Engineer: Strategy - Middelburg at Columbus Stainless

Job Specification: 

• The Engineer: Strategy must have a good understanding of project coordination over the complete span of business activities, including production, financial, commercial, logistics and other processes. For all projects, the Engineer: Strategy must have some understanding of the impact of the project on aspects including finance, safety, environment, governance and manufacturing. The role is therefore based on a huge variety of different projects in different areas of the business.

Tasks include, among others:

• Assist project owners in the formulation of projects in accordance with corporate directions.
• Organise and monitor inter-connected projects.
• Liaise with the Acerinox Strategy Department to ensure full visibility and coordination of the Columbus projects.
• Liaise with the Columbus Finance Department as well as Columbus Manufacturing to ensure the correct benefit calculations for all projects, as well as for the follow-up of the projects.
• Assist with the coordination of cross-project activities, and specifically manage and coordinate the availability of (especially human) resources shared between the projects teams.
• Assist project managers and project team members.
• Assist with the development and control of deadlines and activities.
• Assist with change, risk and resource management.
• Assist with the assessment of program performance and aim to maximise the overall benefit of the program.
• Prepare reports for project owners, Columbus senior management, and Acerinox senior management.

Requirements

Person Specification

• Qualification: BEng, BSc, BIT or equivalent;
• At least 2 years in a project management or similar environment;
• Excellent computer literacy;
• Working knowledge of program/project management software (PowerBI, Primavera P6, MS Project etc.) is a strong advantage, with PowerBI experience the highest priority.

Favourable Requirements

• Project management qualification (PMP, PPM, MPM);
• Project management experience;
• Experience of project management in continuous improvement;
• Management qualifications (MBA);
• Management experience.