process is delivering its intended outputs and to report any opportunity for improvement.

• Authorized to maintain integrity of the quality and safety management system when changes to the systems are planned and implemented.

Most important qualifications: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Science/ Industrial/ Mechanical / Chemical Engineering

• Experience in food manufacturing with know-how how in-food processing, GMP and HACCP, ISO and project management.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a range of technical functions (Manufacturing, Engineering, Projects, NPD, R&D, Quality, etc.)

• Strong analytical to solve processing issues

• Strong planning and organizing skill

• Strong automation skill

• Project management skill 

• Strong coordination skills

Number of Openings Available

Business Unit Summary

Headquartered in Singapore, Mondelēz International’s Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region is comprised of six business units, has more than 21,000 employees and operates in more than 27 countries including Australia, China, Indonesia, Ghana, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Seventy-six nationalities work across a network of more than 35 manufacturing plants, three global research and development technical centers and in offices stretching from Auckland, New Zealand to Casablanca, Morocco. Mondelēz International in the AMEA region is the proud maker of global and local iconic brands such as Oreo and belVita biscuits, Kinh Do mooncakes, Cadbury, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Milka chocolate, Halls candy, Stride gum, Tang powdered beverage and Philadelphia cheese. We are also proud to be named a Top Employer in many of our markets.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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