Honeywell Specialty Materials, based in Morristown, N.J., is a global leader in providing customers with high-performance specialty materials, including fluorine products; specialty films and additives; advanced fibers and composites; intermediates; specialty chemicals; electronic materials and chemicals; and technologies and materials for petroleum refining.  Honeywell Specialty Materials employs approximately 10,000 people at more than 80 manufacturing and sales facilities worldwide.

We have an immediate opportunity for a Sr. Engineering Program Manager (Mega Projects) at Honeywell's Specialty Materials manufacturing facility located in Metropolis, IL. The Metropolis Works manufactures a number of fluorine products including uranium hexafluoride (UF6) for nuclear fuel, sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) for electric utilities, and iodine pentafluoride (IF5) and antimony pentafluoride (SbF5) for stain and water resistance. About 80 percent of the plant's work involves refining raw uranium ore into UF₆.  Metropolis is located at the southern tip of the state of Illinois on the Ohio River across from Paducah, Kentucky.

Responsibilities of Position:

·         Manage the execution of capital investments > $100MM from FEL-1 through their entire life cycles.  Performs tasks for multiple units or a very complex unit.

·         Assume total project accountability for engineering, including:  prioritization, scope development, risk assessments, directing and coordinating the personnel assigned to perform the process engineering, project management, detailed engineering/design, procurement, fabrication, construction, mechanical completion, unit commissioning and start-up, project controls (cost accounting, and scheduling for the project(s)), and project closure documentation (while following 6-Sigma and DFSS methodologies).

·         Experience working with large A&E firms (including off-shore).

·         Deliver project on time, in accordance with the scope of the project and within targeted costs.

·         Use SAP and project management tools to cost-estimate, plan and execute project(s)

·         Use Change Orders to reflect changes to the project plan

·         Identify all internal/external resources for successful project execution, and ensure the necessary resources are assigned to the project appropriately by their respective managers.

·         Coordinates all project activities between internal process design team, design houses, and contractors

·         Work with identified contractor to augment front-end process design package(s).

·         Ensure customer satisfaction requirements and final process design package(s) standards are met.

·         Regularly report project progress to manager and project steering team.  Identify any problems with cost over-runs or schedule delays to manager as early as possible - no surprises.

·         Manage the design house, contractors and internal process design team interface during the term of the project(s).

·         Maintain effective communication among internal process design team, contractors, during the term of the project(s).

·         Work closely with the finance team to provide project evaluation and economic analysis on the capital investments for such managed project(s).  Manage the overall effort leading to an approved Appropriation Request (AR).

·         Responsible for the preparation of bid packages and requests for quotes for materials, equipment and services.

·         Responsible for the preparation of work order packages to construction.

·         Monitor and control projects to meet the stated objectives and metrics commitments in the AR.

·         Responsible for forecasting and managing capital expenditures on a monthly basis.

·         Interface with key site and company personnel to make maximum use of available resources.  Such functions will include, but not limited to: process technology, site engineering resources, purchasing, operations, systems, and business engineering, as well as equipment vendors, contracting firms.

·         Oversee appropriate maintenance and records of all drawings, specifications, programs, and other documentation for such managed project(s).

·         Provide support on the business Strategic Planning, Annual Operating Plan and the Six Sigma Initiatives, in order to develop the appropriate capital plans/budgets.

·         An advocate for a strong safety awareness program with a consistent implementation of policies and procedures and participate in construction safety audits and contractor safety meetings.

·         Experience with managing both cost plus and EPC & EPCm contracts

Position Scope:                                                                  Financial/Budgetary:

Direct Reports:  2 - 5                                                                  Projects > $100MM

Broad Control:  Indirectly coordinates activities of           

15-25 professionals and 50 - 200+ construction workers

 in the execution of project activities

Business Focus:

·         Sets and achieves milestones and controls the project budgets

·         Primary engineering and technical contact with Design Houses and Contractors for the execution of the project

·         Project representative to achieve project satisfaction

·         Contributes to ongoing use of best practices by providing feedback

·         Manage business expectations and ensure all parties have enough support to conduct project feasibility studies

Leadership 

·      Effectively involves various company resources and people to accomplish project goals

·      Leads, manages and motivates external contractor towards the mutual success of the project.

