Project Engineer

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Project Engineer is a Technical Project Leader (TPL) who is responsible for the design, involving & driving in the execution and hand-over of CAPEX investment projects in Lonza’s Americas sites within safety, cost, schedule, quality and functionality. This includes the capability to manage all engineering areas and to assure the right first time application of Lonza Technical Standards, as well as engineering principles, concepts, industry practices & standards.

To achieve this, this role is in close collaboration with the technical team as well the interacting with the Project Leader (PL), senior management until IQ / OQ. This role is a Senior Manager level and has operative leadership within the midsize and large CAPEX projects in the range of 50 – 200 MUSD.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the compliance with all pertinent safety policies, rules and regulations.
• Share and enforce the applicable standards & practices with the project team and Work Package Owners
• Execute the CAPEX project according to budget, scope and on-time deliverables
• Review and approve technical documentation (e.g. P&IDs)
• Organize internal as well as external workshops and support team members to establish agendas, meeting minutes, actions lists
• Contribute to ensure the adequate project control systems needed to manage the risk, cost and schedule are timely in place.
• Conduct regular engineering and project control reviews with the project team in order to ensure that the project execution is on track (safety, quality, cost & schedule) and to identify and implement remedial action(s) in case of any deviation from project objectives.
• Participate in FATs / SATs as observing auditor
• Contribute to the implementation overall project resources (internal and external).
• To ensure the implementation of the state-of-the-art technical solutions and to ensure compliance with internal and external quality, safety and ecology standards.
• Ensure the sharing and leveraging of best practices and expertise within Lonza’s engineering community.
• Ensure the successful hand-over of the project to the user-team including the right level of training and correct documentation

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Plant Engineering or related field required, Master’s degree preferred
• 3+ years in project engineering or project management for chemical, or pharmaceutical industries with international experience
• Project engineering skills, including contract management in collaboration with professional procurement organization
• Understanding project controlling and project appraisal knowledge
• Wide interdisciplinary knowledge
• Extended EHS knowledge
• Capable motivating team drives results, good communication skills and experience in managing matrix-based cross-functional teams
• Solid internal and external collaboration and influencing skills and the ability to lead diverse, cross-functional teams in the successful delivery of projects
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced environment is crucial
• Ability to read communication styles of team members and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines
• Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating to the team
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Able to travel to other locations as required by project assignments
• Valid Driver's License required