Engineering Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead and operationalize cross-functional programs, spanning all engineering organizations, with a focus on process design, capital projects, and technology development.
• Create, maintain, communicate, and present schedules for engineering projects to the company management.
• Manage internal and external project interfaces to drive efficient decision-making and achieve successful project completion
• Execute technically challenging programs and projects requiring engineering knowledge.
• Work with Ambercycle and external teams to realize commercial plants within budget and on schedule. 
• Develop CAPEX and OPEX models to aid in decision making.
• Collaborate with leadership to create tools for the tracking and monitoring of project metrics. 
• Define and drive tasks to be performed by the cross-functional team. Prioritize team project work based on schedule, risk, resources, and payback. Track status of projects and action items against the schedule.
• Develop, implement, and refine project management procedures, frameworks, and metrics to achieve well-defined success criteria. 
• Identify creative ways to overcome obstacles and meet the schedule despite setbacks.
• Define, report, and maintain program health, success metrics, and ongoing progress.
• Standardize documentation and enhance project communication processes to foster consistency.
• Create canonical documentation (including risk and decision registers, management of change documentation, etc.) to ensure alignment across teams.
• Travel to company locations and facilities for meetings, training, special projects and information gathering (domestic and international).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil or Materials Engineering.
• 5+ years of program management experience within engineering environments.
• 5+ years managing large capital projects and collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including engineering contractors.
• Ability to travel up to 40% percent, domestic and international.

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of process engineering or process design experience.
• Advanced problem-solving with clear communication; ability to comprehend complex problems and break them down into manageable, clearly understood workstreams.
• Proficiency in data-driven decision-making and with project management tools.
• Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining, and communicating schedules.
• Experience with techno-economic analysis, trade-off studies, financial evaluation, process economics, and OpEx/CapEx modeling.
• Demonstrated experience in the management of engineering projects for mass-produced products.
• Ability to work cross-functionally, manage teams, and effectively hold others accountable.
• Proven ability to operate under pressure while managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Track record of linking research and development activities with successful real-world implementation.
• Knowledge of chemistry, polymers, technology and manufacturing.
• Ability to effectively operate and deliver results in a fast-paced, open environment.
• Experience in a startup environment.

Benefits (U.S.)

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Pet Insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401(k)
• Healthy snacks & beverages (onsite)
• Lunch Provided in office on Fridays