Vice President - Project Engineering
April 26
🏡 Remote – Anywhere in California
Description
• Independently manage and lead a team in management of a project portfolio with project values of $100MM+ • Develop full scope project plans for process design and technology scale-up to commercial scale. • Define, communicate, and manage project scopes, expectations and deliverables that support Ambercycle business goals in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. • Assemble, oversee, take responsibility for, and manage project-related disciplines and associated resources, including: process, electrical/instrumentation, mechanical, safety, civil, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup. • Full cycle project management through completion. Oversee a number of scale-up related functions such as concept design, site selection, EPC & vendor partnerships, technology/equipment selection, detailed engineering, procurement & construction, and commissioning. • Project management, commissioning, startup, and operations with a focus on risk, regulatory, and environmental operability permits and compliance across Ambercycle facilities as well as with contract CMO facilities at different global locations. • Responsible for leading the process safety and hazard analysis in the facility, process safety focal point, PHA/HAZOP, reactive chemicals audits and layers of protection analysis (LOPA). • Partner with the executive team, finance, business, and commercial groups to execute a cohesive long-term strategy to enable business success.
Requirements
• B.S. in Engineering required. Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical focus preferred. • Minimum 15 years project engineering/project management experience (from concept to start-up). • Experience executing large-scale industrial projects involving the manufacturing and processing of chemicals or polymers. • Techno-economic analysis, trade-off studies and financial evaluation. • Project documentation, planning, risk tracking, and management - across pre-FEED, FEED, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup phases. • Must have a strong background in chemicals/polymers projects, contracts development and administration, project controls, and quality management. • Experience with process engineering, solids handling, and technology scale-up as well as a commanding knowledge of thermodynamics is a plus. • Must have an incredible enthusiasm for building first-in-kind projects, a strong desire to change the world, and passion for solving difficult engineering and project problems. • Highly capable to reach a thorough understanding of a situation, finding gaps and opportunities, in order to develop and execute the right strategy to get the required results, while communicating with all levels of the organization. • Preference is given to individuals with extensive experience in downstream petrochemical, specialty chemical, polymer, and mineral processing industries. • Must be comfortable in a fast-paced, open environment.
Benefits
• Travel to domestic and international company locations and facilities for meetings, training, or information gathering will be required. Must be available to travel up to 40%
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