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Chief Project Engineer
Donaldsonville,LA · Exec · Contract
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About the role
- Responsible for leading the planning, development, execution, and commissioning of capital projects at CF Industries' Donaldsonville Complex.
- Provides strategic leadership for engineering, project management, contractor oversight, and capital planning activities while supporting the facility's long-term reliability, productivity, sustainability, and growth objectives.
- Responsible for the performance and development of employees in the department.
Responsibilities
- Manage the facility's $100M+ capital project budget. Plan, track, and manage spending based on facility, corporate, and other stakeholder needs, including the implementation of tools to ensure accuracy and accountability in CAPEX forecasting.
- Manage the Project Engineering Department consisting of 12+ CF and contract personnel, including project engineers, construction coordinators, and a Project Engineering Supervisor over turnaround related projects.
- Develop and maintain project engineering procedures to align with CF's work processes and regularly evaluate these procedures to ensure continuous improvement.
- Review and approve EWRs (Engineering Work Requests), IFC packages, technical specifications, equipment selection documents, and project execution plans.
- Assign Project Engineers to EWRs who can drive scope development and generate project estimates utilizing stage gate processes as appropriate.
- Responsible for the quality and quantity of construction packages developed by third-party design firms used to execute capital projects.
- Ensure milestone schedules are established for capital projects to ensure transparency for key stakeholders who support meeting deadlines.
- Evaluate and utilize equipment suppliers, engineering firms, and local contractors to optimize project development and execution.
- Partner directly with the Accounting team to ensure timely and accurate monthly capital accruals, project cost reporting, capitalization of assets put in service, and financial close activities.
Requirements
- B.S. degree in engineering from an ABET accredited university is required.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal) required.
- Must be able to effectively communicate and interact with personnel of all backgrounds.
- Strong management skills required, including leadership, team building, team member development, critical decision making, and time management.
- Must be able to climb stairs and ladders, work at heights, and enter confined spaces.
- The ability to prove drug and alcohol free at random or for cause.
- These statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in this position.
- Lead or assist with CF strategic projects as required.
Nice to have
- Ten or more years of engineering related experience in the oil, gas, or chemical manufacturing industry preferred.
- Five or more years of project engineering experience in a refinery or chemical manufacturing facility preferred.
- Five or more years of in-plant experience preferred.
- Experience with ammonia, urea, and UAN processes is preferred.
- Louisiana Professional Engineer Registration preferred.
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