Project Engineer - CapEx
- Location
- Waukegan
- Workplace
- On-site
- Compensation
- $105k – $115k
About this role
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.
For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com
© 2026 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.
Job Purpose
The Project Manager is responsible for leading and delivering capital projects from concept development through commissioning and handover, ensuring projects are executed safely, on time, within budget, and in compliance with applicable engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and business objectives. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, engineering resources, contractors, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, cost-effective solutions that improve site performance, capacity, efficiency, and sustainability while minimizing operational risks and disruption to production.
Key Responsibilities
- Capital Project Delivery: Lead and manage capital engineering projects from concept development and business case through design, execution, commissioning, and handover, ensuring delivery in line with approved scope, schedule, budget, quality standards, and stakeholder expectations.
- Capital Portfolio Execution: Deliver assigned projects within the site’s capital investment plan, ensuring alignment with business priorities, effective resource allocation, and timely escalation of deviations and risks.
- Business Case Development and Engineering Solutions: Support the development of business cases and evaluate process modifications, equipment upgrades, and operational improvements to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective solutions.
- Management of Change and Process Safety: Manage the site Management of Change (MOC) process and facilitate Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), ensuring identified risks and actions are appropriately assessed, documented, and addressed.
- HSE and Regulatory Compliance: Ensure projects comply with AkzoNobel HSE requirements, applicable engineering standards, and relevant local, state, and federal regulations, including OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM), NFPA standards, and other applicable requirements.
- Project, Construction, and Contractor Management: Apply best practices in project management, engineering, construction, and contractor management to ensure safe execution, effective risk control, and delivery to the required technical and quality standards.
- Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration: Engage and collaborate with site management, operations, maintenance, engineering, HSE, and other stakeholders throughout project development and execution to align requirements, manage expectations, and facilitate effective decision-making.
- Operational Readiness and Handover: Involve operators and end users in project design and implementation to ensure operational buy-in, effective training, appropriate documentation, and a safe, smooth transition into routine operations.
- Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, resolve execution issues, and escalate significant deviations or risks to site management in a timely manner.
- AkzoNobel Standards and Continuous Improvement: Apply and comply with applicable AkzoNobel policies, procedures, guidelines, methodologies, and systems, while driving continuous improvement in project delivery and engineering practices.
Job Requirements
Education & Experience
Project Management & Leadership
Technical Knowledge & Regulatory Compliance
Physical & Work Environment Requirements
Rewards & Benefits
Base salary range for this role is: $105,000 to $115,000. Annual bonus upto 10%.
This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
- Benefits starting Day 1
- 401K retirement savings with 6% company match
- Medical insurance with HSA
- Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D benefits
- Generous vacation, sick and holiday pay
- Paid Parental leave
- Career growth opportunities
- Active Diversity & Inclusion Networks
- Employee referral bonus
- Employee appreciation days
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
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