Program Principal

Honeywell; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Educational Assistance

12 Paid Holidays

Job summary

Honeywell is seeking a Lead Project Manager in St. Louis, Missouri, to lead automation and technology development projects. This role involves managing large-scale initiatives with significant revenue impact and ensuring compliance with all project goals.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in project management, particularly in the oil & gas and refining sectors, and will thrive in cross-functional collaboration. Benefits include competitive salary and comprehensive packages offered to employees.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of automation experience.
• 5+ years in the oil & gas, refining, or mining industry.
• 8+ years of project management or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project team activities throughout the life cycle.
• Drive revenue > USD 15M per year.
• Manage interdependence and resource conflicts.
• Track and control costs while seeking margin expansion opportunities.

Skills

Program Management

Risk Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Communication Skills

Process Improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Earned Value Management

Job description

Lead and deliver complex Honeywell automation and technology development Projects/ programs as a core member of a high‑performing, global program team. Operate with minimal oversight to drive large‑scale, cross‑functional initiatives, ensuring successful execution against scope, schedule, cost, quality, and performance commitments.

Provide strong program leadership by coordinating multiple workstreams and Centers of Excellence across domestic and international locations. Translate strategic objectives into actionable, end‑to‑end program plans, and drive disciplined execution across the full product lifecycle—from concept and development through industrialization and production.

Serve as the central point of accountability for program planning, risk management, and stakeholder alignment, ensuring seamless collaboration between engineering, automation, manufacturing, supply chain, and production teams. Leverage advanced program management expertise to proactively identify dependencies, mitigate risks, resolve issues, and enable data‑driven decision‑making that supports on‑time, on‑budget delivery.

Champion best practices in program governance, execution rigor, and continuous improvement to consistently meet or exceed customer and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the activities of a project team throughout the life cycle of Honeywell Programs from start to close-out phases driving revenue > USD 15M per year USD
• Lead and execute ensuring full compliance with contractual requirements, commercial terms, risk allocation, and change management, while driving effective contract administration, claims mitigation, and commercial negotiations with customers, EPC partners, and subcontractors to protect scope, schedule, cost, and margin objectives.
• Define program goals and success metrics
• Align multiple project plans to a shared roadmap
• Manage interdependence and resource conflicts
• Communicate program health to senior leadership
• Drive process improvement, tooling adoption, and consistency
• Coach and support Project Managers
• Develop, implement, and monitor project execution plan, including schedule, cost, and staffing requirements
• Comply with all Global Project Management Office guidelines
• Drive sales growth through project upsells
• Review performance data (financial, budget, sales, and activity reports) to monitor and measure productivity, goal progress, and activity levels
• Maintain and develop positive relationships with customers
• Lead a team of multi-disciplined engineers, subcontractors, and service providers by providing clarity to the scope of work and driving ownership at all levels to ensure implementation and delivery of all contractual requirements
• Track and control costs within budget while continuously looking for margin expansion opportunities
• Maintain accountability of team members for conformance and accuracy in their scope of work
• Implement meetings with teams and vendors to drive schedule and oversight
• Issue internal and external management reports as required
• Manage change orders, document reviews, punch list resolutions, and project close-out
• Drive on-time execution
• Define & Generate Program Execution Plan
• Collaborate, Direct, Lead
• Coordinate with other Functional teams
• Facilitate forecast analysis
• Facilitate capacity analysis

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 12+ Years of Automation experience
• 5+ Experience in the oil & gas, refining, and/or mining industry
• 8+ Years of Project Management or equivalent experience

Preferred

• Holds authority, is accountable for program execution
• Requirements Management & Fulfillment, Planning/Estimation
• Scheduling including resource-loading critical path analysis
• SOW-thru-WBS-thru-BOE-thru Integrated Master Schedule
• Expert in Earned Value Management
• Cost & Financials (ex. RDE, spend, forecast, variance)
• Risk Management, Identification & Mitigation
• Change Management
• Strong written and oral communication skills, particularly in cross-functional collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation
• Effective organizational skills and experience preferably in an international, multi-site, and multicultural business environment
• Detailed experience with process engineering, planning, cost estimating, scheduling, procurement, and customer & change order management in refining, petrochemical, or gas processing
• Ability to influence and energize others as well as improve performance, meeting commitments, and getting results
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Lead Cross Functional Collaboration, Communicate & Influence
• Provide guidance and coaching to peers and team members

Benefits of Working for Honeywell

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side‑by‑side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. Learn more (https://benefits.honeywell.com/)

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.