Expert Utilities & Infrastructure

Overview

The Zurich-based Barry Callebaut Group is the world’s leading manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products – from sourcing and processing cocoa beans to producing the finest chocolates, including chocolate fillings, decorations and compounds. The Group runs more than 60 production facilities worldwide and employs a diverse and dedicated global workforce of more than 13,000 people. The Barry Callebaut Group serves the entire food industry, from industrial food manufacturers to artisanal and professional users of chocolate, such as chocolatiers, pastry chefs, bakers, hotels, restaurants or caterers. The global brands catering to the specific needs of these Gourmet customers are Callebaut® and Cacao Barry®, Carma® and the decorations specialist Mona Lisa®. The Barry Callebaut Group is committed to make sustainable chocolate the norm to help ensure future supplies of cocoa and improve farmer livelihoods. It supports the Cocoa Horizons Foundation in its goal to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future.

Job Profile

The Global Engineer Utilities & Infrastructure Center of Expertise is defining and driving the technical scope of multiple projects, End-to-End and Global across the organization. The role will manage a portfolio of 10 to 15 projects per year, each with a budget between 2 and 15 MCHF (average project budget 5 MCHF). The level of stakeholders to negotiate and defend cases are at L4 and L5.

The role is also responsible for bringing expertise for the BC standards. Together with the Global Senior Engineer BC Standards and a CSD community he will give content, evaluate, discuss and deploy the BC standards that are related to his domain of expertise across all clusters and locations.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE

The Global Engineer Utilities & Infrastructure Center of Expertise collaborates with Project Engineers, Project managers Execution Engineering, etc.

He is in an expert position towards the engineering execution teams as well for standards and best practices in maintenance, process and project managerial skills.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design, communicate, and implement an operational plan for initiating complex and multiple projects; find solutions for operational problems, minimize delays.  Identify, develop and gather resources to make the basic engineering happen for these projects.

• Supporting corporate projects in the pre-IP phase and assisting the engineering execution and other departments for the post-IP phase.

• Collaborate in footprint- and masterplan studies from the engineering part and the basic design for principal processes; in particular all civil and utilities related topics.

• Supports the BC organization in the development of technical standards according to the business strategy. He ensures the standards are known and understood.

• Delivers content for the technical specifications for all main equipment and production processes.

• Assist in generating concepts for the BC long term strategy for the factory of the future in terms of flows and manufacturing processes

• Collaborate with Technical Sourcing for strategic purchasing and develop long term partnership and collaboration with the preferred suppliers of the main process-equipment

• Collaborates with the other Regional Experts to improve capacity, efficiency, safety, sustainability and quality for all BC process installations and factories.

Scope:

• Corporate, hence all BC factories, offices, warehouses, academies, ...

• First priority: Utilities and Infrastructure
• Polyvalent expertise: Smart Buildings (to develop)

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

• Master degree in civil engineering (construction and utilities) 

• Must be fluent in English (spoken and written) advanced French, German and/or other languages is an advantage
• Interest in food processing area particularly hygienic design and energy management  is a must
• Affinity & interest in Industry 4.0 developments (e.g. MES, Smart Tech, Data mining, Google tools, …)
• Background in TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, …  is a plus
• 10+ years of experience in construction industry or related industry

• has experienced working in a matrix organization, leading initiatives across 10+ locations and influencing stakeholders remotely.

• Thorough knowledge of product-, people-, waste- and packaging-flows in factories
• Affinity with the chocolate process and chocolate equipment
• Basic accounting & budgeting skills (business cases, feasibility studies)

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.