Element Solutions Inc

Director, Engineering Projects

Element Solutions Inc

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $174,732 - $262,098 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead global team of Engineering Project & Program Managers supporting multiple business units across the global MAES organization
  • Develop best in class engineering project management processes & tools to scope, drive, track, and deliver on a variety of global projects including chemical production scaleups, technology development, systems design and engineering, and capital projects including factory builds and expansions
  • Directly project-manage critical, high visibility initiatives
  • Continuously drive engineering efficiency to improve engineering speed, first-time-right performance, and scope adherence
  • Professionally develop the Project Managers, continuously improving skills and behaviors
  • Collaboratively develop project plans, status reports, and risk mitigation options with cross functional teams including R&D, Engineering, Operations, CI, Product Line Management, and Quality
  • Lead cross functional team meetings, facilitate communication and execution, work with managers to address bottlenecks and resource balancing issues
  • Partner with Engineering leadership to CIP existing internal practices and develop solutions
  • Develop tools & skillsets within the Engineering Project Management teams that are best practices and translatable across geographic regions and business divisions
  • Encourage, cultivate, and grow a culture of Continuous Improvement within the Engineering Project Management teams

Requirements

  • Technical qualification in Science or Engineering at Bachelor Degree level required; Masters and/or MBA desired
  • Minimum of 8+ years of project management leadership in one or more of chemical process scaling, electromechanical engineered systems development and release, or capital projects budgeted at over several million dollars
  • 10-12+ years experience project management including planning, negotiating resources, driving projects forward, leading cross functional teams without direct line management authority
  • Extensive knowledge of project management strategies, tools, and operational approaches to appropriately guide both short- and long-term projects, including projects requiring iterative testing or ambiguous pathways to success
  • Experience in defining and establishing new business processes to meet organizational needs
  • Ability to manage in both directions, clearly communicating to stakeholders to enable decisions to be made accurately and swiftly
  • Experience working in electronics or similar technical industry preferred.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401k plan with company matching
  • Life Insurance
  • Medical Insurance
  • 9 holidays
  • Performance related bonus plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementengineering project managementchemical process scalingelectromechanical systems developmentcapital projects managementproject planningrisk mitigationcontinuous improvementiterative testingbusiness process development
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingresource balancingstakeholder managementteam developmentnegotiationorganizational skillsfacilitation
Certifications
Bachelor Degree in Science or EngineeringMaster's DegreeMBA