AdresWelcome to the dynamic world of HEINEKEN, where brewing excellence meets global innovation. As a key member of the Global Projects & Engineering Management Team, your role as Manager Civil Engineering is pivotal. Your main task is to nurture and oversee the growth of the Civil & Integration Engineering section, requiring strong leadership skills. Interested? Keep reading!
Our Excellent Team
Join our diverse international team within HEINEKEN's Global Supply Chain. The team, led by you, consists of 7 Civil, Integration & Construction Safety specialists. Together, we steer and deliver CAPEX projects for our BReweries around the world. To ensure optimal teamwork and performance, we encourage our Manager Civil Engineering to spend a minimum of 3 days per week at our Schiphol office. Reporting directly to Mathijs Brantjes, Director Global Projects & Engineering, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to our strategic goals and continue our tradition of excellence.
What You’ll Do
Your role is to support Global Projects & Engineering to be high performing, innovative, inspiring, and adaptive to new digital technologies. Besides a true team player, the Manager Civil Engineering must be able to act autonomously, be entrepreneurial, an experienced change manager, highly ambitious, customer focused and inspiring. You are responsible with your team for developing and executing civil scope (including construction safety) and full integration of all disciplines in Capex projects exceeding €10 million. With an overall annual budget of over €1bn. You also serve as the GP&E representative in SteerCo meetings for Global projects.
This role will develop, coordinate, manage and lead the operations, sustainability, and productivity of Heineken’s civil operations, including high focus on technical services, manpower planning and workload management, financial accountability, quality control & assurance, employee performance & development and overall success and morale. The complicated balance between the need to achieve groundbreaking mechanical developments and business execution creates challenges that drive processes that require a bridge from engineering risk to manufacturing capability to business needs.
The key objective is to provide senior leadership on a variety of complex Civil Engineering projects across the globe, for new as well as for existing operations and to manage a team of civil, integration and safety engineers. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in both land development, infrastructure projects and a thorough understanding of current Civil Engineering standards and contracting strategies. He or she will secure, negotiate, and contract for the services of other technical consultants and sub-consultants required for the projects and will challenge them on innovative practices.
Your Value Add
As the future Manager Civil Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in HEINEKEN's success. Your responsibilities span a wide spectrum including workforce planning, financial stewardship, quality assurance, and team nurturing.
With extensive travel on the horizon, we're seeking an adept civil engineer, a capable leader, and a charismatic communicator – someone poised to drive innovation and deliver impactful results. Your role is pivotal in charting our path towards excellence.
Who You Are
- Education & Experience: Hold a master’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering with 13+ years of CAPEX project experience or industry related experience.
- Leadership: Have proven leadership skills to inspire and develop people enabling them to be the best they can be. Expertise in multinational team leadership, ideally in FMCG , construction or consultancy. Navigate complex stakeholders in functions across Operating Companies, Head Office, and international Supply Chain projects. Strong foundation in CAPEX projects.
- Skills: Dependable business partner skilled in Supplier Relationship Management. Proficient in Civil and Construction Engineering, emphasizing Capital project excellence. Comprehensive knowledge of Business and Finance, translating into practical solutions.
- Communication: Exceptional English communication. Manage senior stakeholders effectively, including suppliers.
- Persuasion: Influence through deep understanding beyond facts.
- Additional Skills: Proficient in stakeholder management, innovation, handling uncertainty constructively, active exploration, listening, negotiation, coaching. Maintain a strategic view, shaping the supplier base and embracing an agile mindset for adaptability.
We understand that some candidates may not apply if they do not meet ALL of the above. If you are passionate about this role, we encourage you to apply anyway; your unique experience might just make you an outstanding candidate for the role.
What We Offer You
- Gross annual salary between €87,456.00 - €134,556.00, depending on your experience.
- Pride in working for the world's most global beer brand.
- By working in the Global team, you will build a network across the organization, creating exceptional opportunities for a global career within a high performing, innovative and supportive culture.
- You will be working for a company committed to Net Zero sustainable goals (carbon-neutral sites by 2030).
- Flexible working hours with the possibility to work 2 days a week from home.
- Opportunity for personal development – as long as you have the drive and ambition!
- 20 vacation days plus a flexible budget to buy or receive payment for an additional 10 days of holidays.
Let’s meet
If you're ready to step onto the global stage of brewing excellence, submit your CV and let your passion for efficiency shine. To make your application resonate, consider including a short cover letter to outline your motivation. Have questions? Reach out to Cees-Jan Edel, Talent Acquisition Business Partner, via ceesjan.edel@heineken.com
Application Deadline: Sunday, March 10th
Following the deadline, a selection process will commence, and you can expect to hear from us in the days that follow. Cheers!
