Senior Capital Project Lead - Manufacturing & Startup

Insight Global; Metropolis (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Lead Project Manager to steer capital projects from initial scope through construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout. You’ll drive critical decisions and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery across multidisciplinary teams.

In this role you will manage budgets, schedules, forecasting, cost controls, risk management, and change orders; coordinate operations, maintenance, engineering, vendors, and contractors; and mentor engineers and project managers to raise

Qualifications

• 4+ years managing capital projects in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience taking projects through commissioning and startup.
• Strong budgeting, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, and risk management skills.
• Experience managing contractors, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of estimating, scheduling, and earned value management.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital projects across the full project lifecycle.
• Manage budgets, schedules, forecasting, cost controls, risk, and change orders.
• Coordinate operations, maintenance, engineering, vendors, and contractors.
• Develop bid packages, requests for quotation, and statements of work.
• Track project performance and communicate risks, costs, and schedule impacts.
• Mentor engineers and project managers.

Skills

Capital project management

Commissioning & startup

Budgeting & forecasting

Contractor/vendor management

Estimating & earned value management

Leadership & communication

Education

PMP or Six Sigma certification

Tools

SAP

EcoSys

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Lead Project Manager to steer capital projects from initial scope through construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout. You’ll drive critical decisions and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery across multidisciplinary teams.

In this role you will manage budgets, schedules, forecasting, cost controls, risk management, and change orders; coordinate operations, maintenance, engineering, vendors, and contractors; and mentor engineers and project managers to raise