Senior Manufacturing Project Lead
3 days ago
Company Overview
The RightStaff is an iconic NZ business with a strong presence in both the North and South Island. We produce key ingredients for the food and pharmaceutical industries, cementing our position as major players in our market.
We're committed to high levels of engagement and alignment, living by our core values: Safety, Ownership, Innovation, Excellence, and Teamwork. These values drive every aspect of our organisation.
Job Description
This permanent role is based at our Mount Maunganui site, where you'll join the Site Management Team. You'll work closely with the Site Manager, Production, Engineering, and Contractors to support capital projects and process improvements.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing projects from planning to completion, optimising building, manufacturing, and industrial processes.
- Ensuring projects are delivered within budget and timeframes, aligning with business outcomes.
- Maintaining safe work practices in compliance with Occupational Health and Safety & environmental standards.
- Technical writing of change controls, risk assessments, hazard operability studies (HAZOP), procurement-related documents, and technical reports validation and certification.
- Quarterly review and prioritisation of capital projects in conjunction with the Site Manager.
- Contributing to annual capital budget & plan for approval.
- Managing and maintaining effective systems for contractors and contracts.
- Ensuring effective communication within and across teams.
Required Skills and Qualifications
We're looking for a self-motivated professional with excellent multi-tasking abilities and a commitment to safety. You should have an organised and forward-thinking work style, be a great team player, and communicator.
The following skills and experience are required:
- Degree in Engineering (ideally mechanical, chemical/process or similar).
- Formal Project Management training and ideally 5+ years' experience (less will be considered).
- Experience in a food or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
- Experience with HAZOP.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Successful application of continuous improvement/lean tools.
- Determination to get the job done right the first time.
- Self-motivated, forward thinking, and able to prioritise.
- Experience with developing cost estimates, schedules, and project plans for capital projects.
- Good overall business acumen and commercial understanding.
- Able to independently manage multiple projects.
- Ideally management in a FSSC 22000 certified environment.
- Strong software skills in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, MS Project, and PowerPoint.
- Experience with ERP systems such as AX, SAP, or similar.
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