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We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.\nWe are looking for:\nProject Engineer - Capital Projects, Multidisciplinary Leadership & Equipment Engineering.\nThe Project Engineer is responsible for the planning, engineering, project management, and execution of capital projects with values up to $5 million.\nThe position provides end-to-end project leadership from concept development and FEL through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.\nThe Project Engineer serves as the project leader and is responsible for leading multidisciplinary project teams consisting of process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, civil/structural, operations, maintenance, EHS, procurement, finance, contractors, and external engineering resources.\nIn addition to project management responsibilities, the Project Engineer may serve as the Lead Equipment Engineer on larger capital projects, providing technical leadership and engineering oversight for major process and mechanical equipment.\nThis includes developing equipment requirements, evaluating technical solutions, coordinating vendor engineering, reviewing equipment specifications and designs, and supporting equipment procurement, installation, commissioning, and startup.\nThe Project Engineer is accountable for delivering assigned projects safely, on schedule, within approved budget, and in accordance with company standards and project objectives.\nWe count on you to:\nProject Management & Leadership\nServe as the Project Manager for capital projects up to $5 million.\nProvide overall leadership and accountability for project scope, cost, schedule, quality, safety, and execution.\nLead multidisciplinary project teams through all phases of project development and execution.\nEstablish project objectives, responsibilities, milestones, deliverables, and performance expectations.\nCoordinate resources across engineering disciplines and functional organizations.\nFacilitate collaboration between engineering, operations, maintenance, procurement, construction, EHS, finance, contractors, and vendors.\nEstablish clear ownership and accountability for project deliverables.\nResolve conflicts between disciplines and drive timely project decisions.\nLead project meetings, design reviews, risk reviews, constructability reviews, and project status meetings.\nProvide regular project status updates to management, including cost, schedule, risks, issues, and required decisions.\nManage project scope and changes through the established change-control process.\nLead Equipment Engineering\nServe as Lead Equipment Engineer for major equipment packages and large capital projects, as assigned.\nProvide technical leadership for the selection, specification, design, procurement, installation, commissioning, and startup of major equipment.\nDevelop equipment specifications, datasheets, design criteria, and technical requirements.\nEvaluate equipment technologies and alternatives based on safety, reliability, performance, maintainability, lifecycle cost, and project requirements.\nLead technical evaluations of equipment suppliers and review vendor proposals and quotations.\nCoordinate equipment engineering activities with process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, civil/structural, and other disciplines.\nReview and approve vendor drawings, calculations, specifications, data sheets, equipment layouts, and other technical documentation.\nManage vendor engineering interfaces and ensure equipment deliverables meet project requirements and schedule.\nIdentify and resolve equipment design, integration, constructability, and operational issues.\nParticipate in equipment design reviews, HAZOPs, constructability reviews, factory acceptance testing, inspections, and vendor meetings.\nProvide technical support during equipment fabrication, installation, commissioning, startup, and troubleshooting.\nEnsure equipment designs address reliability, maintainability, operability, safety, and long-term performance requirements.\nDevelop and maintain equipment-related technical documentation and lessons learned.\nServe as the technical point of contact for major equipment suppliers and internal stakeholders.\nCapital Project Development\nDevelop capital project concepts, scopes, business cases, and preliminary estimates.\nLead multidisciplinary teams through FEL and applicable stage-gate processes.\nCoordinate feasibility studies, alternatives analysis, constructability reviews, and project risk assessments.\nEstablish project budgets, schedules, resource requirements, and execution strategies.\nEnsure project scope is sufficiently defined before proceeding to detailed engineering and execution.\nMultidisciplinary Engineering Management\nCoordinate engineering activities across multiple disciplines to ensure an integrated project design.\nEstablish engineering deliverables, design criteria, schedules, and discipline interfaces.\nCoordinate process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, civil/structural, and other technical disciplines.\nIdentify and resolve discipline interfaces and design conflicts.\nLead multidisciplinary design reviews.\nEnsure engineering deliverables meet applicable codes, standards, specifications, safety requirements, and company practices.\nBalance technical requirements with cost, schedule, constructability, reliability, maintainability, and operational requirements.\nProcurement & Contractor Management\nDevelop procurement strategies and technical specifications for equipment, materials, and services.\nCoordinate technical bid evaluations and vendor selections.\nManage vendor engineering and equipment documentation.\nCoordinate engineering and construction contractors.\nEstablish contractor expectations for scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and deliverables.\nMonitor contractor and vendor performance and resolve issues affecting project execution.\nManage contractor and vendor changes, RFIs, technical queries, and commercial issues.\nProject Controls & Financial Management\nEstablish and maintain project budgets and schedules.\nManage project costs, commitments, expenditures, forecasts, and contingency.\nMaintain an accurate estimate-at-completion throughout the project lifecycle.\nMonitor project performance against approved scope, cost, and schedule baselines.