Duties & Responsibilities:

• Capture the project high level business and technical requirements from the project brief with realistic success criteria acceptable to all key stakeholders
• Identify project risk profile (Risk Identification)
• Examine the existing standards and key reference projects, assess similar projects implemented in other factories/ operations
• Define a holistic project organization that covers all project aspects such as Safety & Health, Process, Product, Operation & Start Up Management, Building & Construction, and Project Management
• Coordinate the development of the project charter with the support of the sponsor/ owner and present to steering committee
• Obtain Project Charter sign off by steering committee
• Identify and propose for sign off project key roles for each function (engineering, production, quality & start-up).
• Translate the high-level business and technical requirements (captured in the charter) to define the project scope with major deliverables
• Leverage the learning from existing standards, and ensure that applicable product and process standards are used in the project
• Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the project
• Identify the relevant project activities required to produce the project deliverables as identified in the Work Breakdown Structure
• Prepare the Operation & Start Up execution plan with clear strategy to develop, acquire and qualify: People, Materials, and Operational and Maintenance Methods
• Develop the integrated project schedule with critical path
• Establish a cost estimate with the level of accuracy required for AFCE approval; based on current market condition and best of technical expertise
• Define the project execution, monitoring, controlling and close-out plan (Safety, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources)
• Develop and get sign off on communication and stakeholder management plan
• Based on project risk profile identified define the Risk Management Plan (Risk Evaluation, Mitigation, Response and Responsibility)
• Consolidate the information developed during the planning phase in the project management plan, and obtain sign off by steering committee
• Liase with Wilmar project support office to define critical technical details
• Develop BOQ for contractor selection and conduct technical assessment of bid documents
• Validate technical competence of contractors (previous project visits, client validation, etc)
• Direct and Manage the project work as defined in the project management plan to achieve project objectives
• Deliver operational preparation, product validation and line performance qualification that demonstrate a project performance as specified.
• Control schedule, scope and cost by monitoring the status of project activities and manage changes to the project baseline.
• Document outcome in a bi/monthly progress report, and publish in the project dashboard.
• Analyze and manage the risks based on the risk management plan
• Verify that project work and deliverables meet the project success criteria, and formally validate deliverables acceptance at each workflow milestone/gate.
• Document defects and lessons learned (Milestone Project Defect Analysis – PDA).
• Assess the level of competence of the operation/ factory staff and validate SOPs
• Assess the project KPI and supply chain performance during startup
• Engage with supplier to develop operation and maintenance manuals/ SOPs
• Monitor and troubleshoot gaps that are seen.
• Project team shall finalize project documentation
• Conduct Project Safety and Security Review together with Safety and Operations staff
• Provide project feedback (project final report including PDA) with operations team
• Handover the project with complete documentation to operation staff
• Acquire formal project close-out sign off by Steering committee
• Maintained Wilmar Health & Safety standards for all projects.
• Ensure inclusion of Health and Safety Requirements for all projects ahead of commencement.
• Enforce the use permits for all High Hazard Work carried out by contractors and own team.
• Monitor and direct daily/ weekly safety talk in projects for EHS compliance.
• Implements 5S across the project area for a safe working environment.

Qualification:

• BSc Degree in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Civil Engineering Degree or equivalent Degree
• 6 years’ experience in a similar role within project management environment or manufacturing sector.
• Basic understanding of project management principles and ability to interpret these principles.

Competencies:

• Documentation Skill
• Team work/collaboration
• Technical competency
• Planning skill
• Critical thinking/ Problem solving Skill
• Stakeholder Management Skill
• Strategy development
• Communication skill
• Attention to Detail
• Analytical ability
• Business Acumen