Senior Project Manager, Food & Beverage

As the industry leader in water technology and Food & Beverage cleaning technology, we’re growing and need talented people like you to help us continue to protect the world’s most vital resource.  The Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company Global Industrial Engineering Team has an immediate need for a Senior Project Manager. You will be responsible for independently performing project management functions and will direct, coordinate, and manage design, fabrication and commissioning of food & beverage and/or water pre-treatment systems, chemical feed, control, and instrumentation packages. 

What You Will Do 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES (65%) 

• Schedule project work, milestones, and commissioning. 

• Prepare, distribute, and gain approval on project approval documentation.  

• Complete the detailed discovery process and assess the customer’s cleaning and sanitation processes based upon input from the customer and our field and corporate account teams. 

• Make process and equipment recommendations based upon the discovery process, your assessment, and desired customer outcomes. 

• Sustain a sense of urgency around project critical paths and issues. 

• Provide technical guidance to corporate and account sales teams as required to establish or strengthen the customer relationship, sale our proposed solution, and provide differentiated value. 

• Motivate project teams and inspire a sense of teamwork, ownership, and urgency. 

• Display strong leadership. 

• Interface with customer for required change orders to negate scope creep. 

• Trouble-shoot customer problems and develop solutions. 

• Identify, monitor, and proactively manage risk. 

• Develop procurement requirements and plans for coordination with the internal engineering team. 

• Always conduct yourself and communicate in a professional manner. 

• Interface with multi-level plant and management positions to influence decisions. 

• Align project execution with the strategy, mission, culture, and ethics of Ecolab. 

RESPONSIBILITIES (30%) 

• Meetings with customers in corporate and plant locations 

• Customer training at Ecolab facilities 

RESPONSIBILITIES (5%) 

• Contribute to internal process improvements 

• Participate in Ecolab safety and HR initiatives with 100% compliance 

Position Details  

• Naperville, IL or Roscoe, IL  or Houston, TX

• Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote

• Up to 25% travel  

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree  

• 3 years of Food and Beverage Experience, Equipment Design and Procurement 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline 

• Water treatment experience 

Annual or Hourly Compensation Range

The pay range for this position is $104,500-$156,700. Many factors are taken into consideration when determining compensation, such as experience, education, training,