Senior Project Engineer

ISP Chemicals LLC; Calvert City (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashland is seeking a Senior Project Engineer at the Calvert City, KY location to lead capital projects within the Manufacturing function. You will report to the Engineering Manager and drive multiple projects from concept through startup, ensuring safety, compliance, and value creation.

Candidates should have 10+ years in project engineering or construction, a BS in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
• 10+ years in Project Engineering or Project Construction in an industrial environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated responsible and ethical behavior at all times.
• The ability to help the company drive greater value through understanding the business and making complex decisions.

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Manage 7+ concurrent capital projects valued up to $1MM, overseeing scope, budget, schedule, and execution from concept through startup.
• Planning and Feasibility: Analyze operational issues, develop project scopes, estimate costs, and evaluate feasibility to support sound investment decisions.
• Capital Authorization and Procurement: Prepare Authority for Expenditures, write contractor bid packages, and issue material requisitions.
• Vendor and Contractor Oversight: Manage outside engineering services and supervise construction activities to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to specification.
• Budget and Schedule Control: Monitor project costs and timelines to achieve budget targets and meet project milestones.
• Operations and Startup Support: Lead projects across processing operations and plant infrastructure, assisting with startups and handoffs to operations teams.
• Standards and Code Compliance: Apply corporate and plant standards, along with applicable engineering codes, to the design of equipment and systems.

Skills

Project management

Verbal communication

Written communication

Ethical conduct

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

ISP Chemicals LLC Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious? Are you always solving? Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Engineer to join our Ashland Specialty Ingredients business at our Calvert City, KY location. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Manufacturing function. This position will report to the Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Manage 7+ concurrent capital projects valued up to $1MM, overseeing scope, budget, schedule, and execution from concept through startup.
• Planning and Feasibility: Analyze operational issues, develop project scopes, estimate costs, and evaluate feasibility to support sound investment decisions.
• Capital Authorization and Procurement: Prepare Authority for Expenditures, write contractor bid packages, and issue material requisitions.
• Vendor and Contractor Oversight: Manage outside engineering services and supervise construction activities to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to specification.
• Budget and Schedule Control: Monitor project costs and timelines to achieve budget targets and meet project milestones.
• Operations and Startup Support: Lead projects across processing operations and plant infrastructure, assisting with startups and handoffs to operations teams.
• Standards and Code Compliance: Apply corporate and plant standards, along with applicable engineering codes, to the design of equipment and systems.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• BS in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
• 10+ years in Project Engineering or Project Construction in an industrial environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated responsible and ethical behavior at all times.
• The ability to help the company drive greater value through understanding the business, making complex decisions, and creating the new and different.

Preferred Skills

• CAD software
• Familiarity with ASME, API, PSM, CMMS systems, and cGMP
• Project Management certifications

Third party recruiters and agencies ("Agency") should not contact employees of Ashland or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent by an Agency to a hiring manager, recruiter or submitted to Ashland’s career portal are considered unsolicited and property of Ashland. Ashland will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, unless the Agency has a signed contract with Ashland’s Human Resources/Procurement department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration. Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical.

Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do. Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty. Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company.

As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company.

If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.

Infinite Possibilities

Creating good chemistry isn’t just about what happens when you add the right ingredients together. It’s about what happens when the right people are one of the ingredients. Good chemistry – the kind that can transform a market or a world – is what makes Ashland different and what makes us better. If you’re passionate about the infinite possibilities created through good chemistry, we have a rewarding and challenging opportunity for you to help us make great things happen every day for our customers, our communities, our investors and our colleagues around the world.