Project Engineer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Since 1996, FIJI Water has embodied what it means to be Earth's Finest Water®. Sourced from a natural aquifer hundreds of miles below the Earth’s surface, and bottled in Viti Levu, FIJI Water is known worldwide for its iconic square bottle, unique mineral profile, and soft smooth taste.  

FIJI Water is one of the country’s leading employers–it is innovative and safe and creates long-term personal and professional opportunities for its employees. Being part of FIJI Water is to be in a larger family of businesses and brands across the globe as a division of The Wonderful Company, and one that is helping to make the world a better place with its high-quality, healthy brands, and a mission to ensure the communities where its employees live and work thrive. That commitment extends to the FIJI Water Foundation—one of the largest philanthropic organizations in Fiji—which focuses its efforts and investments on education, clean water access, environmental sustainability, health and wellness, emergency relief, and community development.

Job Description

The Project Engineer is responsible for planning, executing, and managing capital and continuous improvement projects to achieve operational excellence at Fiji Water. The role ensures that engineering solutions, equipment installations, and infrastructure upgrades meet business requirements, regulatory standards, and sustainability goals. This role has progression path into Senior Project Engineer role with proven and successful delivery of projects and embodiment of Fiji Water culture, values and way of work.

  • Develops business case and ensures project objectives are aligned to business goals.
  • Lead projects from concept initiation to commissioning, ensuring delivery in full on time within budget, to specifications.
  • Prepares project scope, schedule, cost estimates and resource plan, and tracks project budget, forecast costs, report variances and manage/control change requests.
  • Ensures project activities adhere to project management governance framework.
  • Provide engineering expertise and technical advice to operations and reliability to support improvement efforts across the plant and conduct root cause analysis.
  • Develop engineering drawings, specifications, P&ID’s and as built drawings.
  • Manage contractors, consultants and suppliers to ensure compliance with Fiji Water standards and safety requirements and collaborates with internal stakeholders.
  • Apply value engineering principles to optimize project designs ensuring best value of money, performance, sustainability and reliability.
  • Develops project plans and coordinates plant shutdown and installation activities with operations and reliability teams.
  • Incorporates safety and quality requirements throughout project life cycle.

Qualifications

Minimum

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering / engineering technology - electrical/electronic or mechanical/manufacturing.
  • Project engineering experience of 3 to 5 years.
  • Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Highly developed project management skills

Preferred

  • Manufacturing background, especially in bottling environment and utilities.
  • Lean Operations/ Continuous Improvement knowledge and

Additional Information

If you are keen to develop your career in an exciting business with a well-regarded brand, then this could be for you.

Successful applicants must have an excellent work ethic, be self-motivated with proven problem-solving capabilities, able to meet the fast-paced nature of business demands with a “can-do” attitude, committed to delivering outputs in a timely manner, a team player, reliable, and work with minimal supervision; supports organisational philanthropic, corporate, and environmental initiatives, and models Company’s core values: Adapt and Grow, Do What’s Right, Nourish and Develop, Play to Win, and Work Together.

Please submit your applications through the link provided.

FIJI Water thanks all potential applicants and advises that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

NWVL is an Equal Opportunity Employer that provides opportunities for advancement. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce that embodies a deep culture of acceptance, equity, and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, age, or other protected categories outlined by local legislation.

FIJI® Water is a natural artesian water bottled at the source in Viti Levu (Fiji Islands). With its iconic square bottle, soft mouthfeel, and with more than double the electrolytes compared to the other two top premium bottled water brands, FIJI Water is the No. 1 premium imported bottled water in the United States. FIJI Water has a perfectly balanced 7.7pH. FIJI Water is available in a variety of sizes, including 330mL, 500mL, 700mL, 700mL Sports Cap, 1L, and 1.5L. 

As part of its longstanding commitment to sustainability, nearly 70% of FIJI Water’s global bottle volume is in 100% recycled plastic (rPET) including its best-selling 500mL and 330mL bottles. Since 2007, the FIJI Water Foundation has been committed to supporting environmental conservation and strengthening local communities, investing more than FJD $47 million in community development, access to safe water, education, health & wellness, and environmental sustainability. 

To discover Earth’s Finest Water®, please visit www.fijiwater.com, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Instagram.

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