Project Engineering Manager

Location: Yopougon DC site
Company: Nestlé Cote D’Ivoire
Position Type: Temporary (1 year contract)
Minimum Educational qualification: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Engineering ,Technical or Engineering diploma.

Minimum Relevant work experience: Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an international project environment context within which, projects were defined and budgeted, assessed and implemented (entire project life cycle).

Position Summary:

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world.  At our very core, we are a human company driven by our pose to enhance the quality of life and contribute to a healthier future. 

Nestlé is currently looking for a Project Engineering Manager to plan the technical side of an investment project ensuring a design for manufacturing excellence (free of waste)  and lead  the execution (from investment project charter until vertical start-up) by managing a cross-functional team whose objective is to oversee the capital investments relating to the company's fixed assets.  This could involve the relocation and optimizing of the existing fixed asset base and/or the purchase of new fixed assets.

Your Responsibilities..

• Before starting the project design phase:

Support the End to End Project Manager in defining the project team, project scope, success criteria  and milestone deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders. Ensure available standards and best practices, as well as understanding of current category loss tree are revised as part of the  project planning , to ensure that  project design credit (AIP) will be efficiently utilized.  Build the investment project charter and ensure that it is strictly followed throughout the project.

• During project design phase:

Execute the basic and detailed design of the project based on Nestlé Corporate Business Principles, Nestlé Corporate and Category standards, local regulations, the defined User Requirements Specifications and the TPM characteristics of a unit operation (safety, quality, affordability, maintainability, operability and reliability). Ensure by design the workers, and operators, safety during both the construction and the ongoing operation of the plant. Ensure available feedback from previous projects is leveraged to prevent waste and optimize execution. Ensure Category standards and best practices are leveraged in the design to enable Manufacturing Excellence by Leading the Target Setting  Allocation exercise for at leas the bottleneck and critical equipment.

• During the project implementation phase:

Lead the team and coordinate the contribution of all the stakeholders, to ensure that the fixed asset side of the project is implemented (e.g. buildings and equipment construction, testing,  installation and commissioning) in accordance with the defined category standards, timing, cost and quality. And that all of the elements of the project (including technical people training, as needed) in performed in such a way that safety is always guaranteed on the whole project site and a vertical start-up is assured.

• During the start-up phase of the project:

Coordinate efforts with the start-up manager and their team to ensure a  Vertical Start-up.  meeting manufacturing excellence criteria and the required production volumes.  Complete and smooth transition to operations after the qualification and verification of the installation. Prepare and distribute the engineering project documentation, including the engineering part of the project final report, the Project Defect analysis (PDA)  and provide feedback to the Maintenance Prevention System.

Ensure that all new assets are registered in the system and that their expense is properly allocated to start depreciation.

Ensure that the investment project charter has been fulfilled and that the project scope is achieved with the agreed cost and timing.

• During the whole project life:

Be the engineering project team leader, meaning integrating, motivating, feed backing, coaching, developing, managing and evaluating team members and being their support and liaison with the steering committee and all the project's stakeholders. Keep the End to End Project Manager informed. Keep all the required communication channels open

What Will Make You Successful?

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Engineering ,Technical or Engineering diploma.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an international project environment context within which, projects were defined and budgeted, assessed and implemented (entire project life cycle).
• Nestlé experience will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of the food industry and hygienic engineering.
• A well-structed and organized individual .
• Ability to easily connect with other teams .
• Industrial, Warehousing or Civil engineering experience is a plus.
• Ability to communicate in English (spoken & written) is mandatory.
• Project management qualification (PMP, PRINCE2) is a plus.
• Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project.

“Nestlé is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer, seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, age, religion, nationality, disability or perceived disability, medical condition, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law”.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Deadline for application is 2nd September, 2026.