Engineering Manager

At allnex, you can go to work knowing you make a lasting impact on the world. Our work helps to protect and improve more than 1,000 products: from interior coatings for airplanes, corrosion protection for cars, scratch-resistant coatings for smartphones to printing inks for glossy magazines at a newsstand.
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We are present in 4 regions, with more than 4,000 employees globally, and serve customers in over 100 countries, which makes allnex the world’s leading coatings resins company.

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**Position overview**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for coordination and control all aspects of engineering projects including plant reliability.
- Lead the site Maintenance group to ensure compliance to relevant legislation and standards, and to improve equipment reliability.
- Manage the Site Maintenance group with respect to safety, manning, training, costs and efficiency.
- Act as the Allnex Engineer on assigned capital projects to ensure safe, timely, and on budget completion of projects in line with business objectives and in accordance with Allnex Engineering Standards.
- Contribute to the Wacol Capital Management process by providing appropriate investment opportunities, assisting Site Management with project cost estimating support.
- Provide Monthly updates on project progress, costs and forecast of project total costs.
- Ensure appropriate Knowledge Management of project files, engineering drawings, specifications and other records.
- Adhere to Allnex Engineering Standards for Project Management and Project Engineering.
- Plan and manage the annual maintenance turnaround which is normally around Xmas and New Year.
- Accept personal responsibility to ensure all company policies are adhered too including contribution to a safe workplace and compliance with the Allnex EEO program
- Undertake any other reasonable task as requested by the Site Manager - Wacol.

**Required skills and experience**:
To be successful in this role you will have:

- Tertiary qualifications in an Engineering discipline, preferably Mechanical.
- Extensive knowledge & experience in the fields of Project Engineering. Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Project Engineer in a chemical manufacturing environment.
- Proven ability to manage contractors and implement projects on brown field sites.
- A sound knowledge of, and commitment to, Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment principles and practices.
- Ability to manage & motivate teams of technicians, engineers & contractors on projects.
- Ability to work with other groups of the Company in assisting & promulgating new projects on the site.
- Extensive knowledge of electrical standards for Dangerous Goods environments.
- Be competent in numeracy skills & have a clear grasp of finance/financial controls required to justify & control projects..

**Qualifications**:

- Master or Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Process Engineering or other technical field.

**We offer**:

- We are proud to offer an international working experience with a tight-knit network of employees, making it easy to connect and learn from people all across our different functions. On top of that we are a truly innovative company with a strong team spirit, openness to new ideas, and great opportunities to grow and develop your career.

**Equal Employment Opportunity**
allnex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an environment where all colleagues contribute for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our communities.

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