As a global key player in yeasts and fermentation, Lesaffre designs, manufactures and markets innovative solutions for Baking, Food taste & pleasure, Health care and Biotechnology.
Family group born in northern France in 1853, now a multi-national and a multicultural company, Lesaffre is committed to working with confidence to better nourish and protect the planet.
In close collaboration with its clients and partners, Lesaffre employs 11 000 people in nearly 80 subsidiaries based in +50 countries.
Lesaffre achieves a turnover of 3 billion euros.
Position title VIE – Engineering Project Engineer – (M/W)
Contract duration 24 months
Location: Jendouba, Tunisia
Desired starting date: Q1, 2026
As part of strengthening its industrial structure in Tunisia, Lesaffre is looking for a VIE Project Engineer to support and lead its development, modernization, and optimization projects for its production equipment.
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, your responsibilities will include:
1) Project investment management and coordination:
2) Stakeholder coordination:
3) Technical support, monitoring and continuous improvement:
Your profile:
You have an engineering background in mechanical, civil, or industrial engineering, you are eager to apply your skills to industrial investment projects.
You have a first successful experience (1-2 years) in a factory and have already lead or contributed to investment projects.
You are familiar with project management principles and have strong organizational skills.
You are comfortable using technical tools such as AutoCAD.
You are recognized for your ability to coordinate various stakeholders and to communicate clearly, in a structured way.
You demonstrate a strong sense of initiative, autonomy, and rigor.
English language is required.
Additional information:
A key global player in fermentation for more than a century, Lesaffre, with a €3 billion turnover, and established on all continents, counts 11,000 employees and 96 nationalities.
On the strength of this experience and diversity, we work with customers, partners, and researchers to find ever more relevant answers to the needs of food, health, naturalness and respect for our environment. Thus, every day, we explore and reveal the infinite potential of microorganisms.
To nourish 9 billion people, in a healthy way, in 2050 by making the most of our planet’s resources is a major and unprecedented issue. We believe that fermentation is one of the most promising answers to this challenge.
