Site Project Manager

Be an essential element to a brighter future. 

We work together to transform essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity and health. Join our values-led organization committed to building a more resilient world with people and planet in mind. Our core values are the foundation that make us successful for ourselves, our customers and the planet. 

Albemarle Corporation is seeking a Project Engineer/Manager -- Corporate Engineering with CAPEX project responsibility at the Pasadena manufacturing facility. This roll will primarily function as a project engineer/manager managing manufacturing projects up to $2.5MM and is accountable for achieving safety, operability, schedule and cost goals on assigned projects. Candidate must be highly motivated to manage and execute projects from concept through start-up with a cross functional team.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross functional team to define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with stakeholders; including meetings, setting of priorities, evaluating comments/requests and ensuring stakeholder's approval.
• Maintain quality and timeliness of safety activities and deliverables throughout the project delivery process.
• Coordinate resource requirements with other ongoing project work and ensure all stakeholder expectations are aligned.
• Lead project team in generation and review of technical documents.
• Identify and manage scope changes through the project change order system.
• Ensure compliance with company procedures and project documentation requirements.
• Implementation of project controls and cost forecasting.
• Develop and implement continuous improvements initiatives for the corporate engineering department.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in the chemical/petro-chemical industry with at least 5 years project engineering/management experience.
• A leader in safety on assigned projects including setting expectations and being visible in the field.
• Experience with SAP project module and other basic SAP transactions.
• Ability to align project objectives and justifications with various stakeholder groups.
• Knowledge of contracting and contracting strategies.
• Experience leveraging outside services in completion of engineering, procurement and construction services to complete projects both as a whole or in pieces.
• Ability to judge the quality of engineering and construction documents.
• Thorough understanding of engineering and construction productivity measurement.
• Basic estimating skills and knowledge of engineering and construction cost structure.
• Ability to drive project definition and secure team alignment.
• Basic understanding of constructability reviews and other value improving practices.
• Basic knowledge of construction labor planning.
• High level of ownership with assigned projects.