Senior Project Manager - North America Capital Projects
Listed on 2026-09-25
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Engineering
Operations Management
Perks of working with us!
- Competitive health + wellness benefit plan
- Continuous professional development with many opportunities for growth
- Recharge with 15 days of paid time off
- Competitive Salary and Bonuses
- 401k Plan
- Ability to work remotely
You are responsible for leading and supporting capital projects across the North American plant network. You will provide project leadership from initial planning and budgeting through execution, commissioning, and closeout, while ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in alignment with business objectives. You will provide leadership and guidance to Project Managers and Engineers, support the planning, tracking, forecasting, and budgeting of Capital Expenditures (Cap Ex), and ensure projects progress effectively through the established Stage Gate process in the multi-million-dollar range.
Key Responsibilities- Lead medium to large-scale capital projects from concept and feasibility through design, construction, commissioning, and project closeout.
- Develop and maintain project scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and execution strategies.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams, including Engineering, Operations, EHS, Finance, Procurement, R&D, and other functional stakeholders.
- Monitor project performance and proactively identify and address risks, issues, schedule delays, and cost variances.
- Champion project teams through the company's Stage Gate process.
- Review project business cases, scopes, cost estimates, schedules, risk assessments, and supporting documentation at key project milestones.
- Serve as a resource and mentor to Project Managers, Engineers, and other project team members.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives related to capital planning, project execution, cost management, and reporting.
- Facilitate effective communication between plant leadership, project teams, Finance, Engineering, and senior management.
- Prepare and present project updates and portfolio-level information to leadership.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Finance, or a related technical discipline preferred.
- 10+ years of experience managing capital projects in a manufacturing, industrial, or similar environment.
- Extensive working knowledge of capital project processes, including budgeting, forecasting, project accounting, and general accounting policies and procedures.
- Strong understanding of project cost management, forecasting, scheduling, and financial reporting.
- Strong understanding of construction and engineering principles.
- Ownership of Safe work environment for projects.
- Experience with Microsoft Office and SAP.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and managing projects across multiple sites.
- Ability to travel 50-80%
We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.
At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits which include medical, dental, vision & 401K, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development.
So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, whether in the lab or the field, consider joining our team.
Solenis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affinity Action Employer, including Minorities / Women/ Veterans / Disabled.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will…
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