Capital Project Team Leader

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The Project Team Leader (PTL) is the single point of accountability for the end-to-end project process necessary for a Capital Project to deliver on business objectives.  Clearly sets overall Project Leadership Team direction and expectations.  The PTL provides the primary interface between the Project Leadership Team and the Business and leads all necessary communication forums.

• Leads cross functional project teams often consisting of contract engineering to meet business objectives.

• Accountable for generating and implementing appropriate project execution strategy for design, procurement and construction while ensuring each project’s execution strategy is “sanitized” to suit the specific needs of each project with the goal being to provide a competitive and lean approach with an expedient execution timeline.

• Engages the project steering team as needed to ensure alignment with business, address any needs or concerns, make strategic project decisions, and provide status updates throughout execution of projects.

• Provides leadership for an effective and cohesive team by ensuring roles and responsibilities are clearly understood.

• Ensures applicable project deliverable are accomplished in a quality manner and leads the project gatekeeping reviews.

• Leads the team in identifying non-cap alternatives or lower capital options.

• Ensures excellence in adherence to Process Safety Management (PSM), Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) excellence, Mechanical Integrity and Quality Assurance (MIQA) requirements, export controls and trade secrets principles, and other core value standards, processes and procedures.

• Facilitates economic evaluations, prepares funding requests, forecasts capital and non-cap expenditures and asset write-offs, and ensures necessary financial reporting and accounting is performed.

• Champions the “no change” concept and ensures only changes consistent with the business and project objectives are approved.

• Responsible for the development and implementation of Project Quality Plans, including auditing work processes and deliverables for compliance, and for meeting agreed upon project quality requirements and expectations.

• Work with business and technical leadership to identify and comply with any US Export Control and Trade Secret/Intellectual Property/Security requirements for the project.

• Primary DuPont interface with the Full-Service Design Contractors (FSDC) during Front-End Loading (FEL) and Design/Procurement of assigned capital projects. 

• Engage with the sites to support the preparation of all documents needed by the FSDC to launch their efforts to complete FEL and execute production design and procurement.

• Champion productivity improvement strategies including High Value Engineering (HVE), Global Competitive Sourcing (GCS) and LEAN Construction Methodologies, etc.

• Drive full integration of project team to develop deliverables in the most cost effective and efficient way. 

• Supports / Leads non capital cost and productivity projects as needed by site.

• Execute projects at KSA sites and potentially some travel to North America sites.

• Travel expectation of 10 to 20%.

Qualifications:

• Required:  4-year B.S. in engineering (Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical preferred).

• Required:  At least 5 years of experience leading capital projects greater than $500,000 and including experience leading capital projects up to $10,000,000.

• Required:  Experience working with full-service design contractors.

• Desired:  Prior experience improving performance and capability and demonstrated courage (need to challenge the status quo).

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On May 22, 2024, we announced a plan to separate our Electronics and Water businesses in a tax-free manner to its shareholders. On January 15, 2025, we announced that we are targeting November 1, 2025, for the completion of the intended separation of the Electronics business (the “Intended Electronics Separation”)*. We also announced that we would retain the Water business. We are committed to ensuring a smooth and successful separation process for the Future Electronics business. We look forward to welcoming new talent interested in contributing to the continued success and growth of our evolving organization.

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