\nIdentify cost and schedule trends and develop corrective actions.\nProvide accurate and timely project reporting to management.\nConstruction, Commissioning & Startup\nLead the multidisciplinary project team during construction and field execution.\nCoordinate construction activities with operations and maintenance.\nProvide technical oversight for installation of major equipment and systems.\nEnsure equipment is installed in accordance with approved engineering documents and manufacturer requirements.\nCoordinate equipment testing, commissioning, startup, and performance verification.\nLead or support troubleshooting of equipment and system issues during startup.\nEnsure punch-list items are identified, assigned, and closed.\nSafety, Quality & Compliance\nEstablish and reinforce safety expectations across the project team.\nEnsure safety is incorporated into equipment selection, engineering design, procurement, and project execution.\nParticipate in project safety reviews, HAZOPs, risk assessments, constructability reviews, and contractor safety meetings.\nEnsure projects and equipment comply with applicable regulatory requirements, codes, standards, and company practices.\nPromote quality throughout engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.\nYou will bring:\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related technical discipline.\nMore than 5 years of experience in engineering, capital projects, equipment engineering, construction, or project management.\nDemonstrated experience managing capital projects with values up to $5 million.\nDemonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary project teams.\nDemonstrated experience with the specification, selection, procurement, or installation of major industrial equipment.\nStrong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project controls.\nAbility to manage project budgets, schedules, contractors, consultants, vendors, and cross-functional teams.\nStrong technical, leadership, communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nProfessional Engineer (PE) license or progress toward licensure.\nProject Management Professional (PMP) certification.\nExperience serving as Lead Equipment Engineer on large capital projects.\nExperience with rotating equipment, fixed equipment, process equipment, utilities, or other major industrial equipment.\nExperience with FEL/stage-gate capital project processes.\nExperience managing EPC/EPCM engineering and construction contractors.\nExperience developing capital cost estimates and detailed project schedules.\nExperience with SAP or other ERP/project management systems.\nKey Competencies\nProject Leadership: Successfully leads capital projects from concept through completion.\nMultidisciplinary Leadership: Builds alignment and drives accountability across diverse technical and functional teams.\nEquipment Engineering: Provides strong technical leadership for major equipment and equipment packages.\nTechnical Judgment: Balances technical requirements, safety, reliability, cost, schedule, and operational needs.\nProject Ownership: Takes accountability for project performance and drives issues to resolution.\nFinancial Management: Effectively manages capital projects up to €4 million.\nVendor Management: Effectively manages equipment suppliers and technical interfaces.\nRisk Management: Identifies and mitigates technical, commercial, safety, and execution risks.\nCommunication: Clearly communicates project and technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nSafety Leadership: Demonstrates a strong commitment to safe project design and execution.\nSuccess Measures\nSuccess in this position will be measured by the ability to:\nSuccessfully manage and deliver capital projects up to $5 million.\nEffectively lead multidisciplinary project teams.\nServe as a trusted Lead Equipment Engineer for large capital projects.\nSelect and deliver equipment that meets safety, performance, reliability, operability, and lifecycle-cost requirements.\nDeliver projects safely, on schedule, and within approved budget.\nEffectively manage project scope, changes, risks, and interfaces.\nMaintain accurate cost forecasts and project reporting.\nSuccessfully coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.\nEstablish strong relationships with equipment suppliers, contractors, consultants, and internal stakeholders.\nDeliver projects that achieve their intended operational and business objectives. \nYou will get:\nThe U.S. base salary range reasonably expected to be paid for this position is $112,000 - $140,000 per year. Since actual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted base salary range. Total compensation for this role also includes bonus and/or other incentives.\n16, or more, weeks of maternity/paternity and co-parenting leave, according to local regulations\nTraining platform for all employees\nFree language courses (24 languages available)\nFree well-being sessions (physical and psychological)\nAdditional Informaion: (Reporting Relationship)\nReports to: Project Engineering Manager\nProject Leadership: Leads multidisciplinary teams for capital projects up to $5 million.\nTechnical Lead...","description_format":"text","description_chars":13856,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T14:48:36Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":51,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":0.9,"p_active":0.756,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":10,"expected_fill_days":12,"reasons":["conf:49","velocity","win:late","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/syensqo-senior-project-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/syensqo-senior-project-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-16T01:57:20Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3183,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-17T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":50272},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=50272"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsyensqo-senior-project-engineer-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsyensqo-senior-project-engineer-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsyensqo-senior-project-engineer-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/syensqo-senior-project-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsyensqo-senior-project-engineer-2"}]}