Engineering Project Lead

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Supply​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Dive into a pivotal position at Reckitt, where you'll craft the future of sustainable packaging. As a Senior Associate / Engineer / Project Manager in Regional Packaging, you'll integrate innovation with strategy, leaving your mark across a tapestry of brands. This role isn't just a job — it's a journey across different sites, a learning odyssey that enriches your professional canvas while steering our markets towards greener horizons.

Your responsibilities

• Responsible for developing conceptual scopes by collaborating with facility staff, engineering and other cross functional departments, and external resources.
• Ensure that project scopes fulfil relevant regulatory requirements including compliance with RB/MJN quality requirements, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, state and federal environmental health and safety (EHS) requirements, and Reckitt engineering guidelines.
• Prepare project budgets and cash flow projections.
• Create project implementation timelines in the form of milestone and detailed project schedules.
• Manage multiple capital projects of different scales by leading cross-functional teams of internal and external resources to generate project documentation including drawing packages, equipment specifications, user requirement specifications, bid packages, qualification protocols, other.
• Responsible for the project design and development to ensure that the project delivers all project objectives on time, and within the approved capital budget.
• Schedule and conduct regular meetings with project teams to communicate project status and plan activities for project completion. Provide updates to key stakeholders regarding project’s progress, risks, and issue resolution.
• Responsible for contractors, building construction, and field installation including ensuring equipment and workmanship meet or exceed corporate standards and project requirements and integrity of operations is not compromised through to start-up, and commissioning.

The experience we're looking for

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical) or suitable experience in lieu of education.
• 10+ years relevant engineering experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare or food/beverage industries (must include 5+ years of capital project management).
• Capable of managing multiple capital projects simultaneously with a variety of technical scopes e.g. (powder blending and transport, HVAC, liquid processing, packaging, robotics).
• Demonstrate an expert understanding of engineering theoretical fundamentals of equipment operation, and demonstrate full use of advanced principles, theories, concepts and techniques in creative and novel ways to solve complex technical problems.
• Comprehensive understanding of engineering, manufacturing, project management principles/practices.  Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Demonstrate an expert proficiency in the ability to read, understand, and create specifications, drawings, flowcharts, sketches, schematics, and other engineering design documentation.
• Expertise in the use and application of formal problem solving techniques (6 sigma, LEAN, Kaizen, 5s, root cause analysis, etc.) is desirable.
• PMP Certification (preferred)
• Proven track record of leadership and team management with demonstrated ability to manage resources and external contractors to deliver capital projects.

This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business accumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics Management.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Salary Range

$90,000 - $134,000

Pay Transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year. Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays; a 401(K) plan; generous paid parental leave; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; product discounts; and much more! If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.