Eng Pgm Manager

The Specialty Materials group is looking for a Lead Project Engineer . Located in Chonburi, Thailand this position reports to the Electronic and Specialty Materials Capital Engineering Leader.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Serve as the key capital engineering focal point for site project portfolios within your responsibility as assigned by the ESM Capital Engineering Leader
• Facilitate the execution of capital investments through their entire life cycles in areas assigned, including prioritization, scope development, risk assessments, budgeting, engineering/design, procurement, construction execution, commissioning, startup, and project closure documentation
• Collaborate with site leadership and functional groups at multiple levels of management within ESM to develop and maintain short- and long-term plans for capital investments of various types
• Communicate with site leadership teams to provide status reporting, escalation of issues, and new project intake.
• Collaborate with Solstice Health, Safety and Environmental to ensure all project-related government agency requirements are satisfied
• Manage teams of Project Managers, engineers of various disciplines, project controls, construction engineers and other project supporting roles consisting of both Solstice employees and contractors throughout project life cycles
• Serve as the capital engineering and construction focal point for local government project permitting and inspections
• Interface with enterprise project portfolio software to manage project costs, schedule and resourcing.
• Maintain evergreen forecasting for capital and non-capital expenditures for portfolio projects within your responsibility
• Own project performance for all assigned portfolios, including safety, cost and schedule and maintain within established metrics
• Monitor and control projects to meet the committed objectives and standard metrics
• Oversee appropriate maintenance of site engineering documents, drawings, specifications, and standards
• Function as engineering department manager to review and approve eMOC tasks
• Mentor less experienced Project Managers and Engineers.
• Be an advocate for safety awareness with a consistent implementation of policies and procedures and participate in construction safety audits and contractor safety meetings
• Collaborate with Solstice strategic project management teams and serve as key point of contact for site-based support
• Provide updates and reporting in structured meetings with local teams, and meetings led by Engineering, Supply Chain, and Business leadership

Key Success Factors:

• Achieve and Maintain world class performance on all assigned capital projects
• Collaborate with all project stakeholders to most effectively and efficiently deploy capital resources for the improvement of Solstice sites and businesses
• Communicate timely and effectively within all levels of the organization
• Build and manage a strong project execution team, develop a deep bench encouraging growth and solid succession planning

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree in Engineering
• Fluency in English and Thai languages
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in capital project management with increasing responsibilities
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing environments

Additional Qualifications Desired:

• BS degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering preferred
• Strong working knowledge of plant operations and processes
• Experience in the management of financial budgets, projects, team building, people management and overall leadership
• Experience in managing capital projects during production turnarounds
• Experience working with contract engineering firms
• Six Sigma Greenbelt (or Blackbelt) certification or equivalent experience implementing productivity / continuous improvement projects
• Formal training and certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Master of Business Administration
• Customer Focus
• Fluency in Korean and/or Japanese a plus

RESPONSIBILITIES The Specialty Materials group is looking for a Lead Project Engineer . Located in Chonburi, Thailand this position reports to the Electronic and Specialty Materials Capital Engineering Leader.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Serve as the key capital engineering focal point for site project portfolios within your responsibility as assigned by the ESM Capital Engineering Leader
• Facilitate the execution of capital investments through their entire life cycles in areas assigned, including prioritization, scope development, risk assessments, budgeting, engineering/design, procurement, construction execution, commissioning, startup, and project closure documentation
• Collaborate with site leadership and functional groups at multiple levels of management within ESM to develop and maintain short- and long-term plans for capital investments of various types
• Communicate with site leadership teams to provide status reporting, escalation of issues, and new project intake.
• Collaborate with Solstice Health, Safety and Environmental to ensure all project-related government agency requirements are satisfied
• Manage teams of Project Managers, engineers of various disciplines, project controls, construction engineers and other project supporting roles consisting of both Solstice employees and contractors throughout project life cycles
• Serve as the capital engineering and construction focal point for local government project permitting and inspections
• Interface with enterprise project portfolio software to manage project costs, schedule and resourcing.
• Maintain evergreen forecasting for capital and non-capital expenditures for portfolio projects within your responsibility
• Own project performance for all assigned portfolios, including safety, cost and schedule and maintain within established metrics
• Monitor and control projects to meet the committed objectives and standard metrics
• Oversee appropriate maintenance of site engineering documents, drawings, specifications, and standards
• Function as engineering department manager to review and approve eMOC tasks
• Mentor less experienced Project Managers and Engineers.
• Be an advocate for safety awareness with a consistent implementation of policies and procedures and participate in construction safety audits and contractor safety meetings
• Collaborate with Solstice strategic project management teams and serve as key point of contact for site-based support
• Provide updates and reporting in structured meetings with local teams, and meetings led by Engineering, Supply Chain, and Business leadership

Key Success Factors:

• Achieve and Maintain world class performance on all assigned capital projects
• Collaborate with all project stakeholders to most effectively and efficiently deploy capital resources for the improvement of Solstice sites and businesses
• Communicate timely and effectively within all levels of the organization
• Build and manage a strong project execution team, develop a deep bench encouraging growth and solid succession planning

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree in Engineering
• Fluency in English and Thai languages
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in capital project management with increasing responsibilities
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing environments

Additional Qualifications Desired:

• BS degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering preferred
• Strong working knowledge of plant operations and processes
• Experience in the management of financial budgets, projects, team building, people management and overall leadership
• Experience in managing capital projects during production turnarounds
• Experience working with contract engineering firms
• Six Sigma Greenbelt (or Blackbelt) certification or equivalent experience implementing productivity / continuous improvement projects
• Formal training and certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Master of Business Administration
• Customer Focus
• Fluency in Korean and/or Japanese a plus

QUALIFICATIONS The Specialty Materials group is looking for a Lead Project Engineer . Located in Chonburi, Thailand this position reports to the Electronic and Specialty Materials Capital Engineering Leader.

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