Chief Project Engineer

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas.  

You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions.  Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy.

Function:
Engineering and Engineering Services

Job Summary:

You will report directly to the Engineering Manager and lead a team of Project Engineers. You will oversee project engineering activities and guide the project engineering group.

Your role includes providing technical support and expertise on all capital projects. Your contributions will address immediate needs while balancing long-term priorities, fostering ownership, and creating enthusiasm for the vision, goals, and necessary business changes. This is a safety-sensitive position.

Job Description:

Some engineering roles are about maintaining what already exists.

This one is about shaping what comes next.

We're looking for an engineering leader who can turn ideas into projects, technical challenges into solutions, and capital investments into safer, more reliable and efficient operations.

You'll lead engineers, influence major investment decisions, and bring together multidisciplinary teams and contractors to execute complex projects across the site.

This isn't just about managing projects.

It's about developing people. Improving the plant. Making smart investments. And turning engineering strategy into results.

If you're ready to lead from the front and see the impact of your work come to life, we'd love to meet you.

Why This Role Matters You'll lead the Project Engineering team responsible for delivering improvements that enhance safety, reliability, energy efficiency, production, and regulatory compliance.

From defining project scope and building the business case to managing execution and long-term capital planning, you'll help determine where we invest, what we improve, and what comes next.

Lead Projects That Make an Impact Lead multidisciplinary teams through the planning and execution of capital projects.

Define project scope, justification, schedules, and resource requirements.

Lead Management of Change for major projects.

Support turnaround planning, engineering work requests, and critical site initiatives.

Shape the Future of the Site Manage the annual capital spending forecast and five-year capital plan.

Forecast project cash flows and help ensure capital is deployed effectively.

Provide technical evaluation of projects related to nitrogen manufacturing.

Lead engineering and construction contractors to ensure work meets design specifications and applicable codes.

Develop Great Engineers Lead and develop the Project Engineering team.

Build technical capability through individual development plans.

Create opportunities for engineers to grow while strengthening the capabilities the organization needs for the future.

What Success Looks Like Success means delivering projects that improve the operation while…