Project Engineer

About the role

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 13,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2025 revenue of approximately $8.8 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

Responsibilities

• As a Project Engineer, you are the driving force behind every phase of a capital project. Your mission is to maximize project value by ensuring it stays within budget, meets deadlines, and achieves the required operability.
• You plan and execute studies and capital projects to meet specific objectives, all while interacting with operations, technology, business, and other corporate support organizations.
• Engaging with senior management is also a key part of your role, making your leadership essential to the project's success.
• Manage Capital Projects: Oversee all phases of capital projects and studies, ensuring they meet schedules, budgets, and customer requirements.
• Resource Coordination: Secure and manage resources for project implementation, from concept to start-up, direct the development of necessary engineering documents, and ensure involvement of appropriate personnel from Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Operations, and Maintenance (EPCOM).
• Project Monitoring and Reporting: Collaborate with Project Controls to track progress, report deviations, and communicate future work projections.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with various organizations to develop and implement project execution strategies and ensure compliance with contractor agreements.
• Strategic Planning and Evaluation: Develop annual capital plans, manage expenditures, and evaluate project performance, promoting best-value practices and continuous improvement.
• Risk Management: Regularly evaluates & mitigates issues that create project risk to meeting project objectives. Proactively anticipates those issues and develops mitigation plans.

Qualifications

• Minimum B.S. Engineering degree required.
• 4 years’ experience in various aspects of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) process or appropriate comparable experience.
• Solid understanding of the front-end-loading (FEL) capital process, from project definition through plant start-up.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and team leadership skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety and to implementing safe capital facilities.
• Must be able to travel as needed based on project needs. Travel is estimated at up to 25%.

Skills

• 5+ years of Project Management experience on capital projects in the $20M range
• PMP Certification
• 5+ years of leadership experience (indirect or direct) in manufacturing
• 5+ years of experience in the Chemical, Petroleum or Pharmaceutical industry.