Professional engineering license (or foreign equivalent) strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
Define project goals, plans, and deliverables aligned with business objectives.
Organize resources and set priorities for timely deliverables.
Develop and implement project risk management plans to minimize risks.
Provide technical, financial, and project leadership to ensure successful project completion.
Motivate and direct project activities of internal and external team members.
Oversee and control outside contractors to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
Collaborate with other functions to ensure total project success.
Benefits
Opportunity for regular and extended travel to project locations.
Engagement in high-value, complex projects with full accountability.
Work in a dynamic environment that promotes safety, health, and environmental awareness.
Access to advanced project management methodologies and tools.
Potential for professional growth through exposure to cross-functional teams.
Full Job Description
Job Requirements
Defines project(s) goals, plans, and deliverables in alignment with business objectives to ensure projects are fit for purpose (weighing business requirements, practicality, and cost to deliver).
Organizes resources, sets priorities and timeframe for deliverables.
Develops and implements a project risk management plan including risk identification and mitigation to establishes actions to minimize and mitigate risks.
Provides technical, financial, and project leadership to the team to the successful completion of all phases of capital or expense projects.
Ensures team members have necessary tools and resources in order to conduct their daily tasks.
Motivates and directs project activities of internal and external team members.
Directs and coordinates the effective and on time implementation of multiple projects through the motivation and coordination of a project team.
Leads across organizational boundaries.
Collaborates with other functions as needed for total project success.
Ensures that early phase project scopes and cost estimates are reasonable, thus avoiding delays, rework and even cancellation in the execution phases.
Develops and monitors project(s) budget and schedules, forecast completion, and identifies and resolves threats to on-time project completion.
Applies intensive and diverse knowledge of principles and practices in areas of assignment and related fields.
Shares learnings across the organization.
Oversees, monitors, expedites, and controls outside contractors (e.g., engineering, equipment, consultants, construction) assigned to work on the project(s) Ensures capital project is compliant with local and national regulations, codes, and standards.
Provides input, feedback on team members' and provides updates to Regional Engineering Managers and ensures consistent communication in the matrix organization.
Broad / practical knowledge of Project Management methodologies, contracting strategies, best practices, and tools.
Extensive project management skills with ability to lead cross-functional teams.
Has the ability to leverage resources from cross-functional sources.
Ability to lead, motivate and influence others; can build and effectively lead teams focused on agreed aligned objectives.
Proficient with contract and contractor management.
Expert knowledge and experience of the installation of manufacturing systems, processes, and equipment.
Multi-disciplinary knowledge including process engineering, process safety, civil-structural, piping, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation / analyzers, process automation, SH&E, and construction management.
Strong English language (written, verbal, and presentation skills).
English and Chinese language skills are required.
Mature, self-starter and self-motivated; can work unsupervised and initiate solutions without awaiting instruction.
Excellent management and organizational skills.
Excellent computer skills.
Ability to formulate and present ideas in a convincing and persuasive manner to all levels of the organization; provide well-developed technical advice.
Promoter of Safety, Health, and Environmental awareness leading to best-in-class SHE results.
Regular / extended travel is required to assigned project location(s) for engineering and construction within region.
Occasional travel outside of region may be required.
Strong skills in thinking strategically, innovating, planning, managing change, managing stakeholders, influencing, negotiating, persuading, collaborating, and communicating at all levels.
Education/Experience
Bachelor of Science / University degree in Engineering in related discipline (e.g., chemical, mechanical, electrical preferred) with >10 years of related experience with minimum five (5) years direct project management experience in a large capital project environment.
Experience in project execution and project management with a strong background as a project engineer consisting of high value / complex projects with full accountability.
As Project Manager, managed and successfully delivered projects above 30 MM USD in chemical, petrochemical, refinering, heavy manufacturing industries.
Plant engineering and turnaround coordination experience is a plus.
Work experience from Owner's perspective is preferred but experience in engineering companies is also valuable.
Experience with a formal Project Management phase-gate methodology required and formal PM certification preferred (e.g., Project Management Professional through PMI, company-specific equivalent).
Professional engineering license (or foreign equivalent) is strongly preferred.
