Project Engineer

Covestro; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Covestro seeks a Project Manager to oversee capital investment projects across Northeast facilities. You will manage safety, cost, quality, and schedule from development through commissioning, coordinating internal teams and third-party EPCM services.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering (or related engineering) and at least 5 years of project work experience in industrial settings, with a focus on delivering complex capital projects.

Qualifications

• Project experience in managing capital investment projects.
• Ability to manage safety, cost, quality and schedule to project goals.
• Experience with EPCM project delivery is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage capital investment projects from FEL1 through commissioning/start-up.
• Align cost and schedule estimates to establish baselines and critical paths.
• Lead project team setup, defining roles and resources with PM and Steering Committee.
• Perform PM tasks: scope management, estimating, cost control, risk mitigation, reporting.
• Develop contracting and execution strategies with input from engineering, planning, procurement, and construction.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering

or related engineering degree

Job description

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What We Offer

The Project Manager manages capital investment projects. In this role, you will have the responsibility for safety, quality, schedule and cost until commissioning /qualification is completed. The Project Manager will execute projects in any of the Northeast Covestro Facilities. You will also support development of the Scope of work and work for internal and 3rd Party Engineering in an EPCM project delivery model.

Major Responsibilities

• Project Development from FEL1 scope of work thru commissioning, and start up, and able to manage 3rd Party EPCM Services.
• Manage a capital investment project including the safety, cost, quality, and schedule of the assigned project to meet project goals
• Align cost and schedule estimates to establish control baseline and manage the project’s critical path, being responsible to develop “fallback” positions for critical issues within Projects
• Set up project team for assigned project including definition of roles & responsibilities, ensures the required resources together with the Program Manager and Steering Committee.
• Perform all standard PM tasks for the Project including scope management, estimating and reporting, cost control, contract plan, scheduling, schedule compliance, risk identification and mitigation, deliverable quality, reports etc. Ensure that standards, tools and procedures are being used correctly and consistently within the Project
• Develop contracting and execution strategies, ensures the engineering, planning, procurement, construction input is considered in the project concept
• Manage the engineering, planning, procurement, construction, handover and closeout to ensure appropriate project lifecycle
• Own the change management workflow to ensure project cost and time target as well as quality
• Align requirements for project planning and execution phases with Steering Committee and major stakeholders, to assumes single point of contact for all communication to and from the project
• Manage continuous and active risk to ensure project performance
• Safeguard company property including intellectual property according to legal requirements and agreements in customer contracts to protect company know how

What You Offer

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering or related engineering degree and at least 5 years of project work experience in industrial or engineering industries

Knowledge & Skills:

• Project Experience: Completed €3 million+ project as project manager role or engineering manager role.

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