About this role
Job Title: Project Engineer Manager
Location: Littleton, CO
Job Type: Permanent
Alternate Locations: Fernley, NV / Hillsboro, TX / Jacksonville, FL / Macon, GA / Milan, OH / Scottsboro, AL
Role Overview:
Lead and manage all technical and commercial aspects of large, complex capital investment projects.
Oversee projects with budgets ranging from $5M to $60M, involving material handling systems, abatement systems, utilities, and electrical controls.
Ensure project execution aligns with scope, safety, quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
Serve as a key contributor to strategic decision-making through collaboration with the project steering team.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and manage project scopes, specifications, schedules, budgets, and financial forecasts.
Define equipment and work specifications; select materials, equipment, project resources, and contractors.
Conduct technical and commercial design reviews to ensure functionality, safety, and quality.
Lead cross-functional project teams including plant personnel, engineering disciplines, procurement teams, and external engineering contractors.
Manage contractor and subcontractor selection, bidding processes, and performance.
Negotiate project changes and manage change orders effectively.
Ensure timely delivery of project milestones and deliverables.
Provide regular updates and recommendations to the project steering team.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical required).
Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
Proven project management experience with capital projects up to $25M.
Strong experience managing contractors and subcontractors, including bid and vendor selection processes.
Demonstrated ability to prepare project estimates, schedules, and technical deliverables.
Strong negotiation skills with proven experience managing scope, cost, and schedule changes.
Exposure to SAP systems preferred.
Willingness to travel extensively (30%–60%).
Work Environment:
Manufacturing facility setting with potential exposure to heat, cold, noise, moving mechanical equipment, heights, dust, fumes, and extended walking or climbing.
Recruitment Partner:
This position is exclusively managed by Sperton, a global talent partner connecting high-performing professionals with leading organizations worldwide.
Other facts
About Sperton Global AS
SPERTON is a full-range provider of Global Recruitment, People Management, Global Mobility and Business support services within focused industry sectors. Our head office is located in Norway. We have over 20 years’ of experience supporting clients within the Human Resources area. We can support you globally through our own companies and partners in more than 140 countries.
Sperton had been specializing in the supply of the very best freelance and permanent white-collar professionals working with projects. We provide consultant and recruitment services to companies of all types and sizes, including consultancies, contractors, sub-contractors, developers and end clients operating across a wide range of projects and environments.
Now our services also include People Management, Global Mobility and Business Support Services.
Legal entity set-up, payroll services, HR administration, compliance, and insurance provision, cultural awareness training, and mobility support – everything needed to work compliantly with local legislation and regulations in different countries.
With over 20 years of global experience within project execution, we understand your challenges and know how to support you from the start to the end of the project.
What you'll do
- Lead and manage all technical and commercial aspects of large capital investment projects, ensuring alignment with scope, safety, quality, cost, and schedule. Develop project scopes, specifications, schedules, and budgets while overseeing cross-functional teams and contractor performance.
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