Principal Project Engineer

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.

​Manufacturing​

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

The Principal Project Engineer, Remediation is responsible for planning, designing, and overseeing the infrastructure, industrial services, processing and packaging projects for a large-scale supply chain transformation program in Zeeland, MI (Project Vivid). The project scopes are part of a multi-story manufacturing plant. This role involves ensuring that projects are properly scoped to meet stakeholder requirements, completed on time, within budget, and to the required food safety and quality standards. The Project Engineer works closely with other engineers, contractors, and stakeholders to deliver successful solutions.

Your responsibilities

• Lead with excellence the design, development, and execution of capital projects while ensuring designs meet required regulatory, safety, environmental, and industry standards.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Work closely with Project teams and cross functional teams (Manufacturing, Quality, Technical Services, and Supply Chain) to align project scopes and execution with overall 
• business objectives and ensure seamless integration into production.
• Responsibilities include documentation management and an understanding of Current 
• Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) as well of implementation of FDA standards.
• Creation and management of invoices, cash flows, and change requests within the document control systems.
• Responsible for the success of the execution of capital projects, including but not limited to the commissioning, validation, and financial and change control close-out.
• Project Planning: Develop conceptual and detailed project plans, including shutdown requirements, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Design and Analysis: Lead option development and analysis efforts. Work in partnership with engineering and construction partner firms to execute all phases of execution including commissioning and validation.
• Quality Assurance: Lead cross functional drawing/equipment reviews and field verifications to ensure capital project deliverables interferences, access requirements, process/personnel safety requirements.
• Risk Management: Anticipate and mitigate potential design and execution risks associated with capital projects.
• Documentation: Prepare and maintain project documentation, including presentations, reports, drawings, specifications, and workflow forms and spreadsheet.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices in capital project management.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical).
• 10+ years relevant engineering experience in FDA-regulated environment (must include 3-5+ years of capital project management).
• Understanding of FDA, GMP, and ISO guidelines.
• Strong leadership, project management, and organizational skills. 
• Proficiency in engineering software and tools (e.g., AutoCAD, MS Project). 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. 
• Knowledge of building design and construction methods, materials, and regulations.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Relationship management, Business acumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced analytics, Data analytics, Manufacturing excellence.

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.

US salary ranges

USD $113,000.00  -  $169,000.00

US 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.