Chief Project Engineer

Company: CF Industries
Location: Yazoo City
Posted on: February 12, 2025

Job Description:

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.



Function:
Engineering and Engineering Services Job Summary: At CF, we are dedicated to always evolving as a business and that means we look for people who always want to feel part of our inclusive team, explore the possibilities, play their part, and make their mark. As an employee of CF, we encourage you to explore opportunities for career development with the lattice approach. The lattice approach, in contrast to the traditional ladder, is better suited to align with the changing needs and expectations of today's workplace. Even better, the lattice approach allows ideas, skill development, and recognition to flow in different directions, giving you more opportunities to expand and grow professionally. Take a proactive role in your career and map your professional journey. Job Description: At CF, we are dedicated to always evolving as a business and that means we look for people who always want to feel part of our inclusive team, explore the possibilities, play their part, and make their mark. As an employee of CF, we encourage you to explore opportunities for career development with the lattice approach. The lattice approach, in contrast to the traditional ladder, is better suited to align with the changing needs and expectations of today's workplace. Even better, the lattice approach allows ideas, skill development, and recognition to flow in different directions, giving you more opportunities to expand and grow professionally. Take a proactive role in your career and map your professional journey. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Project Engineering

• Supervision of Project Engineering group.
• Ensure project engineering activities are performed to enhance safety, equipment reliability, energy efficiency, production capacity and compliance with regulatory statutes.
• Manage preparation of Memorandum of Justification (MOJ) and Authorizations for Expenditures (AFE).
• Implements projects by coordinating with Operations and Maintenance as needed.
• Ensures projects meet plant specifications and requirements.
• Follows design codes and ensures designs are technically correct.
• Coordinates with local contractors and engineering companies where strengths are best executed.
• Oversees the design work of engineers, draftsmen and contract personnel.
• Works on special projects as required.
• Supervise the project engineering department of a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility consisting of three project engineers.
• Assess and prioritize improvement, sustaining, environmental, health, and safety capital requests. Assign personnel to develop scopes, submit Authorizations for Expenditures (AFE), design, and execute capital projects.
• Manage the facility's capital project budget averaging approximately $20MM to $50MM in annual cash flow. Plan, track, and adjust spending based on facility needs, corporate initiatives, and financial restrictions.
• Coordinate execution of projects with Operations, Maintenance, and Administrative departments to confirm the facility's goals are maintained.
• Ensure all project activities consider safety, equipment reliability, energy efficiency, production capacity, and compliance with regulatory statutes.
• Responsible for the quality and quantity of construction packages developed by designers to support maintenance work and small capital projects.
• Responsible for the performance and development of employees in the department. Personnel Supervision and Development
  
  • Oversees the work assignments of the Project Engineers and directs toward technical needs related to operational needs.
    • Oversees project work executed by Project/Process/Plant Engineers
      • Works to improve engineers' technical abilities by focusing on individual development plans and coordinating those with the needs of the organization.
      • Prepare and maintain the 5-year Capital Plan and Capital Expenditure (CapEx). Special Assignments
        
        • Provides technical evaluation of projects related to nitrogen manufacturing for the company.
          • Assists with cost estimate analyses and related to business opportunities in the nitrogen business. SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS: Position reports to: Engineering Manager Direct Reports: 3 Exempt POSITION QUALIFICATIONS: (Education, experience, and special skills)
            
            • More than 10 years' experience in an engineering capacity
            • Engineering degree, preferably mechanical or chemical
            • At least five years' experience in an industrial chemical manufacturing plant
            • At least five years' experience in Management of Project Engineers
            • Working knowledge of Microsoft Project or other Project Scheduling Programs
            • Working Experience with SAP, AVANTIS and Oracle is a plus.
              • CF Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
                • Employees in the US can learn more about their rights by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster (PDF) and others as detailed below: Pay Transparency FMLA: Employee Polygraph Protection Act
                  • Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the "Canadian Human Rights Act". If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us at cfhire@cfindustries.com . JOIN OUR TALENT NETWORK

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