Senior Manager of Capital Projects Engineering
$124,000–$186,000 year
On-siteThornton, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of capital project engineers through hiring, performance management, and technical career development. Own end-to-end delivery of capital projects from concept and scope definition through detailed design, procurement, installation, commissioning, and handoff to operations. Develop, manage, and forecast capital project budgets, schedules, and cash flows while tracking variances to executive leadership. Manage vendor, OEM, and contractor relationships, including RFQ development, technical bid evaluation, contract negotiation, and on-site oversight. Drive the SP2.5 capital project through site acceptance testing, commissioning, validation, and successful production start-up. Own engineering standards, design specifications, and best practices for equipment selection, P&IDs, and documentation. Report project status, risks, and mitigation plans through steering committees, gate reviews, and monthly updates. Implement Process Hazard Analysis and appropriate safety procedures. Requires a Bachelor's degree in mechanical or chemical engineering, 10+ years in materials production, and experience with hazardous area classification.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical or chemical engineering
- 10+ years of industry experience in the materials production environment
- Experience leading capital projects through the project life cycle
- Experience managing an engineering staff or a team through projects
- Experience with hazardous area classification and high hazard building occupancy
- Experience leading installations, commissioning, SOP development, and refining equipment design of new equipment under a commercial powder production environment
- Own team troubleshooting performing materials production equipment problems
- Interpersonal skills in developing positive working relations to interface well with other leaders, engineers, scientists, and operations personnel
- Required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as necessary including, but not limited to eye protection, hair net, gloves, face mask, coveralls, full-face respirator or PAPR
- Employment in this position is conditioned on the continued availability of government authorization to authorize release of such items, to the extent required, including without limitation an export license, or other documentation required to establish authorization to receive access to such items
- All offers of employment at Solid Power are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with AutoCAD, Solid Works, electrical diagrams, P&IDs, and general arrangement drawings is a plus
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