.**Additional requirements**:- **Architectural Degree**:- **Vast experience as Project Leader in large office design and construction projects.**:- **Certification as Project Engineer**:- **English Proficiency****POSITION PURPOSE****Experience in Office Design and Construction.**The Lead Project Engineer (LPE) is a project professional responsible for planning, leading, and managing all engineering activities associated with a capital project. LPEs are expected to have greater project leadership skill and experience in capital projects.The LPE integrates the total engineering effort over the total project life from inception to commercial operation. The LPE is a member of the Project Leadership Team and is accountable to the Project Manager (PM) for project engineering success and for engineering functional excellence and competency. The LPE leads and manages the IFF capital execution processes. The LPE is responsible, working with the Project Manager, to ensure proper engineering resources are assigned and, working with the Design Contractor, to ensure contractor resources are assigned to support the project process.The LPE develops the engineering budget for FEL and is responsible, along with the PM, to ensure that the total project investment and project schedule meet Business and Project Objectives.**FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES**- Contributes to the Project Objectives Letter.- Is responsible for acquiring engineering and design resources, as needed, during the life of the project.- Makes sure that engineering contractor staffing is adequate, through the design contractor, to meet project objectives.- Leads the engineering portion of the FEL process, including preparation of the project scopes of work, completion of the different stage estimates, and the development of the Production Design Basis.- Leads the production engineering and design activities; works with the IFF functional engineering leaders to ensure the production engineering organization (IFF or Engineering Contractor) produces all engineering design and procurement deliverables required to meet the business and project objectives.- Establishes effective communications among the engineering and design members of the Integrated Project Team to ensure alignment around business objectives, project objectives, and project scopes.- Assists in the development of the roles and responsibilities definitions for the Project Leadership Team and preparation of the project RACI diagram; ensures each engineering functional team member understands their role and deliverables.- Accountable for integrated engineering design and procurement schedule.- Manages changes in the project scope and controls associated cost within the approved budget amounts per the accepted project "Management of Change" policy