Apprentice Project Engineering

Kindeva is a proven, pharmaceutical CDMO that specializes in partnering with business development, R&D and supply chain leaders at pharma companies of all sizes to formulate, develop and manufacture even the most complex drugs. We are currently looking for a Project Engineering Apprentice to join our UK Engineering Team and based at Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Key Benefits Include:
- 25 days paid annual holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Stakeholder Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance Scheme 4 x salary
- Reduced subscriptions on various insurance schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial support for further education

Overall Mission
Project Engineering lead all CAPEX projects in support of Loughborough manufacturing, quality, R&D and, as required, outsourced manufacturing groups. CAPEX spend resourced by the engineering team in UK is approximately $8 million per year and with significant increases in investment planned this is a great time to join the team.

As a Project Engineering Apprentice, you will take lead standing AFE capital projects and support project engineers in the delivery of large capital projects. The role also provides strong organisation and support to the UK engineering department to ensure safe and compliant processes are implemented and followed.

Job Responsibilities
Leadership of standing AFE projects, upto $25k in value and support for project engineers in the delivery of large capital projects. Projects are typically manufacturing & chemical processing biased.

Roles and Responsibilities include:

• Leads standing AFE activities from funding approval through to asset in service
• Helps facilitate the budget management and asset tracking of the UK standing AFE budgets (CLO, LBO & R&D)
• Supports project engineers in the successful competition of medium to high complexity projects e.g.
• Taking ownership for specific WBS elements within a project
• Taking leadership for aspects of project deliverables e.g. validation documentation, calibration etc.
• Connecting with relevant operations departments to ensure key elements of handover to operations are completed on time in full, e.g. training plans, preventative maintenance plans etc.
• Takes ownership of the project engineering library
• Coordinates with subject matter experts across the team to establish & implement key safety, quality and project management best practice e.g.
• Monitoring the LOTO process
• Establishing a library of relevant industry standards & best practice guides

Qualifications / Experience

This role is targeted for a level 6 apprenticeship programme

Kindeva is an Equal Opportunity Employer