Technical Senior Project Manager

Role Summary:

The Senior Technical Project Manager (the “Manager”) develops, proposes, installs, and commissions equipment projects costing between $250 thousand and $30 million at Mativ’s North American locations. The ideal candidate has a mechanical background and broad technical experience, serving as the ‘chief engineer’ for investment project deployment. Projects will range from simple equipment procurement and commissioning to complex integrations requiring extensive design and supplier integration. Line/equipment relocations, as well as facility closures, are also in scope.

The Manager will be on-site at the target location as needed, but the Manager will be located remotely, preferably in the mid-Atlantic region.

Position Responsibilities:

• Gain a thorough understanding of the project opportunities and challenges by engaging R&D, safety, production, quality, maintenance, commercial, and finance stakeholders. This includes understanding the business and operational details, the facility's preparation (electrical, utilities, structural, etc.), and the capabilities of local resources to support a successful completion.

• Familiarize with available technologies, suppliers, and trades. Identify and validate economic solutions, if available.

• Develop project concepts using CAD and other tools that align stakeholders with project alternatives.

• Develop written equipment and system requirements; ensure Mativ’s technical, spending, and performance interests are included in equipment and services agreements.

• Perform risk analyses and proactively mitigate them.

• Develop project success metrics and align Mativ stakeholders to the project proposal.

• Use project management tools, e.g., Gantt, WBS, risk tracking, and action tracking to effectively and visibly manage progress.

• Attend factory acceptance tests as necessary.

• Supervise site preparation, installation, and commissioning activities on site.

• Up to 50% domestic travel and international supplier/benchmarking travel as necessary

• Additional duties as assigned

Work Experience:

• A BS in engineering is required. Mechanical engineering preferred.

• 10 years of experience as a lead engineer and project manager specifying, preparing for, procuring, installing, and commissioning machinery on behalf of a facility (receiving) or an OEM (delivery). Projects must have been at least $1M in size.

• At least 5 years of experience as a mechanical design or tooling engineer

• Experienced in developing comprehensive requirements, justification proposals, and metrics.

• Experienced in utilities. e.g., HVAC, water, gas, electrical, and OT network

• Experienced in process measurement, e.g., sample property testing, inline process measurement, and vision inspection.

• Experienced in procuring machinery with custom PLC programming and safety requirements.

• Experienced managing general contractors specifying and executing civil and building construction projects.

Knowledge and Skills:

• The preferred candidate will have knowledge of some or all of polymer extrusion, roll-to-roll web handling (including slitting, lamination, tension control), packaging automation (marking, box erection, packing, palletizing, etc.)

• Demonstrated conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Skilled in describing complex concepts graphically.

• Skilled in extracting and articulating functional requirements and performance metrics

• Excellent interaction, collaboration, and presentation skills.