Project Team Leader

About the role

Qnity is seeking a Project Team Leader in Newark, DE to manage capital projects ranging from $200,000 to $8 million. This role involves overseeing multiple projects with support from business engineering teams and design contractors. You will evaluate non-capital alternatives, manage project resources, schedules, budgets, and scope changes, ensure communication and alignment within project teams, and lead gatekeeping reviews and project economics validation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all non-capital alternatives to capital expenditure are evaluated
• Accountable to the business for project success
• Use Business Objective Letter (BOL) or charter to reach management consensus
• Accountable for acquiring and releasing all project resources
• Establish effective communications within the Integrated Project Team to ensure alignment on objectives
• Direct development of Roles & Responsibilities for the project and project RACI diagrams
• Manage overall project expenditures and schedule to satisfy business objectives
• Set Project Leadership Team (PLT) overall direction and expectations
• Accountable for managing changes to project scope, schedule, and budget
• Accountable for overall integrated project schedule
• Accountable for total project cost and investment
• Provide primary interface between the PLT and the Business Unit Steering Team
• Drive capital project work processes and practices per Project methodologies such as GPS and MPPD
• Direct all Gatekeeping reviews and ensure all project deliverables are met
• Direct development and validation of project economics

Requirements

• Strong leadership skills
• Basic understanding of manufacturing technology/processes, plant operations, and maintenance strategies
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
• Conflict resolution skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding of functions and disciplines required for capital project execution
• Overall understanding of project process from front-end loading (planning) through commissioning and startup
• Understanding of capital and non-capital funding practices, appropriation rules, and project control techniques

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years relevant experience working in manufacturing, construction, or engineering design (strongly preferred)
• Experience managing 3rd party contractors/suppliers
• Prior experience working as a project PTL or construction manager
• Experience working with geographically dispersed teams

Other Considerations

• Travel as needed to manage project scope, including design reviews at off-site locations, vendor meetings or shop visits, tours of sister sites/processes, contractor selection and/or bid meetings, and other travel as dictated by project needs
• On-site role