Project Engineer

1 month ago


St Louis, United States Elementis Full time
About Us

Elementis is a global specialty chemical company, with 1,300 employees operating 17 manufacturing sites across the globe. At Elementis, we bring a distinctive combination of expertise, innovation, and teamwork to every formulation challenge. We create high-value specialty additives that enhance the performance of our customers' products and make a positive change in the world. Combining our leading positions in the science of materials flow, surface modification, and formulation with access to unique natural materials, Elementis delivers unique chemistry, sustainable solutions to customers in a wide range of markets, including cosmetics, anti-perspirants, decorative and industrial coatings, automotive and ceramics.

Job Description Summary

This role will manage the entire STL Capex budget. They will lead and drive site performance and reliability from these projects.

Job Description

  • Regularly engages the project steering team to ensure alignment with business and functional direction, request staffing support, seek assistance with issue resolution, make strategic project decisions and provide status updates, throughout execution of all aspects of the project.
  • Assesses team functional capability, identifies expertise gaps within the project team and solicits the steering team for necessary staffing support.
  • Provides leadership for an effective and cohesive cross-functional team by ensuring roles and responsibilities are clearly understood, team member workloads are reasonable and adequate. Engages outside consultants when needed to support the team.
  • Ensures the FEL process is followed consistent with the business needs, all required FEL deliverables are accomplished in a quality manner and leads the project gatekeeping reviews.
  • Leads the team in identifying non-cap alternatives or lower capital options, using the appropriate VCPs, following best practices, evaluating scope options, conducting risks analyses and developing mitigation plans.
  • Ensures excellence in adherence to PSM, HSE, MIQA, export controls and trade secrets principles, and other Elementis core values, processes, and procedures.
  • Performs economic evaluations, prepares funding requests, forecasts capital and non-cap expenditures and asset write-offs, and ensures necessary financial reporting and accounting is performed.
  • Serves as the owner's lead project engineer to ensure necessary engineering processes are followed, leveraging highly with engineering and contractors. Champions the "no change" concept and ensures only changes consistent with the business and project objectives are approved.
  • Ensures site personnel are staffed and preparing for commissioning and start-up of the new facilities, including training, procedure updates, maintenance PM records updates, etc.; ensures schedules are aligned with supply chain and operations/maintenance needs, such as TARs, to determine when outages are available if necessary.
  • Defines and analyzes KPI's to ensure overall performance expectations for the project are met and communicates results to the steering team and appropriate functional leaders.

Responsible for the development and implementation of Project Quality Plans, including auditing work processes and deliverables for compliance, and for meeting agreed upon project quality requirements and expectations

Additional Job Description

  • B.S. in Engineering is required
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience leading capital projects is required
  • Experience working with full-service design contractors is required
  • An outstanding knowledge of the stage gate process
  • Knowledge of JDE is desired
  • An understanding of capital project estimating processes
  • Prior experience improving performance and capability.
  • Prior experience improving performance and capability and demonstrated courage (need to challenge the status quo)

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Elementis does not discriminate in hiring or in the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, arrest record, citizenship or other category protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at NA.Accomodations@elementis.com. Please note: This email is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application status. EEOC Poster



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