Job Description
Strategic Technical Project Manager
(Capital Project Manager)
Locations: Alpharetta, GA – USA
Remote – US
Time Type: Full time
Job Requisition Id: 12719
At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive by doing the right thing, putting people at the center, and playing to win. Led by our IGNITE strategy, we build brands that make a positive difference in people’s lives around the world. And we know that success requires head, heart, AND guts — all three, every day — coming together to work simpler, faster, bolder, and more inclusively. Interested?
Your role at Clorox:
At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive by doing the right thing, putting people at the center, and playing to win. Led by our IGNITE strategy, we build brands that make a positive difference in people’s lives around the world. And we know that success requires head, heart, AND guts — all three, every day — coming together to work simpler, faster, bolder, and more inclusively. Interested?
In this role, you will:
Are you an Engineer who wants a role with real-world impact? At Clorox, you’ll have the opportunity to lead capital project implementation in manufacturing sites for products that generations of people around the world trust to make their lives and the world better every day! Are you ready to lead a high performing team with cross multifunctional members, in the execution of capital project at our manufacturing sites? As part of the Clorox Capital Project Management Team, you will be challenged with high-impact projects and development opportunities to help grow your career both personally and professionally. Our goal is to hire top performers with diverse backgrounds; all qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We are firm believers in investing in and supporting our employees to set high bars, challenge biases, and encourage one another to do and be their best!
The Strategic Technical Project Manager team is part of the Global Technical Services organization and is committed to delivering manufacturing breakthroughs, product initiatives, cost savings, and supply assurance projects with excellence. As part of the GTS organization, you will directly connect to championing both the consumer and your teammates to be well and thrive every day. Global Technical Services is at the forefront of delivering the next generation high-speed packaging lines, enabling sustainable packaging, or designing a new plant, ready to meet the business challenges head-on.
As a Strategic Technical Project Manager, you will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of medium to large-size capital projects ensuring consistency with business strategy, commitments, and goals. You will use Clorox engineering principles and Early Management tools to determine strategies to kick off the project, evaluate and understand the project requirements, lead a larger engineering team consisting of packaging, process, electrical, and instrumentation monitor project plans, schedules, budgets, expenditures, vendor management, and monthly reporting. Our goal is to deliver reliable equipment, infrastructure, and integrations that exceed startup and safety targets and help the company grow top and bottom lines.
- Plan and lead medium to large / complex capital projects/programs (>$10M) across all business units that include the integration of outside technical resources.
- Provide solutions to a wide range of difficult to complex problems using in-depth knowledge of specific manufacturing operations combined with the application of appropriate engineering principles.
- Independently determine the general approach and specific solutions to technical problems. Demonstrates good judgment in making commitments and risk-taking.
- Provide technical knowledge on evolving capabilities within both the industry and the technology so that the business unit can maintain its relative competitive position in the marketplace.
- Provide technical leadership to teams conceiving, developing, and implementing major technology upgrades or product improvement/line extensions. Routinely leads inter-organization teams working on product improvement and line extension.
- Anticipate changing resource requirements and results and initiate appropriate responses in a way that optimizes overall project results.
- Make effective presentations of technical material to non-technical people, both written and verbal. Able to build and lead effective work teams for midsize to large programs.
- Drives use of the engineering discipline so that it causes significant shifts in our manufacturing processes.
- Deliver fully integrated human, operational and technical systems that achieve targeted business results. Can evaluate, develop and lead a project from the technical, operational, and business perspectives.
- Able to follow and champion the Capital Project Management process. Capable of following a disciplined process approach utilizing the One-Right-Way process to ensure vertical system startups.
- Interpersonal and technical skills earn respect and are recognized throughout the Clorox network. Continually builds networks in both the Clorox and external communities to more broadly influence the organization.
- Proactive in dealing with confrontation and delivering win-win solutions for the business.
- Manage project scope, schedule, finances, and resources to meet stakeholder Clorox business objectives.
- Works independently to coordinate own and others’ activities while networking with key contacts outside of the discipline. Manage project team members both internal to Clorox and external engineering resources.
- Works very complex issues using in-depth analysis and can evaluate tangible and intangible variables.
- Champions and models Clorox standards and practices for the rest of the technical community
- Leads programs and initiatives needed to improve the technical area.
What we look for:
- The ability to travel 40-60% depending upon project activity.
- Technical Knowledge of Area: Advances functions of technical knowledge and links with experts within the field. Recognized as expert internally and builds external contacts. Lead New technology and complex projects independently.
- Task Leadership: Acts independently and may manage others. Works significant and unique issues. Can evaluate tangible and intangible variables.
- Leadership & Influence: Organizational leadership: ability to lead small organizations through change, shape culture and drive engagement. Influential leadership skills.
- Interpersonal Relations: Leads and develop programs to build technical capability in the Technical Group across the BU and the Center
- Communication: Champions use of technology. Establishes relationships with outside experts. Helps build technical advantage.
- Adaptation & Flexibility: Drives change as needed in area of expertise.
- Motivation & Commitment: Creates an atmosphere that drives exceptional results.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years in Engineering and manufacturing operations management
- 7+ years managing increasing complexity and scale of capital projects and budgets.
- Waterfall methodology is preferred.
- PMP certification is preferred
- MS, MBA or higher degree is preferred
Workplace type:
- Can be remote OR
- Can be hybrid but would need to work out of our Alpharetta location and come on site twice a week.