Junior Project Engineer

Junior Project Engineer (1 year contract)

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.

Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

The Project Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating projects, upgrades and other activities. Plan, direct and monitor progress of all aspects of engineering projects from feasibility and concept development through project commissioning, close‑out and handover. Manage project portfolios by analyzing information, developing and tracking project plans, providing expertise to resolve project difficulties and directing resources.

Reporting to:
Engineering Manager, Fragrance & Beauty

• Chair project meetings with both internal and external stakeholders
• Plan, execute and monitor projects to ensure requirements, budget and schedule are met
• Monitor day‑to‑day aspects of projects including quality of work product, client communications, budget, schedule, and coordinate technical staff (internal and external) and run regular reporting to higher management and stakeholders about project progress
• Work with production, safety and laboratory managers as well as external specialists and authorities to create specifications (User Requirement Specification and/or Technical Specification), design and detailed plans respecting all norms and regulations as well as EHS standards
• Maintain quality control of deliverables, demonstrating technical excellence, objectivity and clarity, adherence to project schedules, applicable quality management standards, and safety and security regulations
• Support Procurement to negotiate contracts with suppliers and contractors
• Carry out Technical Bid Analysis and submit proposal for stakeholders approval
• Monitor and control project plan by reviewing design, specifications, and plan and schedule changes; recommending actions
• Control project costs by approving expenditures; administering contractor contracts
• Plan resource and contingency planning as well as recovery planning
• Control contractors on site and work with Engineering team for permit issue/closure
• Maintain proper project documentation and handover of completed project to internal customers

• Support the custodian of site drawings and specifications to keep them updated
• Maintain project documentation and catalogue for the whole process from initial concept study to final project handover

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or related discipline
• 2 to 5 years of experience in Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation engineering
• Some exposure to mechanical and architectural aspects in project management
• Familiarity with basic usage of SAP (Project module), Microsoft Project and AutoCAD
• Basic knowledge of GMP requirements is an advantage
• Maintain and support all site activities according to accreditation standards in the scope of the QMS (ISO 9001 & Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP))

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.