ONYEKACHI ALEX ICHETAONYE
Basildon,United Kingdom
Summary
Senior Engineering Project Manager with 13+ years of success driving value creation, cost optimization, and team capability in FMCG manufacturing environments across the Unites States of America, Europe, the UK, and Africa. Proven track record managing CAPEX portfolios, delivering manufacturing site engineering CAPEX programs, site master planning, facility & utilities, Safety remediation, site clearance, energy-saving project and new capacity expansion initiatives. Highly experienced in manufacturing operational systems including Lean, preventive and autonomous maintenance, root causing and universal problem-solving principles and SAP PM. Strong commitment to safety, team development, and master planning for sustainable manufacturing site performance.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Lead Senior Engineering Project Manager
Procter & Gamble, UK
London
01.2020 - 08.2025
- Management of overall CAPEX portfolio masterplan for the site, aligning key projects and ensuring they are inine with the compelling business needs.
- Responsible for capital cash flow forecasting and spending for the site, making strategic choices to enable delivery of topline business objectives.
- Directed engineering execution across site operations, leading multi-disciplinary teams on process upgrades, utilities and facilities CAPEX projects following cGMP guidelines.
- Led energy-saving initiatives and formulation redesigns that reduced environmental impact and improved site KPIs.
- Rolled out site-wide TPM and capability programs across safety, technical mastery, and system compliance.
- Standardized engineering documentation, learn from experience and feed back to design on global scale across international P&G sites.
- Provides integral communication with the broader team to enable planning, troubleshooting, and execution of key initiatives. This includes the preparation and presentation of plans to project stakeholders / Steering Committee depending on the size of each capital initiative.
Senior Engineering Project Manager
Procter & Gamble, USA
Alexandria, USA
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Oversaw site engineering CAPEX portfolios for detergent manufacturing lines, enhancing equipment uptime, quality, and safety performance following cGMP and global technology guidelines.
- Manage all aspects of projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives. Includes: project scope and changes, day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings, understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs, participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders, define the Statement of Work and Specifications for the requested goods and services, and monitor, track, and control workstreams to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies, and critical path deliverables
- Comply with the guidelines of the Quality, Safety, Health and Environment Policy, committed to satisfy the requirements of our customers and consumers by delivering high quality products, taking care of our impact on the environment, preventing injuries and complying with legal and other requirements applicable to our operation, as well as to continually improve our systems processes.
- Mentored and developed technical talent within the engineering team, fostering strong safety and project execution with excellence culture.
- Perform a complete technical review of equipment supplier proposals and recommend the purchase of equipment that is acceptable.
- Responsible for the management of the overall CAPEX process and project outcomes of the plant team. This includes overall control of expenditures within unit & specific project budget. Responsible for capital cash flow forecasting and spending.
Project Manager - Engineering
Procter & Gamble, Czech Republic
Rakona
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Prepares work specifications and negotiates contracts for work to be performed by outside contractors. Coordinates/directs work of outside contractors to ensure quality completion of project and adherence to all applicable codes, regulations, laws and plant policies including OSHA, and Contractor Management
- Delivered continuity strategies for European powder manufacturing during a major restructuring, supporting supply assurance across EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Asia).
- Design and implement processing systems that comply with specified cGMP criteria, managing projects from start to finish including system validation.
- Work with plant operations to ensure behaviors and on-going process improvements meet cGMP requirements with no negative consequence to quality.
- Coordinate the installation and start-up of new equipment with operators, contractors and vendors. Revises engineering drawings to incorporate changes as appropriate and in compliance with cGMP protocol.
- Prepares and submits reports as required, such as proposed projects reports, current studies and investigations, validation reports, project status reports, project cost, project timelines, project folders. Develops spreadsheets that define process capabilities.
Manufacturing Project Engineer
Procter & Gamble, Pakistan
Port Kasim
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Full project life cycle ownership of projects: successful project delivery will include full implementation from conceptual design (prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project) through initiation and deployment for assigned projects.
- Delivered CAPEX projects up to $5Million focused on capacity expansion initiative, site utilities, fire safety systems, tank farm management, and safety & legal improvement projects.
- Managed contractors, equipment vendors and plant personnel to insure on budget and on schedule project implementations.
- Understand plant downtime systems and able to track project start up curves.
- Effectively manage and track project spending, project schedule critical path and report financials on a regular basis, with the ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously.
- Prepare process designs, equipment specifications and capital estimates for process upgrades and modifications to existing systems.
Process & Commissioning Engineer
Procter & Gamble, Nigeria
Ibadan
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Lead the commissioning of new production line, developed, update, and own documentation, such as standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, validation (IQ, OQ, PQ), and quality records to ensure compliance with our Quality Management System.
- Supported commissioning of new powder lines, collaborating with global R&D, supply chain, and quality teams.
- Partner with production, QA, and maintenance teams to troubleshoot issues and streamline operations
- Define and execute engineering strategies to enhance manufacturing throughput, quality, and reliability
- Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of manufacturing systems and equipment
Education
Bachelors of Engineering - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Federal University of Technology, Owerri
01.2005 - 06.2010
Skills
- Site Engineering Management
- Leadership and team capability building
- TPM
- Reliability & Asset Care
- CAPEX Strategy & Delivery
- Utilities & Maintenance Operations
- Engineering Masterplan Development
- HSE
- EHS
- Regulatory Compliance
- SAP Plant Maintenance
- Capital Systems
- Cost-Saving Initiative projects
- Manufacturing capacity increase and expansion Initiatives
- Engineering Team Leadership
- Upskilling
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean
- Six Sigma
- Capital and fixed asset management
- Compliance audits with Deloitte
Custom
- Strategic Thinker
- Safety & Quality Champion
- Agile Across Cultures
- Collaborative & Data-Driven
- Effective Stakeholder Influencer
Personal Information
Date of birth: 08/26/87
Timeline
Lead Senior Engineering Project Manager
Procter & Gamble, UK
01.2020 - 08.2025
Senior Engineering Project Manager
Procter & Gamble, USA
01.2017 - 01.2020
Project Manager - Engineering
Procter & Gamble, Czech Republic
01.2016 - 01.2017
Manufacturing Project Engineer
Procter & Gamble, Pakistan
01.2013 - 01.2015
Process & Commissioning Engineer
Procter & Gamble, Nigeria
01.2012 - 01.2013
Bachelors of Engineering - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Federal University of Technology, Owerri
01.2005 - 06.2010
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