Project Manager

The Coca-Cola Company; Lavamünd; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Coca-Cola Company is seeking a Project Engineer to coordinate capital planning, site master planning, and project execution across a manufacturing site in Austria. You will manage multi-discipline teams, align business cases, and drive value through safety, efficiency, and sustainability improvements.

Responsibilities include defining scope, coordinating design reviews, and ensuring formal handovers to operations and maintenance, with a focus on delivering projects on time and within budget.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, industrial or process engineering or equivalent.
• More than 5 years’ experience in engineering and maintenance within a manufacturing environment.
• Proficient in project management, safety, and documentation skills.

Aufgaben

• Coordinate the development and prioritization of the annual and long-range capital plan.
• Lead the Site Master Plan, providing a roadmap for capacity, infrastructure, technology, sustainability and compliance.
• Develop and maintain Project Charter, URS, and scoping definitions; quantify impact where possible.

Kenntnisse

Project management

Leadership

Problem solving

Adaptability

Emotional intelligence

Teamwork

Time management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Civil/Chemical/Industrial/Process Engineering

Tools

CAD

Project management software

AI tools

Jobbeschreibung

Role and Major Responsibilities of Position

Capital Portfolio and Site Master Planning

• Coordinate the development and prioritization of the annual and long-range capital plan.
• Lead and maintain the Site Master Plan, providing a roadmap for future capacity, infrastructure, technology, sustainability, compliance, and operational requirements.

Project Initiation and Business Case Development

• Work with the Business Sponsor and project owner to define the business need, strategic alignment, expected benefits, costs, risks, challenges, and options.
• Coordinate technical and financial feasibility studies before significant investment commitments are made.
• Ensure the Business Case remains the governing justification for the project throughout delivery.

Project Charter and Scope Definition

• Develop and maintain the Project Charter following initial project approval.
• Clearly document what is in scope and out of scope.
• Develop and coordinate User Requirement Specifications with project owners and end users.
• Quantify the expected impact of projects where possible, including cost, productivity, capacity, headcount, utility consumption, quality, safety, or sustainability improvements.

Engineering Design and Project Planning

• Coordinate feasibility analysis, basic design, detailed design, and technical reviews.
• Finalize P&IDs, functional design specifications, layouts, equipment specifications, and other required engineering documentation.
• Obtain final quotations and confirm budget requirements before execution.
• Identify and analyse risks, assumptions, dependencies, constraints, and mitigation actions.

Project Execution, Monitoring and Control

• Coordinate construction, equipment installation, contractor activities, testing, and site integration.
• Lead the multidisciplinary project team and ensure responsibilities, deliverables, and deadlines are clearly understood.
• Coordinate regular project reviews and provide accurate status reports to sponsors, steering teams, Finance, and plant leadership.

Financial and Commercial Management

• Prepare project cost estimates, capital forecasts, cash-flow plans, financial justifications, and funding requests.
• Ensure that expenditure takes place only after appropriate authorization.
• Control project commitments, purchase orders, invoices, accruals, forecasts, and capitalization.
• Ensure commercial dealings are competitive, transparent, ethical, and properly documented.

Safety, Quality, Environment and Food Safety

• Integrate occupational safety, environmental, food safety, hygiene, quality, and security requirements into every phase of the project.
• Ensure designs comply with CPS engineering requirements, legal obligations, hygienic-design principles, and applicable Company standards.
• Ensure contractors are appropriately selected, inducted, trained, supervised, and evaluated.
• Ensure compliance with permit-to-work and other applicable critical safety controls.

Commissioning, Qualification and Verification

• Develop and coordinate commissioning, qualification, start-up, and ramp-up plans.
• Ensure input/output checks, safety tests, dry runs, wet runs, and relevant performance tests are completed
• Coordinate Factory Acceptance Tests and Site Acceptance Tests where applicable.
• Support stabilization of the new process or equipment after start-up.

Handover, Closeout and Benefits Support

• Ensure completed assets are formally handed over to Operations and Maintenance.
• Confirm that operating procedures, maintenance plans, recommended spares, warranties, manuals, drawings, safety documentation, and asset records are complete.
• Obtain formal acceptance from the project sponsor and accountable end users.

Financial/ Job Scope

• Coordinates civil, mechanical, electrical, automation, process, utility, infrastructure, safety, sustainability, and manufacturing projects.
• Manages a capital portfolio that may amount to approximately **US$13 million annually** , subject to the approved Business Plan.
• Manages multiple projects of varying complexity, value, risk, and operational impact.
• Evaluates project options and supplier proposals based on technical compliance, safety, quality, cost, timing, capability, and total cost of ownership.
• Maintains financial control over budgets, commitments, expenditure, forecasts, project changes, and capitalization

Minimum Requirements for Position

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Industrial, Process Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Proven experience in engineering and maintenance within a manufacturing environment.
• Technical Skills in mechanical, electrical & civil engineering
• More than 5 years' experience as a Project Engineer Mechanical /Electrical/ Industrial / Chemical.
• Working knowledge of safety measures and ISO related requirements.
• Requirements Analysis, Design Skills, Project Management, Manufacturing Methods and Procedures, Process Improvement, Technical Understanding, Documentation Skills, Safety Management, Supervision, CAD
• Proficiency in project management software, AI tools, and industry-specific technical knowledge
• Financial acumen
• Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, adaptability, and emotional intelligence
• Teamwork and coordination skills.
• Time management, prioritizing, planning and self-direction skills.
• Ability to assess project performance, interpret data, and make informed decisions
• Continuous improvement and Operational Excellence knowledge

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.