Project Manager II

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The Role & Your Impact

As a Project Manager – Capital Expenditures, you will independently manage capital projects or defined parts of larger projects across the Americas Region. The role is mixed operational and tactical, with full ownership of planning, execution, and handover for projects typically ranging from USD 200K to USD 5M.

Key responsibilities include:

• Directly managing capital projects across the Americas, including scope, schedule, budget, safety, staffing, procurement, installation, start‑up, and handover.
• Aligning project scope and user requirements across Operations teams, global colleagues, and project stakeholders to ensure compliant and fit‑for‑purpose solutions.
• Proactively managing project schedules to ensure alignment with overall project deliverables.
• Coordinating, supervising, and directing internal resources, external suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Conducting onsite construction audits to ensure adherence to safety and quality standards while fostering accountability and effective delegation.
• Preparing and delivering regular written and oral project status updates to steering committees and stakeholders, including facilitating monthly steering committee meetings.
• Ensuring compliance with purchasing policies, safety and sanitation standards, and environmental regulations by providing engineering guidance and assessing impacts of process and equipment changes.
• Ensuring complete and accurate project documentation (e.g., as‑built drawings, equipment and maintenance documentation, regulatory documentation) is finalized at handover and stored according to local guidelines.
  
  

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

Must‑haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or a related field.
• 5 years of relevant project management experience within the processing or manufacturing industry.
• Experience managing construction activities in manufacturing environments.
• Proven project management skills across schedule, scope, and budget management.
• Strong organizational skills with effective written and verbal communication in both the local language and English.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 15%.
  
  

Additional Skills & Interests We ValueNice‑to‑haves:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar project management certification.
• Experience working in cross‑regional or matrixed organizations.
• Change management experience in dynamic manufacturing environments.
  
  

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work on impactful capital projects that support sustainable manufacturing.
• A collaborative and supportive team culture with strong cross‑functional engagement.
• Professional development and growth opportunities within a global organization.
• A workplace that values safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  
  

Ways of Working / Working Conditions

This is an on‑site role based in Blair, Nebraska.

The position requires:

• Regular on‑site presence to support construction and project execution.
• Collaboration with local and regional stakeholders.
• Occasional travel (up to 15%) to support project delivery across the Americas.
  
  

Compensation & Benefits

Expected salary range: $90k to $125k

Benefits you will enjoy:

• 401(k) with up to a 9% company contribution
• Minimum of 3 weeks’ vacation, plus 12 holidays and 2 weeks of Wellness Time
• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life i
  
  

nsurance

• Healthcare Savings Account option with generous employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• All benefits begin on your first day
  
  

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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