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Project Engineer (CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT) (CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING)

Axalta Coating Systems
  • Front Royal, Virginia
    Today

    Job Description

    Axalta has remained at the forefront of the coatings industry by continually investing in innovative solutions. We engineer technologies that protect customers' products - whether they are battling heat, light, corrosion, abrasion, moisture, or chemicals - and add dimension and beauty with colourful finishes. We have a vast and ever-evolving portfolio of brands primed to play an important part in everything from modernizing infrastructure around the world to enabling the next generation of electric and autonomous vehicles.

    We are currently looking for a Senior Project Manager (Capital Project Management) to join us at our facility in Front Royal, VA.

    Singular focus on providing brilliant coatings sets us apart. Axalta Coating Systems is a leading global company dedicated solely to the development, manufacture and sale of liquid and powder coatings. We serve customers in the automotive, transportation, general industrial and architectural and decorative sectors. Our innovative products and services include paint, color matching tools, application technologies and customer training and business management systems.

    The Senior Project Engineer leads and executes large, complex capital projects that support safe, reliable, and efficient site operations. This role is responsible for developing project scope, aligning stakeholders, managing internal and external resources, and delivering projects on scope, on schedule, and within budget. The position also provides senior-level leadership in project governance, risk management, and execution for individual projects greater than $5MM or programs totaling more than $10MM cumulatively.

    Key Responsibilities:
    • Develop project scope, objectives, and success criteria in partnership with site and corporate stakeholders.
    • Lead project front-end loading activities and define project phases, design requirements, and execution strategy.
    • Develop project estimates, including equipment, construction, and commissioning costs.
    • Perform project financial analysis and support sound business decision-making.
    • Assemble approval documents and lead projects through the approval and governance process.
    • Coordinate mechanical, process, and electrical design activities with in-house and contracted resources.
    • Maintain project schedules by monitoring progress, coordinating activities, and resolving issues.
    • Manage project execution by reviewing designs and specifications, identifying risks, and driving resolution to maintain scope and schedule.
    • Control project costs by monitoring purchases, construction, and commissioning expenditures.
    • Provide construction management support to help ensure safe, compliant, and effective field execution.
    • Maintain project design, commissioning, and closeout documentation to support compliance, startup readiness, and knowledge transfer.

    Minimum Requirements:
    • Bachelor's degree in mechanical, chemical, or electrical engineering and 15+ years of relevant project engineering experience.
    • Demonstrated experience managing individual projects greater than $5MM or programs totaling more than $10MM cumulatively.
    • Demonstrated experience soliciting, bidding, and managing significant external engineering, construction, or related resources through an RFx process.
    • Broad knowledge of industrial and construction safety standards, best practices, and RAGAGEP standards such as NFPA, ASME, API, and IEC.
    • Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to influence managers, peers, and operations and maintenance teams.

    Preferred Skills:
    • Strong knowledge of Process Safety Management standards and associated elements, including Management of Change, Process Hazard Analysis, and Pre-Startup Safety Review; knowledge of similar standards is acceptable.
    • Industrial plant experience in chemical processing.
    • Working knowledge of industrial control systems and instrumentation.
    • Ability to research policies and provide guidance to on-site personnel and other Axalta sites.

    Computer Skills:
    • Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Visio, Outlook, and SharePoint.

    Key Competencies and General Requirements:
    • Satisfactory drug screen, background screening, and pre-employment test results.
    • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
    • Ability to research policies and provide guidance to on-site personnel as well as other Axalta sites
    • Proactive in ident

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationFront Royal, Virginia

    Skills

    • Architectural Servicesunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Biddingunmatched
    • Budget Managementunmatched
    • Business Solutionsunmatched
    • Business Supportunmatched
    • Capital Projectunmatched
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    • Commission Spendunmatched
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    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Conflict Resolutionunmatched
    • Constructionunmatched
    • Construction Engineeringunmatched
    • Construction Managementunmatched
    • Construction Safetyunmatched
    • Construction Supportunmatched
    • Control Systemsunmatched
    • Cost Engineeringunmatched
    • Customer Trainingunmatched
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    • Electrical Designunmatched
    • Electrical Engineeringunmatched
    • Engineeringunmatched
    • Financial Analysisunmatched
    • Financial Projectionsunmatched
    • Front-End Loading (FEL)unmatched
    • Industrial Coatingunmatched
    • Instrumentationunmatched
    • International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC)unmatched
    • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
    • Knowledge Transferunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Microsoft Access Databaseunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Microsoft Officeunmatched
    • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
    • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
    • Microsoft SharePointunmatched
    • Microsoft Visiounmatched
    • Microsoft Wordunmatched
    • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)unmatched
    • Painting (Facilities and Maintenance)unmatched
    • People Managementunmatched
    • Powder Coatingunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)unmatched
    • Process Managementunmatched
    • Process Safety Managementunmatched
    • Project Commissioningunmatched
    • Project Designunmatched
    • Project Developmentunmatched
    • Project Engineeringunmatched
    • Project Estimatesunmatched
    • Project Evaluationunmatched
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    • Project Trackingunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
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    • Risk Analysisunmatched
    • Risk Managementunmatched
    • SAPunmatched
    • Safety Standardsunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • Support Documentationunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched

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