Project Manager, Capital Projects

Symrise

$100K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or relevant engineering field.
  • 5-10 years of engineering/project experience in process manufacturing.
  • 2-5 years in managing capital projects from concept to closeout.
  • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and construction activities.
  • Knowledge in capital estimating, scheduling, and project controls.
  • Understanding of industrial and process safety requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Directly manage capital projects ranging from $20,000 to $50 million.
  • Develop project charters, objectives, and success criteria.
  • Lead feasibility studies and conceptual engineering activities.
  • Establish project schedules, milestones, and resource requirements.
  • Coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines and stakeholders.
  • Manage Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and vendor selections.
  • Monitor project costs, commitments, and forecasts.

Benefits

  • Open and transparent company culture fostering growth and development.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional development.
  • Contributing to health and well-being of consumers globally.
  • Strong company growth above market rates, ensuring job security.
  • Focus on employee well-being and career advancement.
Full Job Description
Your role
A. Capital Project Execution
Directly manage multiple capital projects ranging approximately from $20,000 to $50 million, depending upon project complexity, risk, and business requirements.
Manage projects through the complete project lifecycle:
INITIATION 1 CONCEPT / FEL 1 ENGINEERING & PLANNING 1 APPROVAL 1 PROCUREMENT 1 EXECUTION 1 MONITORING & CONTROL 1 COMMISSIONING / STARTUP 1 CLOSEOUT
Responsibilities include:
 Develop project charters, objectives, business justification, scope, deliverables, and success criteria.
 Lead feasibility studies, alternatives analyses, conceptual engineering, and Front-End Loading/Front-End Engineering activities.
 Develop preliminary and definitive project cost estimates.
 Establish project schedules, milestones, critical paths, and resource requirements.
 Develop project execution plans and contracting strategies.
 Coordinate engineering disciplines, contractors, vendors, procurement, Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, EHS, Finance, and other stakeholders.
 Develop and manage Requests for Proposal (RFPs), bid evaluations, vendor selections, purchase requisitions, and contract recommendations.
 Monitor commitments, actual expenditures, forecasts, contingency, and Estimate at Completion (EAC).
 Manage project scope and prevent uncontrolled scope growth.

B. Capital Portfolio Management and Governance
Serve as a key site resource for the development and execution of the annual and multi-year capital investment plan.
Responsibilities include:
 Coordinate annual capital planning and budgeting activities.
 Support development of the site's 3-5-year capital master plan.
 Develop preliminary scopes, schedules, and cost estimates for future capital investments.
 Facilitate project prioritization based on safety, regulatory compliance, reliability, asset integrity, production, business growth, sustainability, and financial return.
 Maintain visibility of approved, pending, and future capital projects.
 Monitor portfolio-level spending, commitments, forecasts, schedules, and project status.
 Identify projects at risk of exceeding approved scope, cost, or schedule.

C. Engineering Standards and Project Management Systems
Support continuous improvement of the Project Engineering function by developing, maintaining, standardizing, and training personnel on project management and engineering systems.
This includes:
 Engineering standards
 Design specifications
 Project procedures and instructions
 Project execution plans
 Capital request templates
 Project charters
 Cost-estimating tools
 Scheduling standards
 Risk registers
 Project status reports
 Scope-of-work templates
 Bid evaluation tools
 Change-control forms
 Construction checklists
 Commissioning and startup checklists
 Project closeout packages
 Lessons-learned databases
 Engineering drawing standards

About you
Required
 Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or other applicable Engineering discipline.
 Minimum 5-10 years of engineering/project experience in a chemical, petrochemical, refining, specialty chemical, pharmaceutical, or comparable process-manufacturing environment.
 Minimum 2-5 years of direct experience managing capital process plant projects from concept through commissioning and closeout.
 Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and construction activities.
 Working knowledge of capital estimating, scheduling, procurement, construction management, commissioning, and project controls.
 Understanding of industrial safety and process safety requirements applicable to capital project execution.
 Experience managing contractors, engineering firms, equipment suppliers, and construction vendors.
Preferred
 Experience managing simultaneous projects across multiple engineering disciplines.
 Experience with brownfield projects executed within continuously operating process plants.
 Experience with shutdown/turnaround project planning and execution.
 Experience with project stage-gate or Front-End Loading methodologies.
 Familiarity with Process Safety Management, MOC, PHA, PSSR, and RAGAGEP requirements.
 Experience developing capital budgets and multi-year capital plans.
 PMP, CAPM, or equivalent project-management certification.

Our offer
Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with AmeriTerpenes, LLC.

If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.

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