Capital Project Manager- Executive
Listed on 2026-10-18
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Management
Operations Management, Project & Program Management, General Management
CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our employees are in the United States, but today we have employees in 19 countries.
At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture.
CHS, Inc. is seeking a Capital Project Manager – Executive to lead the delivery of a new greenfield soybean processing facility near Evansville, Wisconsin. This role provides executive leadership and overall accountability for an approximately $700 million capital investment that will expand CHS’s oilseed processing capabilities and create new market opportunities for its owners. The Capital Project Manager
- Executive will oversee integrated project delivery through construction, commissioning, and turnover, aligning internal teams, external partners, and key stakeholders. This leader will drive project governance, resolve critical issues, and guide execution to deliver the facility safely, on schedule, within approved capital parameters, and in alignment with CHS business objectives. The planned facility will process up to 80 million bushels of U.S.
-grown soybeans annually and is expected to employ approximately 80 people. Located in a region with strong soybean production and significant demand for soybean meal, the facility will benefit from access to rail service and major transportation corridors serving domestic and global markets.
This is a project-based executive leadership role. The role requires a significant on-site presence in Evansville, Wisconsin during critical project phases, beginning with construction anticipated in September 2026 through fall of 2028, to provide visible leadership, enable timely decision-making and support effective coordination with internal stakeholders and external delivery partners.
Following completion of the project, the incumbent may be considered for future CHS leadership opportunities based on business needs, organizational requirements and the individual’s qualifications and performance.
ResponsibilitiesProvide executive leadership and overall accountability for new greenfield soybean processing facility delivery from post-Board approval through successful facility turnover and project closeout. Set the execution strategy, integrated delivery framework, priorities and accountability mechanisms necessary to achieve approved project objectives
Establish and lead project execution, escalation, and strategic decision-support processes. Direct governance forums, develop escalation pathways, and decision-rights processes, and provide clear recommendations to executive sponsors regarding project performance, material risks, tradeoffs, changes, and decisions requiring review and approval
Own delivery assurance across scope, schedule, budget and risk. Maintain executive accountability for performance against the approved project scope, schedule and capital plan, including owner’s costs. Ensure rigorous forecasting, change control, contingency stewardship, risk management and corrective-action processes are in place and effective
Direct the external project delivery ecosystem. Provide strategic direction and performance oversight for the general contractor, engineering partners, OFCI equipment and supplier partners, and other external parties. Ensure roles, interfaces, contractual obligations, dependencies and performance expectations are aligned to deliver the integrated project plan
Champion safe, compliant and quality project execution. Set the leadership expectations and delivery culture required to achieve strong safety, environmental, regulatory, quality and construction performance
Ensure material issues are visible, addressed promptly and escalated through the appropriate governance channels. Ensure successful commissioning, turnover and closeout. Provide executive direction for project completion, commissioning, turnover and closeout activities. Partner with the separate Prepare to Operate workstream to align handover requirements, readiness dependencies, documentation and resolution of material transition issues
Ensure alignment between project execution activities and prepare to operate workstream by coordinating project milestones, identifying cross-functional dependencies, communicating schedule impacts, and facilitating…
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