At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what’s good – protecting food, protecting people, and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people’s lives every day. And we need people like you to make it happen.
Pre-Project Manager
As a Pre-Project Manager you will be engaged in the pre project and bidding phase, working within the internal Tetra Pak and the customer team. You will report to the Manager Pre-Projects Mid Europe and East Europe.
The position can be based in Glinde or in Germering, Germany.
The position entails temporarily very flexible travelling mainly within the Mid Europe region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) – 10 – 20 % of the time.
What You Will Do
As Pre-Project Manager, you will:
- Managing pre-projects on time on budget and on scope within the required quality from small to large scale technical projects from initial customer needs captured and evaluated to firm quotation and handover to implementation team
- Drive productivity in pre-project through utilisation of global reusable solutions, processes, and tools (OFCE, project governance, risk management, etc.).
- Work out technical concepts and solutions by aligning with Tetra Pak experts across borders to prepare a reliable quote in compliance to Tetra Pak’s standards and governance that meet customers’ expectations – Study tender materials, flag and discuss deviations from Tetra Pak standards
- Defining deliverables and fixing the scope together with customer and customer management based on strategic and economic evaluations
- Responsible for technical solution and also able to engineer basic solutions and specify components, cost calculations, preparing quotation and contract documents
- Preparing, organizing and leading design and risk reviews, time schedules, commissioning and performance commitments
- Close cooperation with the Supply Management organization
- Leading the pre-project team that is set up for medium and large-scale pre-projects (none of them direct reports)
- For sold projects, drive the project handover to the implementation project manager and project team and provide support as needed
- Capture and document the lessons learned in the sales phase.
Who You Are
We believe you have:
- Masters University degree or equivalent in Mechanical / Process / Food Engineering is required
- Certified PMP or comparable
- Fluent in German and English is a must
- Project Management Training
- Minimum 5 years of work experience with projects – engineering, commissioning and lead
- Experience in the food / aseptic / liquid processing industry is a must
- Experience in implementing processing solutions and working on installation projects
- Experience in bidding / tendering / pre-project / project work
- Experience in a client facing role; customer-focused mindset
- Good understanding of service business and customers’ needs
- Good technical and commercial negotiations skills
- Good level of analytical problem solving methodology
- Self-driven, decisive, highly motivated, independent personality
- Very good practice with MS office tools (Excel, Word, Project) and SAP required for business reporting purposes
- Familiar with general engineering and drawing software tools used for large scale plant engineering (e. g. AutoCAD)
- Experience in using database driven engineering design tools is preferred (e. g. Matrix, SSP)
We Offer You
- Variety of exciting challenges with ample opportunities for development and training in a truly global landscape
- Culture that pioneers a spirit of innovation where our engineering experts drive visible results
- Equal opportunity employment experience that values diversity and inclusion
- Market competitive compensation and benefits with flexible working arrangements.
Apply Now!
If you are inspired to be part of our promise to protect what’s good; for food, people, and the planet, apply through our careers page at jobs.tetrapak.com.
This job posting expires on 20th of July 2022.