Senior Project Manager

We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?

At Nouryon, our global team takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society's needs – today and in the future.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Asset Management team at our Mumbai/Mahad site.

In your future role as Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for driving major investments at the Mahad site, managing and ensuring that project execution aligns with Nouryon's strategic objectives and project standards. This key position involves leading a multidisciplinary team and EPCM contractor, and engaging with various internal and external stakeholders, both local and international.

Key Accountabilities The principal objective of the Senior Project Manager is to lead the planning, execution, and engineering of capital investment projects at the Mahad site, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, safely and according to engineering specifications – employing project management best practices and methodologies (NPM) to maximize project value and efficiency.

We believe you bring

- Project Execution:
- Lead the project team and engineering firm to develop detailed engineering and equipment/bulk material procurement, combining site experience with previous Peroxide technology good practice.
- Work with the site team to obtain project-related permit applications from the authorities.
- Lead construction package contractor selection and guide the EPCm contractor in organizing site construction.




- Develop related management procedures under the PEP principle to coordinate, monitor and drive project activities, and manage project risks, issues, changes, budget and resources, taking corrective actions when necessary.
- Project Delivery & Closure:
- Hand over the project to the CSU team per the aligned Mechanical Completion (MC) standard, in line with Nouryon requirements and brownfield project characteristics.
- Support Commissioning and Start-up (CSU) after project MC as needed.
- Evaluate and close the project, and identify and analyze lessons learned according to NPM procedure.
- Relations Management:
- Build, maintain and utilize a network of internal and external stakeholders/authorities/partners, and represent the project within the organization.
- Project Information:
- Manage and share project status information with related stakeholders, following PEP.
- People Management:
- Manage the project team using management methods and techniques to ensure the team works smoothly.
- Stakeholder Management:
- Manage relations with multiple stakeholders including the technical group, asset management team, marketing group, site team, NPR, external engineering firm, authorities and others.

We believe you are…

- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering; a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering is preferred.




- Minimum of 15 years' industry experience with a proven track record in investment project management across the various project phases, preferably in the chemical sector; 20 years or above, including project management experience for brownfield projects, is preferred.
- Proficient in project management software and tools such as Microsoft Project, preferably with chemical plant design experience.
- Rich experience and knowledge in engineering design and process safety requirements and regulations is an advantage.
- Strong leadership and people management skills.
- Exceptional communication and negotiation skills; experience with emergency management is of added value.
- PMP or equivalent certification in project management is highly desirable.
- Willingness and ability to travel as required.

We offer you

At Nouryon, we not only offer an exciting role and great colleagues, but also perks in addition to your salary.

Are you passionate about sustainability, innovation, safety, and collaboration? Do you want to grow together with a company that is forward-looking and continuously improving how they work? Our employees have ideas on how to build a sustainable future and the drive and passion to realize them.

If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.

Good to know

This is a permanent position on a full-time basis, based in Mumbai/Mahad, India, reporting to the Director Asset Management APAC. Travel is required for this role.

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