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John Zink Hamworthy Combustion

Senior Director of Project Management

John Zink Hamworthy Combustion, Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67232


Senior Director of Project Management

for the John Zink combustion business in the Americas.

The Project Management organization is responsible for leading cross-functional project teams to deliver hundreds of projects ranging in value, including those of significant scale. This high visibility leadership role will lead the Project Management capability for our John Zink business and is ideal for a candidate who works in mutually beneficial ways to drive results and is comfortable challenging the status quo. This role will apply Koch's Principle Based Management (PBM) philosophy to develop a results-oriented team that achieves results through economic thinking, innovation, and collaboration.

This role will report to the General Manager for the combustion business in the Americas.

The preference is for this role to be based at our facility in Tulsa, OK.

What You Will Do:

Transform order execution performance through talent development, integrated project team collaboration, process improvement, and sound decision making.

Collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization to identify and prioritize needs and deliver solutions that advance project delivery and business objectives.

Lead the execution team to meet project commitments in an integrated manner and with accountability for the results.

Proactively identify and profitably manage backlog risk and largest opportunities for timely, accurately signaled margin delivery.

Advance a culture where contribution motivated employees become increasingly self-actualized by aligning each employees' abilities and interests with value creating opportunities consistent with the business vision.

Develop positive working relationships with all internal business stakeholders, teams, and leaders.

Coordinate with international counterparts to harmonize workflow best practices.

Solicit and provide feedback to engineering, manufacturing and commercial leaders to continuously drive performance improvement.

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements (Basic Qualifications):

Demonstrated ability to drive strategies that lead to profitable outcomes

Experience successfully leading a complex and diverse team, working through complex problems to generate superior results

Proven leadership capability inclusive of successful change management, mentoring, career development, training, talent forecasting, and accountability

Demonstrated passion for ideation and innovation, managing complex situations, instilling collaboration and motivating others by creating a shared vision.

What Will Put You Ahead

Experience working in a project management capability

Experience working on engineering projects in the oil & gas and/or Chemicals/Petrochemicals industry

Experience developing leaders in a Principle Based Management (PBM) environment

Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts and understand complex technical and program interdependencies

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Our BenefitsOur goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.

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