Project Engineer

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our team and work as part of a growing business that is prepared to invest in your future.

Job Title: Project Engineer

Salary: Starting salary commensurate with experience and qualifications

Location: Starting salary commensurate with experience and qualifications

Role Purpose: As part of our commitment to innovation, efficiency, and sustainability we continuously invest in capital projects to improve productivity, reduce costs, and enhance environmental performance.

This role will be responsible for leading and delivering capital investment projects aimed at improving operational efficiency, increasing production output, reducing costs, and driving sustainability across our manufacturing site. This role requires a hands-on problem solver with a strong engineering background, project management skills, and an interest in new technologies and AI for process optimization.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Drive a safety-first culture, ensuring all activities contribute to zero harm.
  • Manage capital investment projects from concept to completion, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to specification.
  • Manage projects through structured project management and documentation.
  • Identify and implement improvements to enhance production output, deliver efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve cost-effectiveness.
  • Work closely with production and maintenance teams to optimise equipment and production processes.
  • Research and evaluate new technologies, automation, and AI-driven solutions for to optimise manufacturing processes and improve plant performance.
  • Engage with and work collaboratively with internal departments, suppliers, and contractors to ensure seamless project execution and zero harm to contractors.
  • Work closely with operations and maintenance teams on root cause analysis and structured problem-solving to resolve technical issues and implement robust solutions.
  • Drive urgency, determination, and a systematic approach to remove roadblocks to resolve issues and deliver projects in an optimal fashion.
  • Oversee and assess new and existing processes and workflows, to devise, implement and test new strategies to help optimise productivity
  • Manage key performance indicators which demonstrate value, performance, reliability, efficiency along with project delivery measures including Return on Investment
  • Analyse data to identify areas that need improvement and upgrades by developing best practices, routines and innovative solutions to improve production rates and quality output
  • Provide technical expertise and guidance to operators, maintenance teams, and contractors.
  • Create and publish work instructions and Standard operating procedures for new equipment and processes.
  • Budget /Financial responsibility – manage budgets and spends
  • Be an ambassador for the company values and at the forefront of a culture of continuous improvement
  • Take on any other duties as directed


Kilwaughter Minerals Limited

Person Specification FEBRUARY 2025


Job Title: Project Engineer


Criteria

Essential

Desirable

Education

  • Degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
  • HNC in a relevant discipline with time served
  • HND in a relevant discipline with time served
  • Project Management Qualification

Experience

  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience gained in a manufacturing environment, or similar role
  • Project Management Experience
  • Evidence of increasing plant capacity
  • Delivery of operational efficiencies
  • Root cause analysis & fault-finding experience on automated machinery & electrical systems
  • Ability to read, interpret and apply information from various sources
  • Experience within a Manufacturing environment in a similar industry.
  • Experience with using AutoCAD or Solid works

Skills and Competences

  • A change leader who can initiate and deliver change and take people with them.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent organisational, planning and prioritising ability
  • Continuous improvement mindset
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders
  • Ability to mobilise urgency and determination
  • Strong influencing skills with ability to influence upwards, downwards and laterally
  • Computer literate with Microsoft Office suite
  • Experience in using Navision/SAP ERP system

Circumstances

Able to work flexible hours as required and to travel as required to meet business needs


Personality:

  • Ambitious & passionate about our brand, our reputation and our customers
  • A creative thinker who can problem solve and drive continuous improvement
  • Determined and driven by results whilst eager to work at pace
  • Embrace and adapt well to change with a positive, can-do attitude
  • An ambassador for our company values and someone who leads by example

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