Capital Project Manager

Your Job

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is looking for a contribution-motivated individual for a Project Manager role in our Operations Services team who will lead multi-discipline project teams to implement improvement projects in our industrial fertilizer and methanol manufacturing facilities.

The Operations Services team is primarily located in Wichita, KS and supports multiple projects at KAES sites.

This role is eligible for relocation to Wichita.

Travel is 25% with increased travel during outages or turnaround events.

Travel is flexible depending on needs at the business/site and is largely controlled by the individual.

This role offers a hybrid working model.

Our Team

The project management capability leverages project processes, the knowledge, and skills of our Ops Services team to deliver superior projects.

As a centralized project capability, we have the opportunity to work with different project teams on a wide variety of projects that helps our team members rapidly develop and increase our ability to contribute to our business.

What You Will Do


* Lead multiple small to moderate size capital improvement projects (approximately $1M to $20M) in a timely, safe, and cost-effective manner to improve unit/plant operations (size and complexity dependent on experience)


* Collaborate with plant personnel and other internal and external partners to define objectives, develop scope, and implement project executions plans


* Understand and manage business, economic, technical, and operational drivers behind assigned projects


* Communicate effectively and recognize opportunities for value creation and business improvements


* Manage multiple projects in various stages in the project life cycle


* Support knowledge sharing and training within the Operations Services team to develop and further enhance team-members' technical skills

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* 3+ years of plant experience in an ammonia, refining, energy, chemicals, or closely related industry


* Background in industrial plant maintenance, operations and/or reliability fields


* 2+ years of experience interfacing with capital projects teams (engineering, procurement, construction, project controls)

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering discipline or construction management


* Experience managing multiple small to medium capital projects


* 3+ years of project management experience


* 5+ years of experience in construction management, planning, or execution coordination

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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