Lider Proyectos Chile

Corteva Agriscience; Arica; On-site; CLP 42,000,000 - 66,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Vylor in Arica, Chile seeks a Project Leader to deliver capital projects from Front-End Loading through Detailed Design, Construction, commissioning and startup.

You will lead the project team, coordinate with functional leaders, manage KPIs, ensure EHS&S compliance, and prepare operations while aligning with the Business Case and governance gates.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years of experience in Project Execution, depending on the type of experience and project size.
• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Chemical, Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry or equivalent.
• Leadership experience in two or more areas: manufacturing tech, operations, engineering, process development (R&D), project management, or improvement.
• Ability to communicate in different languages (English) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and align the Engineering Work Package with the Business Case and Technology Implementation Plan.
• Work with Functional Leaders, Capital Execution Leader, and the core project team to develop the project execution strategy.
• Lead the project team to meet the business objectives and deliverables as outlined in the Business Case and gate reviews.
• Ensure the project process is followed, with quality deliverables and pre-Gates and Gate Reviews.
• Define and analyze KPIs to ensure performance: spending, costs, milestones, and schedules.
• Provide primary interface between the Project Team and key stakeholders; establish communications schedules.
• Ensure asset meets EHS&S and process safety requirements at startup and ongoing operations.
• Prepare site personnel for commissioning, startup, and operations.

Skills

Project leadership

Engineering background

Leadership experience

Communication

Education

Engineering degree (B.S./M.S./Ph.D.)

Job description

Join Vylor—Powering the Future of Agriculture

At Vylor, we’re advancing agriculture through breakthrough science—combining elite germplasm, cutting‑edge biotech, and next‑generation expertise in gene editing and molecular breeding. Our portfolio includes trusted industry brands like Pioneer®, Brevant®, and Hoegemeyer®, delivering performance farmers rely on.

Join us to help scale innovation globally and shape what’s next in crop science.

You have the opportunity to join our team as a Project Leader in Arica, Chile. The Project Leader position have full accountability to deliver business objectives for capital projects from Front-End Loading through Detailed Design & Construction, Commissioning, Return to Operations, Startup and project closeout.

Activities:

The Project Leader leads the Project Team in the use of the appropriate Core Project Delivery Process (Core PD) to implement the project.

Project Management and Project performance:

• Develop and ensure the Engineering Work Package is fully aligned with the Business Case and the project Technology Implementation Plan.
• Works with Functional Leaders, Capital Execution Leader, and the core project team to develop the appropriate project execution strategy.
• Leads the project team to meet the business & project objectives and deliverables as outlined in the Business Case, authorization documents & project gate reviews.
• Ensures the project process is followed consistent with the business needs, all required process deliverables are accomplished in a quality manner and leads the pre-Gates and Gate Reviews.
• Defines and analyzes Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to ensure overall performance expectations for the project are met:
• Project spending/commit schedule
• Project costs versus estimate
• Engineering and Procurement milestones and gate reviews
• Construction Schedule
• Commissioning and Start-up Plan
• Provides primary interface between the Project Team and key stakeholders.
• Establishes effective communications within the Project Team to ensure alignment among business and project objectives.
• Develops a communication and review schedule with key stakeholders.
• Communicates project status, risks, deviations and other significant project developments to the key stakeholders.
• Ensures that the asset involved is engineered and constructed to meet the mandatory and recommended requirements of EHS&S and Process Safety at start-up as well as ongoing business requirements.
• Ensures that field construction has the appropriate level of qualified support to be completed without incident or injury.
• Partners with the Asset Owner and/or the Commissioning and Start-up Leader to ensure a seamless transition from commissioning to start-up to normal operations.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of Project Quality Plans, including auditing work processes and deliverables for compliance, and for meeting agreed upon project quality requirements and expectations.
• Leads the development of the Procurement Plan, engaging Procurement team timely to define the best approach to each project
• Ensures site personnel are staffed and preparing for commissioning and start-up of the new facilities, including training, procedure updates, maintenance PM records updates, etc.; ensures schedules are aligned with supply chain and operations/maintenance needs, such as TARs, to determine when outages are available if necessary.
• For large projects, leads the process of preparing site personnel to operate the facility including hiring, training personnel, and developing operations procedures, and preparing the operations to safely run the new unit.
• Enforces and applies when needed the Project Change Management process.

People Management (by influence):

• Assembles the Project Team and ensures the necessary roles and functions are represented. Manages project resources (both internal & contractors) as needed during the life of the project to meet the project objectives and execution strategy. Assesses team functional capability. Identifies and resolves expertise gaps.
• Provides leadership for an effective and cohesive team by ensuring roles and responsibilities are clearly understood, team member workloads are reasonable, cross‑function communications are adequate, and personality conflicts are managed, for owner and contractor members. Engages outside consultants when needed to support the team.

Communication and documentation:

• Provides primary interface between the Project Team and key stakeholders.
• Establishes effective communications within the Project Team to ensure alignment among business and project objectives.
• Develops a communication and review schedule with key stakeholders.
• Communicates project status, risks, deviations and other significant project developments to the key stakeholders.
• Manages the Capital Accounting Authorization process from the formal request and approval to closure in accordance with the policies and procedures of Vylor Capital Planning. Partners with the business finance analyst prepare financial evaluations, asset write-offs that may occur, and ensure necessary financial reporting and accounting is performed

Qualifications and Experience

• 5 to 10 years’ experience in Project Execution, depending on the type of experience and project size.

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Chemical, Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry or equivalent.

• The individual must have leadership experience in two or more of the following areas: manufacturing technology, operations, engineering, process development (R&D), project management, or improvement

• Ability to communicate in different languages (English) is preferred

Key Interactions

• Capital Project Team – the Project Leader acts as the primary leader for the entire capital Project Team. The Project Leader will interface with many roles on this team, but the primary roles will be the other key leaders, including but not limited to: SME´s (Subject Matter Experts), Construction Manager, Startup Leader, Lead Process Engineer, Lead Process Automation, and Project Controls Lead.

• Portfolio Leader – the Project Leader works with the Portfolio Leader to: prepare the project for Gate reviews; develop the authorization strategy; develop the execution strategy; identify key business and engineering resources.

• Project Leader – the Project Leader will work with the PDL to understand the project opportunity and manage the transition from the pre‑project activities to the capital execution. In some cases, the PDL will be the technology Leader – They will need to ensure the project scope and technology are properly identified, remain consistent with the Business Opportunity Plan and that the technology expectations are being met.

• EPCM contractor leadership and key project roles from that organization.

• Others – depending on the project, scope and site, the Project Leader may interface with many other stakeholders and roles. The following is a brief list of roles that may interact with a Project Leader: Regional or Global Business leaders, Procurement and Procurement Category leads, Site Leader; EH&S Leaders; Community leaders, etc...

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