Sr. Director, Project Engineering

The ASR Group family of companies make up the world's largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy.

The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group portfolio includes the leading brands Domino, C&H, Florida Crystals, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle's, Sidul and Whitworths. ASR Group companies also produce and market Tellus, a single-use, compostable tableware and food service product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane.

This role manages multiple teams of plant located capital project engineers. You'll oversee the development and delivery of large-scale, highly complex sustaining and modernization project. Primary responsibilities include directly managing internal & external engineers, staff development, priority setting and performance management. Delivering Executional Excellence through reviewing & validating project scopes, budgets, cashflow forecasts, risk analyses, commissioning plans, and schedule.

This is an opportunity to showcase your leadership and business collaboration skills and grow your career through support and mentorship from team members who are authentic, good-natured, and highly skilled.

• The top candidate is an experienced leader of internal & external engineering functional staff. Sets direction and manages formal project reviews over the construction life cycle
• Develops project budget, scope, schedule, LEAN metrics, labor maps, and value engineering options. Presents capital request for Executive approval
• Project scale and complexity require highly refined cost & schedule management skill. You know best practices for formulating a PO strategy grounded in stringent performance milestones to minimize cost risk. Vendor management expertise to maintain schedule.
• Leads formal review process of cost metrics, presenting to executive steering team.
• This role serves as the project interface with Operations stakeholders. Skilled collaborator with construction partners, equipment vendors, Procurement, Finance, Quality, Heathy & Safety and Operations management team to deliver exceptional performance metrics.
• Manages project coordination, prioritization and adherence to construction means and methods. Assures execution of engineering and Food Safety design standards.
• Leverages skill and influence to deliver best value solutions and fit for purpose application.
• Coordinates with Technical Subject Matter Experts, Health & Safety, Quality, and Operations during construction, commission, & start-up
• Advises VP Engineering on resource allocation across initiatives to best support Early Management & Vertical Startup practices

• Works with the Executive team to develop the annual capital budget and cashflow plan
• Ability to travel up to 50% peak, 25% typical

WORK EXPERIENCES

• 20+ years' experience within manufacturing environment, preferred
• Prior demonstrated experience as Engineering leader on capital projects scaled beyond +$50MM REQUIRED
• Preferred candidates will have prior experience leading brownfield renovation and implementing continuous improvement changes to large-scale process & packaging operations
• Previous experience in commodity refining/milling, pulp processing and/or food manufacturing requiredli>
• Previous experience managing manufacturing production or maintenance teams a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills and deep chemical processing technical aptitude
• Expert level project management skills: PMP or equivalent experience required
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to build relationships and interact with individuals at all levels of an organization
• Experience implementing LEAN pillar tools
• Demonstrated ability to provide both tactical and strategic leadership
• Strong people management skills with the ability to train and develop others
• Must be willing and able to travel to other manufacturing sites within North America, vendor facilities, construction sites, etc.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor of Science or Master's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial or Process Degree required from an ABET accredited…