Engineering Manager

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2024 revenue of approximately $9.4 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

Responsibilities

The Engineering Manager will lead a team of engineers to deliver high-quality projects, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives. This role involves strategic planning, resource management, and fostering a collaborative team environment. This individual will collaborate with supervision, engineering teams, operations representatives, and project controls to ensure successful project execution.

Responsibilities (including but not limited to the following) :

• Safely support the execution of capital projects and studies as assigned through engineering phases of the project or provide discipline specific support in accordance with established schedules, budgets, and customer requirements.
• Compile and identify scope of project, identify discipline support needs (all design disciplines plus any applicable SME support, Reliability, etc) and assemble resources for project teams.
• Oversee the planning, execution, and detailed designs from engineering through implementation.
• Work with the Project Manager and Project Controls personnel to coordinate, report, and document the progress of work, provide feedback on budget and schedule deviations, and communicate upcoming work projection.
• Interface with Engineering Services, Engineering Contractor, Hyderabad, Contracting Services, and Operations for the effective implementation of capital projects.
• Identify to Project Team schedule and cost-related issues including recognition of critical issues and action on them to preclude project problems.
• Ensure involvement of appropriate personnel in the development and implementation of capital projects from Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Operations, and Maintenance (EPCOM).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, including other engineering disciplines, project managers, group leaders, project controls and schedulers, operations, and procurement to ensure successful project delivery.
• Active day-to-day interaction with disciplines to ensure coordination, identify concerns, resolve issues and enable progress.
• Lead the development and maintenance of project plans, schedules, and associated documents. Clearly outline the project’s goals and deliverables, engage stakes holders to ensure alignment, develop a detailed engineering plan, establish communication protocols, track progress and document changes, and keep all project documentation organized.
• Provide guidance, mentoring, and collaboration on projects. Provide work process guidance to team members.
• Promote use of Eastman Capital Process and ensure the best-value practices are used to establish project scope and to manage changes.
• Consider safety, cost, and schedule in overall project plan to ensure objectives are met at best overall value.
• Must understand and follow all applicable safety requirements and expectations.
• Demonstrates a willingness and desire to function in a team setting and exhibits behaviors that support overall company goals and objectives.
• Actively participates on improvement teams, projects, and safety programs as well as follows and upholds the Eastman Team principles.

Qualifications

Minimum

Preferred

Location : Longview, TX

Eastman Chemical Company is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected classes as designated by law.

Eastman is committed to creating a powerfully diverse workforce and a broadly inclusive workplace, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential each day.