Small Capital Project Team Lead

On-Board Engineering is hiring a Small Capital Project Team Lead in Richmond, VA!

Position Details:

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Location: Richmond, VA (incentives negotiable for out of area candidates)

Benefits: Medical, Dental, 401k, Paid Holidays, PTO, and more

Compensation: $45 - $67.50/hr depending upon qualifications

Overview

Drug and background screenings required

The Capital Project Minor Team Leader (MTL) is the single point of accountability for the end-to-end project process necessary for a Capital Project to deliver on business objectives. Clearly sets overall Project Team direction and expectations. The MTL provides the primary interface between the Project Team and the Business and leads all necessary communication forums. This role is in Richmond, VA.

Of Note

This position is part of our dedicated and nested site operations team, which means this role will continue in perpetuity if the selected candidate’s performance meets expectations. The ideal candidate will be someone who looking to establish roots and stay for many years to come as an integral part of the team.

Main Responsibilities:

• Oversee projects less than $500k, with up to 20 projects over the course of a year.
• Leads cross functional capital project teams (including contract engineering team members) to meet business objectives.
• Accountable for developing and implementing appropriate project execution strategy for design, procurement, and construction
• Engages business / site leadership team as needed to ensure alignment with business, address any needs or concerns, make strategic project decisions, and provide status updates throughout execution of projects.
• Provides leadership for an effective team by ensuring roles and responsibilities are clearly understood.
• Ensures applicable project deliverable are accomplished in a quality manner.
• Leads the team in identifying non-cap alternatives or lower capital options.
• Ensures excellence in adherence to Process Safety Management (PSM), Environmental, Safety and Health (EH&S), Mechanical Integrity and Quality Assurance (MIQA) requirements, export controls and trade secrets principles, and other core value standards, processes, and procedures.
• Facilitates economic evaluations, prepares funding requests, forecasts capital and non-cap expenditures and asset write-offs, and ensures necessary financial reporting and accounting is performed.
• Champions the “no change” concept and ensures only changes consistent with the business and project objectives are approved.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of Project Quality Plans, including auditing work processes and deliverables for compliance, and for meeting agreed upon project quality requirements and expectations.
• Work with business and technical leadership to identify and comply with any US Export Control and Trade Secret/Intellectual Property/Security requirements for the project.
• Primary Client interface on Front-End Loading (FEL) and Design/Procurement of assigned capital projects.
• Engage with the sites to support the preparation of all documents needed to complete FEL and execute production design and procurement.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Required: 4-years degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical preferred)
• Required: 2 years (preferred > 5) experience working in a manufacturing / industrial setting
• Preferred: 2 years of experience in project management
• Preferred: Experience working with full-service design contractors.
  
  

Capabilities Required For This Role (Knowledge Skills & Abilities)

• Learning agility - A personal drive to learn, pivot when necessary, and adapt to the ever-changing needs of our company in the face of a changing world and customer base
• Business judgement - Awareness, understanding, and navigation of our business to enable improvement or development of solutions in your role that improve our business and our customers’ experience
• Functional skills - Deep understanding of capital project execution, including estimating, scheduling, design, prioritization, change management and contractor management. Knowledge of best-in-class Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Demonstrated ability to drive results and think strategically.
• Organizational skills - Having and using the knowledge of our organization’s systems, procedures, and culture to identify issues and/or opportunities and act on them in a way that meets the needs of customers and magnifies your impact
  
  

Behaviors Required for this Role

• Collaborating with others - Empowers purposeful engagement; “servant leader;” keeps things simple; engages individuals/team to achieve superior results; creates an atmosphere of value-driven outcomes
• Accountable - Takes responsibility for actions; communicates with transparency; recovers from mistakes; owns their impact
  
  

About Us

On-Board was founded in 1976 by Robert L. Wilson to provide Engineering and Design services to the chemical manufacturing industry. Today, On-Board is a thriving privately held family of companies with services including: Consulting, Professional Engineering, Industrial Maintenance and Facility Management, Contracted Manufacturing and Production Services, as well as Temporary Staffing and Recruiting throughout North America.

The On-Board Family of Companies conducts operations through its Corporate Headquarters located in East Windsor, NJ along with Regional Offices in New Castle, DE and Wake Forest, NC. On-Board’s Mission is to provide “Flexible Service by applying the talents of our people, work processes and technology to meet our clients’ expectations in a Safe, Responsible and Dependable manner.”

On-Board Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

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