Hybrid Engineering Program Manager

at Solstice Advanced Materials

• Job title: Engineering Program Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $142,000 - $178,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Houston, United States

About the role

• Engineering Program Manager overseeing site project portfolios at Solstice Advanced Materials in Houston, TX. Leading capital investments and collaborating with teams to ensure successful project execution.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the key capital engineering focal point for site project portfolios within your responsibility as assigned by the ESM Capital Engineering Leader
• Facilitate the execution of capital investments through their entire life cycles in areas assigned, including prioritization, scope development, risk assessments, budgeting, engineering/design, procurement, construction execution, commissioning, startup, and project closure documentation
• Collaborate with site leadership and functional groups at multiple levels of management within ESM to develop and maintain short- and long-term plans for capital investments of various types
• Communicate with site leadership teams to provide status reporting, escalation of issues, and new project intake.
• Collaborate with Solstice Health, Safety and Environmental to ensure all project-related government agency requirements are satisfied
• Manage teams of Project Managers, engineers of various disciplines, project controls, construction engineers and other project supporting roles consisting of both Solstice employees and contractors throughout project life cycles
• Serve as the capital engineering and construction focal point for local government project permitting and inspections
• Interface with enterprise project portfolio software to manage project costs, schedule and resourcing.
• Maintain evergreen forecasting for capital and non-capital expenditures for portfolio projects within your responsibility
• Own project performance for all assigned portfolios, including safety, cost and schedule and maintain within established metrics
• Monitor and control projects to meet the committed objectives and standard metrics
• Oversee appropriate maintenance of site engineering documents, drawings, specifications, and standards
• Function as engineering department manager to review and approve eMOC tasks
• Mentor less experienced Project Managers and Engineers.
• Be an advocate for safety awareness with a consistent implementation of policies and procedures and participate in construction safety audits and contractor safety meetings
• Collaborate with Solstice strategic project management teams and serve as key point of contact for site-based support
• Provide updates and reporting in structured meetings with local teams, and meetings led by Engineering, Supply Chain, and Business leadership

Requirements

• BS degree in Engineering
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in capital project management with increasing responsibilities
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in manufacturing environments
• BS degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering preferred
• Strong working knowledge of plant operations and processes
• Experience in the management of financial budgets, projects, team building, people management and overall leadership
• Experience in managing capital projects during production turnarounds
• Experience working with contract engineering firms
• Six Sigma Greenbelt (or Blackbelt) certification or equivalent experience implementing productivity / continuous improvement projects
• Formal training and certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Master of Business Administration
• Customer Focus

Benefits

• employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• EAP
• Educational Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave)
• 12 Paid Holidays