·      Leads project team, monitors progress, recognizes opportunities for improvement and takes corrective actions

·      Chairs project meetings

·      Coaches/mentors and effectively appraises project team members of project progress and seeks corrective/constructive action as necessary

Entrepreneurial 

·      Is flexible, ready, willing and able to adjust to multiple demands and shifting priorities throughout various project phases

·      Seeks innovative solution to changing requests to meet or exceed their expectations

·      Develops innovative approaches to project execution strategies, communicates lessons learned and champions best practices

Technical Excellence 

·      Uses breadth of knowledge to communicate, understand and negotiate project team's expectations

·      Thorough working knowledge of work process, design standards and project tools

·      Strong familiarity with specific PM techniques and practices

·      Uses a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve project objectives

·      Knowledgeable on contract negotiations and administration

·      Demonstrates good working knowledge and efficient use of project scheduling and accounting software tools as appropriate

·      Familiar with and effectively applies structured capital management process, such as Honeywell's Capital Project Management Process (CPMP) in daily work activities

·      Intuitive problem solver

·      Fundamental understanding of contract, legal, and negotiating skills

Communications

·      Facilitates resolution of conflicts and disagreement collaboratively between the customer/client and project team

·      Establishes trust with the project team and acts as their advocate

·      Delivers timely and high quality flow of project information to necessary parties

Teamwork

·      Creates an environment that uses the diverse abilities of the team members to both ensure successful completion of a high quality product and foster personal growth of the team members

·      Recognizes the diversity of team members and channels their differences to leverage team performance

·      Builds trust by following through on commitments

·      Shows high integrity with consistent values and behavior

Global Perspective

·      Interprets on behalf of the project team the national and corporate cultural differences of Design institutes and Contractors to develop effective relationships

·      Effectively manage the project execution through the use of Off-Shore design institutes, and strong familiarity of the opportunities in this structure

Key Success Factors:

·         Achieve World Class Safety performance on all assigned capital project(s)

·         Develop a strong familiarity with Specialty Materials Capital Project Management Process (CPMP) and other engineering work policies and procedures.

·         Mentors and supervises Project Managers

·         Establish working relationships with site teams of engineers, maintenance, materials management, and operations employees to plan, assist in the development and implementation of a strategy that improves safety, quality, reliability, and process control.

·         Develop thorough project execution plans, defining scope, schedules, estimates, design deliverables, & procurement plans.

·         Successfully manage the portfolio of assigned capital investments; assign appropriate resources, ensure all goals and metrics are met or exceeded.

·         Skillful application of work processes, including CPMP, capital prioritization process, Honeywell's financial systems, value engineering, earned value of work performed, etc.

·         Ensures best practices such as structured Capital Project Management Process (CPMP), engineering procedures, design standards, and practices, are continuously improved and standardized upon.

·         Champion innovation and new technologies.

·         Timely and effective communications with all levels of the organization.

·         Demonstrates the ability to form and lead teams in the resolution of problems and the application of sustained solutions.

·         Excellent people and project management skills - coaching, motivating, and enhancing the success of High Performing Teams.

Basic Qualificatons:

·         BS degree in Engineering, required. 

·         18+ years experience of increasingly related responsibilities in the capital project management and execution process.

Additional Qualifications:

·         MBA or other advanced degree is preferred.

·         Experience in the management of financial budgets, projects, troubleshooting, team building, and overall leadership sought.

·         Experience working with off-shore design houses.

·         Strong working knowledge of chemical plant operations and processes.

·         Track record of successfully managing this magnitude of investment(s).

·         Six Sigma Greenbelt (or Blackbelt) certification or equivalent experience implementing productivity / continuous improvement projects.

·         Formal training and certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) is desired.

·         Customer Focused - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.

·         Technical - Understands engineering and project management principles.  Experience in the use of SAP, MS Project, other MS Office Suite of products, and Primavera desired.

·         Agent for Change - not satisfied with the status quo, willing to take strong and effective action to effectively manage capital investments.  Committed to continuous improvement; Recommend and develop innovative processes.

·         Interpersonal skills - Relates well to all levels and kinds of people (engineers, designers, craftspeople, accountants, suppliers, & construction contractors); builds appropriate rapport.  Listens well.

·         Self-starter; Results driven; Anticipate/initiates and implements solutions; proactive.

·         Strong people leadership, including mentoring and coaching skills.

·         Action Oriented - Full of energy for the things that need to be accomplished; Bias for action; Team player.

·         Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

·         Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills.  Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to a diverse workforce.

Additional Information:

• Travel Percentage: 25%