Capex Project Manager (F/M/X)

Solvay is all about chemistry. We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.

 

About the role

• Our Project and Engineering team for NAM (North-America), is currently growing and will finally be composed of 5 to 10 persons, is integrated in the Projects department and focuses on engineering and delivering capital investment projects in collaboration with Engineering contractors and Solvay Business units .
• As Project Manager (PM), you will be responsible for managing the assigned projects, you will interface with the Global Business Unit (GBU) management throughout project implementation and will communicate progress to the Project Steering Committee on a monthly basis, at a minimum. You will be first assigned to a new grassroots Silica plant that Solvay is developing in North America. This major investment will be built in the Gulf of Mexico zone (Texas, Louisiana, Mexico) with engineering developed originally in Europe with transition later on to North America.
• The project management covers all aspects of executing industrial investment projects in  Solvay’ s manufacturing facilities (both “grass root” and expansion based projects in the process industry). The projects will follow Solvay’s Project methodology, based on a stage gate approach with Front End Loading Phases 1 to 3, followed by an execution phase. 
• The Project Manager is assigned during the early FEL phase and will normally follow the project for the complete lifecycle, if the project is approved to progress to the next stage.
• You will report directly to Solvay’s Head of Projects
• You will be accountable for:

  • Ensuring that safety is correctly implemented in the project, both during design and execution, and through construction phases, aligned with GBU host site safe work practices and Corporate Policies.

  •  Specifying the scope in early project stages (FEL1→3)  and managing the EPCM and Construction services/contract resources necessary to support the project

  • Managing the capital project including the costs, schedule, functional group activities, and communication to all levels of the organization

  • Delivering of the project’s scope of work as agreed to with the sponsoring Business Unit and consistent with the project’s safety goals and protocols, regulatory requirements, established budget and schedule duration

  • Monitoring and reporting of project progress for safety, quality, scope, cost and schedule, throughout execution and be capable of implementing any corrective actions required

  • Using of other capital best practices as appropriate (e.g. constructability reviews, value engineering sessions, risk analysis and management, execute change control consistent with the established Delegation of