Project Manager II

Archer Daniels Midland - Decatur, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Decatur, IL

Food Manufacturing

About the position

This is a full-time, exempt position. The Project Manager will partner with the business areas and key cross-functional ADM stakeholders to manage expectations for project scope, schedule, and budget. Facilitate buy-in for project implementations while collaborating with a team of professionals to execute on various project initiatives as well as lead other initiatives. In this role, you will ensure high-quality work for projects up to 8 million dollars with high cost improvement and critical infrastructure impact and significance.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope and plan the delivery of projects according to a roles & responsibility matrix.
• Execute the project, including costing and implementation according to the Front End Loading (FEL) guidelines.
• Conduct project site field reviews during development and execution to understand potential clashes and develop mitigation plans to maintain budget and schedule.
• Assure monthly project reporting to the stakeholders through FEL, execution, commissioning, and capitalization and closure.
• Manage scope change and risk management escalation processes.
• Comply with local legislation and ADM requirements for permitting, safety legislation, quality assurance, HACCP, GMP, Hazop, and TPS policy.
• Support and drive contractor safety through the use of preventative action plans and safety metrics.
• Ensure the safety and reliability of existing equipment is maintained during project implementation.
• Coordinate the team development of all necessary documentation for commissioning, training, maintenance, and maintain all records required by legislation and policies.
• Coordinate and provide direction to contractual partners for project execution including the use of a well-maintained work breakdown structure.
• Set up project structure and coordinate with the project steering committee according to project governance guidelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master degree in a technical field, preferably in combination with project management engineering with 5+ years of industrial project management, preferred OR 10+ years of experience in project management.
• Knowledge of cost engineering and key performance indicators.
• Knowledge of industrial process project planning and scheduling with multi-craft trades.
• Knowledge of industrial process project commissioning means and methods.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Project, Primavera or other resource loaded scheduling tools.
• Excellent interpersonal English fluency communication skills, written and verbal.

Nice-to-haves

• Certified Project Manager or willingness to obtain certification.
• Minimum of 5 years managing several industrial projects of low to high complexity ranging in size from 1 to 8 million USD or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work with 3rd party design firms executing under a variety of contractual methodologies.
• Execution of multi-year projects experience within the Agribusiness & Chemical industries.
• Experience with execution on revamp and brownfield projects or related experience.
• Knowledge of SharePoint beneficial.

Benefits

• 401K/ESOP
• pension
• health insurance
• life insurance
• dental insurance