- Location: Marion, Arkansas (Hybrid / Remote with travel)
- Position Type: Contract (Approx. 9-Month Assignment)
- Schedule: Full-Time (40 hours/week, with occasional overtime when on-site)
- Travel: Hybrid schedule with approximately 50% travel to the job site (typically 2 weeks per month on-site). Travel expenses, including flights, rental vehicles, and per diem while on-site, are fully provided/reimbursed.
- Benefits: PTO, Health Benefits, and 401(k)
Position Summary
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Reporting to the Sr. Director CAPEX & Engineering PMO, this ‘hand on” position supports either one large greenfield project or 3-5 smaller simultaneous Engineering capital projects at various stages of completion as either project leader or in support of an entire project team. The position will support all technologies employed, but primary focus will be Ethylene Oxide.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop detailed project budgets, schedules, scopes of work
- Follow disciplined stage gate project delivery process that considers project safety, quality, costs, schedule, and performance requirements.
- Able to delivery larger facility driven projects >US $50M and/or a portfolio of smaller projects.
- Able to oversee multiple teams on multiple projects across multiple departments and provide leadership on priority setting.
- Track, forecast and routinely communicate all aspects of project status on a timely basis including performance KPI’s
- Actively supervise contractors and tradesmen to ensure compliance with client standards for safety, technical job performance, quality, cleanliness, and appearance.
- Oversee the contracts with service providers such as engineering and construction contractors. Manage the contractors for efficient, technically sound, on-time and on-budget field installations.
- Ensure conformance to all regulatory and environmental codes, as well as corporate standards including but not limited to NFPA, EPA, FDA and OSHA.
- Develop or facilitate the development of user requirements and functional specifications. Technical competence to ensure requirements are appropriate.
- Facilitate project purchases coordinating with stakeholders and procurement.
- Ensure process design safety is followed in accordance with regulations and good design practices
- Review engineering drawings & calculations related to capital projects including equipment
- Ensure projects are closed out properly including “as built” documents, engineering change control and complete documentation.
- Identify and ensure supply of critical spare parts for the facility at the completion of each project.
- Assist with special projects including the development of project management best practices and processes.
- Identify and facilitate the correction of all unsafe work conditions or practices.
- The individual will aid in troubleshooting & problem-solving engineering related issues.
Qualifications & Key Competencies
- Undergraduate degree in engineering or other relevant technical degree.
- PMP certification is a plus.
- Experience working in a process environment with in-depth, hands-on involvement in technical solution development.
- Working knowledge – mechanical/electrical/controls.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with an ability to interface with stakeholders across several departments.
- Familiar with project management tools such as Microsoft project, Primavera and Procore type document management systems
- Ability to develop scope, schedule, budget, forecast and appropriately manage priorities.
- Experience in a highly regulated industry is a strong plus.
- Ability and appreciation for executing projects autonomously while following project management procedures and practices.
- Competent working both in the field and in corporate office.
- Deadline conscious but producing accurate, quality work.
Professional and Cultural Characteristics
- An understanding of service provider industries and customer focus strategies.
- A confident and well-prepared individual who knows how to keep messages tuned to right levels, whether with executives, peers or more junior coworkers.
- Collaborative facilitator who develops relationships with his/her colleagues across all business functions and levels.
- Bright individual with strong ability to combine analytical reasoning and judgment.
- Able to deal effectively with strategic issues, as well as tactical operational details.
- Strong work ethic; can be trusted to do only the “right thing” for the employees, shareholders and customers.
- Excellent relationship building, interpersonal and influence skills with clients and colleagues. Anticipates the needs of stakeholders and asks the right questions.
- Contributes to an atmosphere in which people work together, enthusiastically and effectively, in producing outstanding results. Raises performance levels of others.
Travel
- Travel (up to 50% of business days) to each project site to solicit operational input, develop project plans, direct contractors, supervise installation, and provide “hands-on” start-up and commissioning support.