Regional Project Manager

MLC

Calera (AL)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 115,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Excellent compensation

Generous benefits

Focus on employee wellbeing

Development opportunities

Job summary

A leading global lime supplier is seeking a Regional Project Manager in Calera, AL. This role involves managing capital projects, ensuring compliance, and supervising engineering teams. Candidates should have a minimum of 4 years STEM degree and 8 years of extensive industry experience. The position offers excellent benefits and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

Minimum 8 years of experience with at least 5 years in mining or heavy industrial field.
Ability to communicate effectively with all functional groups.
Utilizes project management tools to optimize execution.

Responsibilities

Manage capital spending projects and ensure compliance with all requirements.
Lead feasibility studies and ensure project success.
Identify stakeholders and communicate project progress.
Develop bid packages and maintain environmental compliance.
Provide technical expertise and training to operators.

Skills

Emergency responsiveness

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Leadership

Creativity

Organizational abilities

Professionalism

Ethics

Education

Minimum 4 Year STEM Bachelor’s Degree (Mech. Eng. Preferred)

Job description

Job Title

Regional Project Manager at MLC

Overview

Why consider a career at MLC?

MLC was recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in 2024.

Highly collaborative work environment focused on growth and innovation
Safety and sustainability are top priorities
Excellent compensation, benefits, generous perks; focused on employee wellbeing
Great development and advancement opportunities
Bring your real self to work, come grow with us!

About the Job

The Regional Project Manager is responsible for managing capital spending projects, major outages, and minor maintenance projects at the MLC plants in Calera, AL, Vicksburg, MS, and Chester, NC. They work closely with the Director of Project Management, plant managers, and plant leaders to complete projects.

Supervise and lead the capital spending processes on assigned projects; project justification, implementation, and execution are the primary functions of the role.
Quickly perform preliminary feasibility studies; oversee and manage engineering resources to ensure project success; ensure product and process compliance with all MSHA requirements.
Identify stakeholders on each project, communicate with them, and define what success looks like to each of them; provide timely feedback on project costs and progress.
Provide construction management supervision and represent MLC in the project construction phase; ensure MLC Engineering standards, Project Management standards, and Safety standards are followed throughout the entire project timeline; define scopes of work and provide estimates of construction and engineering costs for projects.
Develop bid packages for assigned projects; solicit bids, issue requisitions for materials or contractors; issue project schedules and periodic reports on capital project activities in accordance with established policy.
Maintain compliance with all State and Federal Environmental Laws and Regulations in design of repairs to equipment or installation of new systems.
Communicate activities with other corporate functions including Safety and Health, Environmental Affairs, Purchasing and Sales to ensure timely information exchange and coordination of work; work with purchasing to acquire quotations for equipment and services.
Generate and provide for each project a final project documentation package which includes all as-built drawings and suggested spare parts with pricing / lead times.
Track project costs and notify appropriate spending approaches approved spending limits in accordance with established policy. Report costs monthly on active projects, notifying management immediately if the project will go over cost by excess of 10%; ensure that when the project is almost over, all stakeholders are satisfied, and the project meets the design criteria.
Provide assistance with regional plant shutdowns; accept assignments from the Area Plant Manager, Leader, or Maintenance Manager.
Develop capability within operators – provide technical expertise and training to assist operations. Develop systems to train and transfer support of plant requirements to operators and supervisors to improve operating discipline in order to begin cost savings/improvement projects.
Employees are expected to perform other responsibilities as needed.

Required Qualifications

Education: Minimum 4 Year STEM Bachelor’s Degree (Mech. Eng. Preferred)
Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience with at least 5 years of experience in the mining or heavy industrial field.
Skills: Respond decisively to emergencies as well as exercise sound judgment in problem solving. Excellent communication and writing skills, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, leadership, creativity, organizational abilities, professionalism, and ethics.
Abilities: Ability to effectively communicate with all functional groups and through all levels of MLC Personnel & Management. Utilizes project management and other engineering tools to optimize project execution.

The Fine Print

Benefits and perquisites may vary based on the nature and location of each job.

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About MLC

MLC, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is a leading global supplier of high-calcium lime products and technical solutions. These offerings bring essential performance and value to a broad range of market applications, including metals, construction, chemical synthesis, water and emissions treatment, glass, textiles, plastics, rubber, agriculture, foods and beverages. With over a century in business, MLC has built a reputation on the quality of its products and services, as well as an unwavering commitment to safety, sustainability and service. The company’s expanding global footprint includes a diversified, reliable network of production and distribution facilities in the U.S., as well as in the UK through our Singleton Birch business. For more information, visit https://www.mlc.com/.

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