Project Manager, Cement Plant

Amrize; Alpena (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Amrize is seeking a Project Manager to lead cement plant initiatives in North America, reporting to the PM&E organization. You will drive feasibility, planning, execution, and handover while ensuring safety, quality, schedule adherence, and budget compliance.

The role requires coordinating with regional teams, managing contractors, and overseeing project controls from initiation through commissioning, with a strong emphasis on safety and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Master degree required in mechanical, civil, electrical or process engineering.
• Postgraduate in Business Management preferred.
• Minimum 5 years in industrial construction project management.
• Experience in cement or heavy industry preferred.
• Experience with international/multicultural projects.
• Strong knowledge of safety, quality, and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage assigned projects from feasibility to handover.
• Ensure safety, quality, on-time, within budget.
• Coordinate with regional PM&E and Steering Committee.
• Develop project organization and governance.
• Manage third parties, contracts, procurement.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Risk analysis

Contract management

Scheduling

Estimating

Multicultural experience

Communication

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical/Civil/Electrical/Process Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Cost control tools

Scheduling tools

Job description

Financing

Join Amrize as a Project Manager, Cement Plant and help construct what's next. If you're ready to put your skills to work on projects that matter — and build a career with a company that’s building North America — we want to hear from you!

About The Role

Leads and manages assigned project(s) reporting to corporate PM&E Project Management with the following contributions:

• Making sure that Group security and safety policies are applied on every project and that these projects are delivered with zero harm, for the Group to become the “Best in Class” in construction world,
• Providing effective and efficient Project management expertise in delivering on time, budget and quality the projects in Cement, AFR, Power, Logistic, Aggregates and RMX
• Understanding, leading and interfacing with experienced contractors to execute the projects in terms of quality of engineering and equipment, site safety, efficiency in construction, quality of the installation, fast plant ramp-up to production, on time and budget
• Coordinating with Regional PM&E Manager and the Regional Support Organizations

Responsibilities

Under the guidance and supervision of Project Owner (VP Building Materials Engineering and CAPEX) and Steering Committee (as Guidance & Executive Body) the Project Manager is responsible for:

• Managing the project feasibility focusing on front-end project definition (phase 1), planning to request for approval (phase 2), implementation/start-up- commissioning (phase 3) and completion (phase 4), until the complete hand-over to Country operations
• Delivering an operable investment in compliance with the safety corporate objectives, reaching the quality and technical performance targets, meeting the time schedule milestones and within the budget in accordance with the business objectives,
• Developing a project organization structure that can respond quickly and effectively to the project requirements in each phase of the project
• Developing, organizing, delivering, managing and controlling the entire Project execution including all technical and, to the largest extent possible, the non-technical aspects of the project

What You’ll Accomplish

• H&S:
  • Contributes actively to establish Health and Safety standards for project executions for the group
  • Ensures Health & Safety values, safety and security policies and standards are maintained and integrated into the project activities, including safety in design, safety in construction, etc.
  • Implements change culture in project health and safety
• Acts as a Service Provider to the Steering Committee within the framework of a precise mandate, with a clear role and clear responsibilities
• Establishes a project team and management organization that can respond quickly and effectively to the project requirements including people from PM&E, Performance & Cost, Group/Region experts, Country, external consultants and sub-contractors, to the extend required
• Gets adequate power of attorney (to be specified at the beginning of the project), for commitments on contracts, purchase orders and approvals of associated invoices
• Decides, within the delegation defined by the Steering Committee and specified in the Project Implementation Plan, on the project governance and organization
• Ensures the project is resourced and is formally and efficiently planned
• Directs day-to-day activities of the project team under his/her responsibility
• Organizes and conducts formal projects risk analysis with the Owner and Steering Committee
• Collaborates with Performance & Cost, Project Financial Control to obtain their inputs on the project
• Manages all third parties contracted during the project life cycle
• Reviews, with the Steering Committee, all aspects related to safety, security, costs, schedule, quality and performance, risks and their mitigation
• Is in charge of the project from inception to delivery, and covers all the technical and non-technical aspects of the project allowing the plant to be operated including but not limited to land acquisition, permitting, site preparation, quarry, production facilities, infrastructures such as power supply, water supply, roads, railways
• Is responsible for the implementation of companywide policies, guidelines and standards in all disciplines
• Promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and information exchange within PM&E turn tables and councils
• Covers following major tasks:
  • Safety: engineering, transport, construction, start-up/commissioning and hand-over to the Owner
  • Financing
  • Accounting
  • Human Resources
  • Permitting
  • Stakeholders management
  • Project controls:
    • Cost
    • Scheduling
  • Administration of the project
  • Procurement
    • Sourcing
    • Purchasing
    • Administration of contracts and purchase orders
    • Claim management
  • Engineering
  • Construction
  • Start up and commissioning
  • Coordination with OP
• Supports the Country for a smooth transition to operation after the handover of the project
• Prepares the agenda and the project data for the Project Steering Committee meetings
• Prepares timely monthly and quarterly project progress reports following PM&E reporting standards
• Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments and areas. Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviors

JOB DIMENSIONS

• Depending on his/her experience and seniority, the Project Manager delivers CAPEX investment projects (greenfield, brownfield, debottlenecking) from several medium size projects (2 - 10 Million CHF) up to extra-large size projects (> 100 Million CHF) in cement, aggregates, ready mix, alternative raw material and fuels, power and logistics
• Project Manager requires strong leadership and capacity to influence in order to finalize a project “high quality”, “on time”, “within budget” and with “zero accidents”. Therefore, he/she needs to have soft and technical competencies in project management, engineering, construction, start-up and commissioning
• Handle a broad range of topics: from technical to complex administrative and non-technical issues, in difficult and changing environments and within a framework of extensive cultural diversity.
• Be able to handle several projects of various magnitudes and at different stages of progress in different countries and cultures

What We’re Looking For

Education: Master Degree

Additional Education Preferred: Post graduate in Business Management

Field of Study Preferred: Degree Mechanical, Civil, Electrical or Process Engineering

Required Work Experience: Project management experience preferably in cement and/or similar type of heavy industry with a minimum of 5 years in industrial construction related fields

Required Technical Skills

• Cement Operation experience would be an asset
• A solid achievement in industrial facility project management, and major capital investment projects
• Multiple, major capital projects in the cement industry
• International and multicultural experience.
• Familiar with industry processes, engineering standards and equipment used in the cement or similar industries
• A Knowledge of industrial machinery for heavy industry applications
• Proven track record in industrial construction project management, estimation, project controlling and contract claims management and arbitration
• Knowledge and experience in construction and labor management
• Knowledge in construction specifically for emerging and developing countries
• Knowledge of design and engineering scope, cost and schedule control tools

Behavioural Competencies

• Team player and committed to ethics and group values
• Open to diversity and good communication verbal and written
• Self-starting and innovative
• Optimal self-controlled
• Guiding and developing others
• Team work oriented
• Strong analytical