Project Manager

SNF is a specialty chemical group whose products, water-soluble polymers, contribute to treating, recycling, preserving water, saving energy, and reducing carbon footprint.

A pioneer in soft chemistry, SNF has long been present on all continents, employing 8,150 people, including more than 2,300 in the USA.

Innovation and movement toward a cleaner, less carbon-intensive world accelerates SNF’s growth.

The Project Controls Manager leads all project controls functions across SNF’s capital project portfolio, including cost estimating, cost management, schedule development and control, progress measurement, change management, and executive reporting.

This role supervises a team of schedulers, cost engineers, and project controls specialists and is responsible for building and maintaining a high-performing controls organization.

The Project Controls Manager serves as the primary interface between Engineering, Design, and Project Management to ensure integrated project performance visibility throughout the full project lifecycle—from early project definition and estimating through commissioning and close-out.

This position is accountable for establishing and maintaining project controls baselines, driving disciplined change management, and providing objective performance data to support informed decision-making.

• Establish and maintain the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS)
• Lead the development of capital cost estimates across all project phases, applying appropriate methodologies and SNF project definition requirements
• Develop and maintain a historical cost database and benchmarking library to support estimate quality and continuous improvement
• Prepare estimate basis memoranda and contingency analyses; clearly present estimates and supporting assumptions to stakeholders
• Develop baseline and control integrated project schedules using CPM methodology; identify and communicate critical path, float, and schedule risks
• Prepare and maintain project budgets and cost forecasts; track actuals against authorized funding throughout execution
• Develop and manage the Earned Value Management (EVM) system; calculate and report CPI, SPI, EAC, and ETC metrics on a regular cadence
• Prepare and issue project status reports and dashboards; present findings clearly and objectively to stakeholders