Director, Engineering Brenntag Specialties APAC CHK

Job Description:

Project Management

• Develop, Oversee and Manage overall APAC engineering projects’ budget, plan and schedule, through active engagement of internal and external stakeholders
• Proactively follow-thru engineering projects’ execution, quality, risks and issues, including development of mitigation plans and escalation, when necessary, in order to see them to successful completion
• Coordinate and Oversee startup and commissioning of engineering projects, supporting any required technology transfer process in ensuring streamlined transition from mechanical completion to operational startup
• Communicating project status to project teams, senior management, and other stakeholders in APAC Region
• Managing, facilitating, and documenting weekly project status meetings
• Assuring adherence to defined corporate and development processes in all scoped projects
• Providing feedback to functional/technical/regional/site/supply chain managers on the performance of local project supporting resources
• Support the APAC Region sites to ensure engineering compliance with local regulations and company requirements.

Budget

• Develop the APAC Region annual budget for Maintenance, Engineering and Projects (Overall APAC CAPEX).
• Managing capex budgets and expenditures through a formal allocation, control gate-keeping and escalation process, with standard and consistent assessment framework
• Review monthly APAC Region CAPEX financial statements for accuracy and explain significant variances between actual and budgeted results.

Team Management

• Develop a team (direct/indirect) where all members and points of view are respected – The Leader is responsible for the overall performance of the team including team dynamics, morale, and motivation
• Provide technical and engineering project support to engineering operations activities and employees in the Asia Pacific region (or globally) in terms of training, equipment, system, process troubleshooting, optimization, etc.
• Managing team members (jointly with local Supply Chain Leaders) through performance management and coaching.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/chemical engineering
• 10 years of relevant regional Engineering, Project Management, and Manufacturing experience, preferably within the chemical industry
• 5 years of supervisory experience preferred

Skills/Competencies

• Working knowledge of maintenance reliability improvement programs and experience in process control systems
• Project management capabilities to ensure quality of execution, schedule and budget are within expectation
• Experience with Operational Excellence programs and Continuous Improvement in leadership and contributing roles.
• Training and/or certification in Lean Six Sigma a plus.
• Must have experience maintaining facility Environmental, Safety, and Health standards to minimize employee and community exposure.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, direct and manage regional cross-functional team in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment required
• Must have excellent communication skills; including the ability to interface with internal & external customer contacts
• Regional travel expected (15-25%)