Senior Engineering Manager (Manufacturing Facilities Construction)Location: Princeton, NJ or Exton, PA
The Large Capital Project (LCP) organization for dsm-firmenich North and South America serves as a support function for all business units. As the company's reference group, LCP is responsible for managing and delivering a portfolio of large capital projects aligned with strategic objectives and operational excellence.
In this role, you will lead the integrated engineering delivery of complex, strategically significant capital projects, bringing together multidisciplinary teams, internal stakeholders and external engineering and construction partners.
This is an opportunity to deliver safe, efficient, fit-for-purpose production facilities, initially supporting biomedical projects while gaining exposure to different businesses, technologies and major capital investments across dsm-firmenich. Come join our team!
Key responsibilities- Lead the integrated engineering delivery of highly complex, strategically significant large capital projects.
- Establish and maintain engineering execution plans, integrated schedules, interface-management approaches, and technical governance frameworks.
- Lead multiple engineering disciplines, major workstreams, and external engineering and construction partners, providing functional direction and technical leadership.
- Integrate technical solutions across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations to deliver safe, efficient, fit-for-purpose production facilities.
- Resolve complex technical, cross-functional, interface, and engineering risk issues, escalating matters requiring sponsor or governance approval.
- Advise project sponsors and senior leaders on significant engineering, commercial, schedule, and risk decisions while ensuring compliance with capital governance, engineering standards, project assurance requirements, and regulations.
This position is eligible for the dsm-firmenich Hybrid Working model, spending a minimum of 3 days per week in office. You must reside in a geography that is commutable via car to Plainsboro, NJ and/or to Exton, PA.
The salary or hourly wage scale provided reflects the pay range dsm-firmenich expects to pay the successful candidate for the position. Individual pay offered will be based on the applicant's job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training, and primary work location. Salary $132,000-$165,000.
We bring- A dynamic, exiting and growing business environment which requires to develop our supply chain network
- A space to grow professionally by encouraging and supporting curiosity and initiative in an open mindset
- A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and to own the outcome
- An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future
- A culture that prioritizes safety and well-being, both physically and mentally
- The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose
You bring- Minimum 10 years of project and engineering management experience in industrial large capital projects, ideally within food, perfumery, oil and gas, life sciences, pharmaceutical, or biomedical environments, required
- Demonstrated experience leading integrated engineering delivery across multiple disciplines and major project workstreams
- Proven ability to lead engineering partners and multidisciplinary teams through complex design and execution phases
- Experience developing engineering execution plans, integrated schedules, interface-management strategies, and contracting recommendations
- General knowledge of relevant regulations and engineering standards, including ATEX, ASME, OSHA, GMP, and HAZOP
- Bachelor's degree in engineering required, with a process engineering discipline preferred; PMI/PMP certification is a plus
Our application processInterested in this position? Please apply online by uploading your resume in English through our career portal
by December 1, 2026.
Agency statementWe're managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you're applying as an individual, we'd love to hear from you. We're not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role
