Project Manager

Project Manager

The Project Manager will prepare, lead, execute & deliver best in class capex projects to add value to Nouryon. 

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.  
 
 

In your future role as Project Manager you will 

• Manage at least one site’s capex portfolio, including both execution and forecasting
• Support engineering and project management at multiple sites or large capex such as NPM full projects
• Prepare, lead, execute and deliver best in class capex projects, safe within defined scope, schedule, budget and expected quality
• Select, lead and develop the multifunctional project team
• Apply and adhere to Nouryon’s project management methodology, NPM 
• Ensure compliance to company directives 
• Take owner’s role, bringing value to the business with accountability for the capex part of an assigned capital investment
• In the Initiation & Study Phase (FEL-1 and FEL-2) project manager’s responsibility is in the facilitator/technical contributor roles and ensures endorsement and approval of the handed over engineering package by the business/site representative 
• Ensure completeness and quality of the appropriate deliverables for the current stage-gate of the project
• Generate project’s Appropriation Request (AR) for each stage-gate and obtain sign off for execution
• Project safety, including ensuring process safety requirements are met as well as safely executing design/construction activities 

We believe you bring

• Bachelor, master or doctorate level degree in preferably mechanical/civil/electrical engineering or related discipline; relevant experience could suffice in lieu of degree 
• Minimum of 15+ years of chemical industry experience & 10+ years of project management experience
• Extensive experience leading multi-discipline engineering reviews for EPC contractors 
• Relevant experience in different units of chemical plants, disciplines, locations, and/or other companies 
• Thorough understanding of common chemical processes, process equipment, piping, and instrumentation
• Strong strategic and conceptual skills with ability to execute and follow through
• Ability to drive continuous improvement of the processes, policies, standards
• Leadership skills by showing “presence in the room” 
• Ability to work in an inclusive way in the engineering community to make sure the business experiences ‘one voice’ and the project team’s collective objectives are met
• Excellent interpersonal skills, influencing, persuading, entrepreneurship, result oriented, negotiation, problem solving
• Good structured and analytical skills
• Good communication and presentation skills in English both verbal and written  
• Openness to innovation, change and ability to work in a flexible work environment
• Ability to impart knowledge and learn quickly
• Team oriented mindset, contributes to project team’s ability to reach maximum performance 
• Ability to travel > 5 - 50 days annually 
• SAP project management module experience
• Ability to produce Gantt chart project schedules with critical paths identified
• Ability to develop the appropriate grade of estimate for the project’s stage-gate
• Ability to conduct project risk analysis and contingency analysis
• Strong scope change management experience 
• Technical expertise of at least one engineering discipline with the ability to facilitate engineering design and analysis across all engineering disciplines.

About Nouryon 

 
We’re looking for tomorrow’s Changemakers today. 
 
If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment. 
 
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