Capital Projects Leader — Remote & Growth-Focused

Solenis LLC; Connecticut; Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health + wellness benefit

Continuous professional development

15 days paid time off

Competitive Salary and Bonuses

401k Plan

Ability to work remotely

Job summary

Solenis LLC is seeking a seasoned Capital Projects Lead to drive multi-site initiatives across the North American plant network. You will lead planning through closeout, ensuring safety, schedule adherence, and budget alignment with business objectives.

You will mentor Project Managers and Engineers, support CapEx budgeting, and ensure project progress through the Stage Gate process in multi-million-dollar programs. Remote work is possible within a hybrid model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Finance, or a related technical discipline preferred.
• 10+ years of experience managing capital projects in a manufacturing, industrial, or similar environment.
• Extensive working knowledge of capital project processes, including budgeting, forecasting, project accounting, and general accounting policies and procedures.
• Strong understanding of project cost management, forecasting, scheduling, and financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of construction and engineering principles.
• Ownership of Safe work environment for projects.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and SAP.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and managing projects across multiple sites.
• Ability to travel 50-80%.

Responsibilities

• Lead medium to large-scale capital projects from concept and feasibility through design, construction, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Develop and maintain project scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and execution strategies.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams, including Engineering, Operations, EHS, Finance, Procurement, R&D, and other functional stakeholders.
• Monitor project performance and proactively identify and address risks, issues, schedule delays, and cost variances.
• Champion project teams through the company's Stage Gate process.
• Review project business cases, scopes, cost estimates, schedules, risk assessments, and supporting documentation at key project milestones.
• Serve as a resource and mentor to Project Managers, Engineers, and other project team members.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to capital planning, project execution, cost management, and reporting.
• Facilitate effective communication between plant leadership, project teams, Finance, Engineering, and senior management.
• Prepare and present project updates and portfolio-level information to leadership.

Skills

Capital project management

Budgeting

Forecasting

Project scheduling

MS Office

SAP

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel 50-80%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Project Management/Business/Finance or related

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SAP ERP

Job description

Solenis LLC is seeking a seasoned Capital Projects Lead to drive multi-site initiatives across the North American plant network. You will lead planning through closeout, ensuring safety, schedule adherence, and budget alignment with business objectives.

You will mentor Project Managers and Engineers, support CapEx budgeting, and ensure project progress through the Stage Gate process in multi-million-dollar programs. Remote work is possible within a hybrid model.