Senior Manager - Capital Projects & PMO (North America)

About the role

Shape the Future of Industrial Projects at Scale
At Orica, it’s the power of our people that drives progress. Every day, across the globe, we enable essential industries by delivering innovative solutions in mining, infrastructure, and manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-year capital portfolio across critical manufacturing assets
• Influence up to $50M+ investment programs in complex, high-hazard environments
• Partner with executive leaders, site teams, and global stakeholders while leading teams across Carseland, AB and Winnemucca, NV
• Drive project excellence, governance, and operational readiness at scale

Requirements

• Extensive experience in capital project delivery, portfolio governance, or PMO leadership
• Background in chemical manufacturing, mining, energy, or heavy industry
• Proven ability to manage brownfield projects within operating plants
• Deep expertise in project controls (cost, schedule, risk, change)
• Strong understanding of process safety, regulatory compliance, and SHES standards
• Commercial acumen in contractor and vendor management

Qualifications

• Ability to influence without authority across diverse stakeholders
• Comfortable engaging from site floor to executive level
• Strategic thinker who translates complexity into clear, actionable decisions

Skills

• Safety-led and values-driven, with visible commitment to disciplined execution in high-hazard environments
• Strategic yet practical, able to connect portfolio decisions to business value and operational realities
• Structured, data-informed and comfortable managing complexity, ambiguity and competing priorities
• Strong ownership mindset with the courage to escalate issues, challenge weak assumptions and drive accountability
• Clear and credible communicator who adapts effectively to frontline, technical and executive audiences
• Collaborative leader who builds trust, coaches others and creates alignment across diverse stakeholders and geographies
• Resilient, decisive and outcome-focused, while maintaining sound judgement under pressure

Benefits

• Medical/Prescription Drug – Three (3) plans to choose from
• Dental – Two (2) plans to choose from
• Vision – Two (2) plans to choose from
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Basic Employee Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Voluntary Employee/Dependent Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Company provided Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Company provided Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness & Accident Plans
• Voluntary Identity Theft Protection
• Voluntary Legal Plan
• 401(k) + Company Match
• Company provided Maternity Leave
• Company provided Bonding Leave
• Accrued Paid Time Off
• Paid Sick & Safe Time
• Nine (9) Scheduled Holidays + Two (2) Floating Holidays

Pay

$160,000 - $200,000 USD per year

Schedule

Full-time