Join us at Wavin: Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for an Engineering & Improvements Project Engineer to join us at Wavin. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager the Engineering & Improvements Project Engineer will be responsible for managing maintenance and engineering projects as required to support business development / improvements and repair / upgrades.  All projects need to be managed with a Safety First approach in line with Orbia and site processes.  Good cost and time management of projects is expected. Primary focus of the role will be to support Operations.  There will also be the need to support site facilities and grounds activities.  The role also carries the responsibility of being the Doncaster site lead on CI activities.  This involves ensuring that the site is developing it’s processes in line with the Global CI framework. 

The role

• Project management of Engineering improvement and development projects as well as new installations, ensuring safety, cost and timescales are closely controlled.
• Develop strong and productive relationships with on-site stakeholders and key suppliers.
• Develop an understanding of the Orbia CI Framework and lead the site team in progressing the Doncaster site towards the expected standards.

• Contribute to identifying opportunities to improve Doncaster site performance i.e. safety, quality, cost saving, equipment efficiency etc.

• Act as a key support resource for the Doncaster Engineering Manager.
• Maintain and manage the Doncaster site layout CAD drawings.
• Act as the site point of contact and control for CCTV systems.
• Keep up to speed with new technology developments with a view to implementing them (where appropriate) on site.
• Construct Business Cases for Capital Investment projects.

The profile

The successful candidate will have experience operating as a qualified Engineer, preferably within a manufacturing environment. The post holder will ideally have technical knowledge in injection moulding, extrusion and automated assembly systems and demonstrate excellent communication skills across all mediums with the ability to engage with multiple stakeholders. In addition to organisational and prioritization skills, a high degree of flexibility is also required to ensure business needs are met.

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organization

Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.

Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.