Senior Project Manager

Join the Kemin Team and Transform Lives!

We are a privately held, family-owned-and-operated global biotechnology company driven by curiosity and committed to transforming the quality of life for people, pets, and the planet.

We create solutions that strengthen health and wellbeing, provide nutrition and immune support for pets and production animals, safeguard the planet’s natural resources, and protect the global food supply chain for generations to come.

We supply over 500 specialty ingredients for various industries, including human and animal health and nutrition, pet food, aquaculture, nutraceutical, food technologies, crop technologies, textiles, biofuels, and animal vaccines.

We employ 3,500 global employees and operations in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Italy, San Marino, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States.

This full-time Senior Project Manager will manage CAPEX projects as part of the Kemin Engineering group. They will work within the Corporate Engineering department and will work closely with Kemin project teams and steering committees for assigned projects.

• Responsible for overseeing total construction effort to ensure project is constructed in accordance with safety, design, budget, and schedule. Includes interfacing with Kemin stakeholders, A/E representatives, special inspections firms, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, security, public Authorities Having Jurisdiction, etc.
• Experience handling larger and more complex CAPEX projects including project experience in Brazil
• Experience in Pet Food ingredient, Agricultural ingredient, and/or meat processing manufacturing or similar industrial facilities
• Work and communicate well with all parties involved.
• Lead project team meetings and steering committee meetings.
• Reads and understands contract plans and specifications. Has a full understanding of project scope of work, construction materials and methods and contracts.
• Thorough understanding of requirements related to all Authorities Having Jurisdiction in Brazil including MAPA approvals, zoning approvals, plan approvals, permitting, environmental approvals, fire protection approvals, special inspections requirements, etc.
• Directs and coordinates activities to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget.
• Provide ongoing status reports - develop, review, and obtain confirmation of financial and project schedule activities for design and construction as they relate to all disciplines involved and report to management.
• Assure that the design and construction teams comply with the agreements, contract documents and established schedule and budget.
• Enforce corporate safety policies.
• Attend and/or lead regular pre-construction design meetings, virtual design coordination meetings and weekly OAC construction meetings.
• Maintain official project documentation files, photo documentation, inspection records, etc. on each project.
• Ensure contractors capture and maintain project as-built record documents and other close-out documents.
• Participate in negotiations involving Kemin, contractors and/or subcontractors and other vendors.
• Assist in the commissioning activities and documenting results.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.
• Responsible for working with contractors, sub-contractors, and finance.
• Has worked with or understands stage gate approval process approach to projects.

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, or industrial engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in Construction Project Management.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English.