Project Manager

**Must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident**

**No Third-Party or C2C Firms**

Improvement Engineer

Hanging Rock, OH

Direct Hire

Relocation: In form of sign on bonus

Onsite M-F

Pay Range: $90-$120K; DOE; May be flexible

Overview:

Serves as a project manager for capital and expense projects of all sizes using the Client’s Project Delivery Process. This position also provides technical support to the Operations and Maintenance Departments. The successful candidate will work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Logistics, Environmental Health Safety, and Quality to develop and execute projects and improvement opportunities for the Hanging Rock plant.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement projects which improve the profitability, operability, reliability, safety, and environmental performance of the Hanging Rock Plant in accordance with the Client’s Business Plan and plant specific objectives.
• Develop and prioritize the plant’s 5-year capital plan.
• Work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Logistics, EH&S, and Quality to understand improvement opportunities across these functional areas.
• Manage the plant’s Value Creation program.
• Utilize plant, other Client resources, and third parties to ensure a detailed scope of work is developed for all projects and project alternatives and costs are thoroughly evaluated and agreed upon by key stakeholders.
• Prepare bid specifications, evaluate bids, and select engineering and construction contractors.
• Monitor/manage the design and execution of projects to ensure that they are engineered and built according to key project plans and company standards.
• Monitor/control the cost and timing of projects to keep expenditures and schedules within the limits authorized by management.
• Manage the start-up of projects and project closure activities in a safe and timely manner so that the project benefits can be fully realized.
• Adhere to the Management of Change process and monitor changes associated with project work to assure desired results are occurring
• Provide turnaround support, troubleshooting and engineering analysis as required.
• Serve as the plant representative on the Client’s Improvement Engineers’ network.
• Provide root cause investigation technical support as needed.
• Participate in plant audits, including Tech Center, ESRA, RC-PHA, OEMS, and FM Global.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 3 years of experience in project management and execution.
• Strong commitment to personal safety.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Broad generalized knowledge of chemical, civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control engineering. Broad generalized knowledge of industry design codes, standards, and practices.
• Broad generalized knowledge of personnel safety, process safety, and environmental principles / regulations.
• Project management and administrative skills necessary to plan, organize, coordinate, and control the development and execution of a project – including cost and schedule control.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Excellent technical and problem-solving skills to identify alternatives to challenges presented and select the most appropriate solution with minimal guidance or precedence.

Preferred:

• Experience in a chemical processing or refinery environment a plus.
• Knowledge of a structured project management or project development and execution process a plus.