At Corteva Agriscience, you'll help us grow what's next. No matter what your role, you will be part of a team that is building the future of agriculture, solving the world's food problems through innovation, technology and putting people first.

We have an excellent opportunity for a Project Manager Lead to join our team in Arica, Chile!

The Project Manager Lead will prepare, control and supervise capital projects from Front-End Loading through Detailed Design & Construction, Commissioning, Return to Operations, Startup and project closeout. In this position will be responsible to give correct execution of the capital projects, in compliance of budget and time assigned. The candidate will work and supervise groups of contractors and technical inspection and will collaborate with National Project Leader. 

Responsibilities

-Responsible for elaborate the business case, project charter and the scope of the capital projects.

-Responsible to  keep all the programs projects update and with the -ccording business case.

-Work with Functional Leaders, Capital Execution Leader, and the core project team to develop the appropriate project execution strategy.

-Responsible to develop a management of change process, for all the local capital projects.

-Lead the local project team to meet the business & project objectives and deliverables as outlined in the Business Case, authorization documents & project gate reviews.  

-Ensure the project process is followed consistent with the business needs; all required process deliverables are accomplished in a quality manner and leads the pre-Gates and Gate Reviews.

-Give local support as a counter part for technical inspection and contractors, to the National project leader.

-Manage and control resources for the execution of capital projects.

-Define and analyzes Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) to ensure overall performance expectations for the project are met:

Project spending/commit schedule

Project costs versus estimate

Engineering and Procurement milestones and gate reviews

Construction Schedule

Commissioning and Start-up Plan

-Ensure that the asset involved is engineered and constructed to meet the mandatory and recommended requirements of EHS&S and Process Safety at start-up as well as ongoing business requirements. 

-Responsible for keep track of the correct implementation and execution of the capitals project. 

-Impulse efficiency in capitals projects cost, optimizing resources. 

 -Give support to the Asset Owner and/or the Commissioning and Start-up Leader to ensure a seamless transition from commissioning to start-up to normal operations. 

 -Responsible of support Procurement team, generating all the information need to have a successful tender process for each capital project. 

 -Perform and verify, on a regular basis, fulfillment of the EHS&S standards, identify potential risk on performed activities, promote safety procedures and Core Values.  

Requirements

 -Minimum of 5 years experience in project managing. 

 -University degree in  Civil work, Industrial, Electronic, Mechanical or civil engineering. 

 -Fluency in written and spoken English is desired. 

 -Autocad Knowledge desired 

 -Strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills. 

 -Advanced user of MS Office, Project, programs. 

 -Diplomacy and negotiation skills to manage conflict situations. 

Benefits

-Competitive salary and benefits package (health and life insurance, lunch benefits, sports activities reimbursement, vacation bonus, and much more).

-Opportunities for professional growth and development.

-Dynamic and inclusive work environment.

-The possibility of being part of a global team committed to making a difference.

-Availability to work 100 % on site in Arica Research Center

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