Remote Engineering Project Manager

Summary

Join Ambercycle as an Engineering Project Manager to play a key role in advancing our circular materials initiatives. You will lead cross-functional programs, manage project interfaces, and drive efficient decision-making for the design, engineering, construction, and startup of Ambercycle's first-of-a-kind commercial plant.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil or Materials Engineering
• 5+ years of program management experience within engineering environments
• 5+ years managing large capital projects and collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including engineering contractors
• Ability to travel up to 40% percent, domestic and international

Responsibilities

• Lead and operationalize cross-functional programs, spanning all engineering organizations, with a focus on process design, capital projects, and technology development
• Create, maintain, communicate, and present schedules for engineering projects to the company management
• Manage internal and external project interfaces to drive efficient decision-making and achieve successful project completion
• Execute technically challenging programs and projects requiring engineering knowledge
• Work with Ambercycle and external teams to realize commercial plants within budget and on schedule
• Develop CAPEX and OPEX models to aid in decision making
• Collaborate with leadership to create tools for the tracking and monitoring of project metrics
• Define and drive tasks to be performed by the cross-functional team. Prioritize team project work based on schedule, risk, resources, and payback. Track status of projects and action items against the schedule
• Develop, implement, and refine project management procedures, frameworks, and metrics to achieve well-defined success criteria
• Identify creative ways to overcome obstacles and meet the schedule despite setbacks
• Define, report, and maintain program health, success metrics, and ongoing progress
• Standardize documentation and enhance project communication processes to foster consistency
• Create canonical documentation (including risk and decision registers, management of change documentation, etc.) to ensure alignment across teams
• Travel to company locations and facilities for meetings, training, special projects and information gathering (domestic and international)

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of process engineering or process design experience
• Advanced problem-solving with clear communication; ability to comprehend complex problems and break them down into manageable, clearly understood workstreams
• Proficiency in data-driven decision-making and with project management tools
• Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining, and communicating schedules
• Experience with techno-economic analysis, trade-off studies, financial evaluation, process economics, and OpEx/CapEx modeling
• Demonstrated experience in the management of engineering projects for mass-produced products
• Ability to work cross-functionally, manage teams, and effectively hold others accountable
• Proven ability to operate under pressure while managing multiple priorities simultaneously
• Track record of linking research and development activities with successful real-world implementation
• Knowledge of chemistry, polymers, technology and manufacturing
• Ability to effectively operate and deliver results in a fast-paced, open environment

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Pet Insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401(k)
• Healthy snacks & beverages
• Lunch Provided in office on Fridays