Global Project Manager

About the role

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow's needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

Job Requirements

• Defines project(s) goals, plans, and deliverables in alignment with business objectives to ensure projects are fit for purpose (weighing business requirements, practicality, and cost to deliver).
• Organizes resources, sets priorities and timeframe for deliverables.
• Develops and implements a project risk management plan including risk identification and mitigation to establishes actions to minimize and mitigate risks.
• Provides technical, financial, and project leadership to the team to the successful completion of all phases of capital or expense projects.
• Ensures team members have necessary tools and resources in order to conduct their daily tasks.
• Motivates and directs project activities of internal and external team members.
• Directs and coordinates the effective and on time implementation of multiple projects through the motivation and coordination of a project team.
• Leads across organizational boundaries.
• Collaborates with other functions as needed for total project success.
• Ensures that early phase project scopes and cost estimates are reasonable, thus avoiding delays, rework and even cancellation in the execution phases.
• Develops and monitors project(s) budget and schedules, forecast completion, and identifies and resolves threats to on-time project completion.
• Applies intensive and diverse knowledge of principles and practices in areas of assignment and related fields.
• Shares learnings across the organization.
• Oversees, monitors, expedites, and controls outside contractors (e.g., engineering, equipment, consultants, construction) assigned to work on the project(s) Ensures capital project is compliant with local and national regulations, codes, and standards.
• Provides input, feedback on team members' and provides updates to Regional Engineering Managers and ensures consistent communication in the matrix organization.

Competencies

• Strong technical knowledge in engineering discipline(s) and project controls (e.g., estimating, cost control, change management, planning-scheduling, risk management, progress measurement, reporting).
• Broad / practical knowledge of Project Management methodologies, contracting strategies, best practices, and tools.
• Extensive project management skills with ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Has the ability to leverage resources from cross-functional sources.
• Ability to lead, motivate and influence others; can build and effectively lead teams focused on agreed aligned objectives.
• Proficient with contract and contractor management.
• Expert knowledge and experience of the installation of manufacturing systems, processes, and equipment.
• Multi-disciplinary knowledge including process engineering, process safety, civil-structural, piping, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation / analyzers, process automation, SH&E, and construction management.
• Strong English language (written, verbal, and presentation skills).
• English and Chinese language skills are required.
• Mature, self-starter and self-motivated; can work unsupervised and initiate solutions without awaiting instruction.
• Excellent management and organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Ability to formulate and present ideas in a convincing and persuasive manner to all levels of the organization; provide well-developed technical advice.
• Promoter of Safety, Health, and Environmental awareness leading to best-in-class SHE results.
• Regular / extended travel is required to assigned project location(s) for engineering and construction within region.
• Occasional travel outside of region may be required.
• Strong skills in thinking strategically, innovating, planning, managing change, managing stakeholders, influencing, negotiating, persuading, collaborating, and communicating at all levels.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor of Science / University degree in Engineering in related discipline (e.g., chemical, mechanical, electrical preferred) with >10 years of related experience with minimum five (5) years direct project management experience in a large capital project environment.
• Advanced / graduate degree (e.g., engineering, business, engineering management) preferred.
• Experience in project execution and project management with a strong background as a project engineer consisting of high value / complex projects with full accountability.
• As Project Manager, managed and successfully delivered projects above 30 MM USD in chemical, petrochemical, refinering, heavy manufacturing industries.
• Plant engineering and turnaround coordination experience is a plus.
• Work experience from Owner's perspective is preferred but experience in engineering companies is also valuable.
• Experience with a formal Project Management phase-gate methodology required and formal PM certification preferred (e.g., Project Management Professional through PMI, company-specific equivalent).
• Professional engineering license (or foreign equivalent) is strongly preferred.

Additional information

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, "Creating for Tomorrow," we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability - today and into the future.