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Job Purpose

Are you looking for a new challenge? Join us at the Ashby site and play a key part in the manufacture of technologies for the integrated circuit fabrication, semiconductor packaging and electronic assembly industries, in the role of Project Manager.

We offer a range of benefits when joining which include:

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• 20 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays) – increasing with service
• Company Pension
• Life assurance
• Free on-site parking

The Ashby site in Leicestershire is easily accessible from the main road links.

In the newly created role of Project Manager, you will co-ordinate people and processes to ensure that ‘whole’ project management for small to large scale capital investments and optimisations for the site, are delivered on time and produce the desired results. Additionally you will project manage our New Product Development process as well as our Scale Up Process as we take our high performing technology to production and the market.

You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s organisation and timeline. Stakeholder management is key, along with ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and management of change, including completion of the required risk assessments.

Business Overview

MACDERMID ALPHA ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS
MacDermid Alpha is a business unit of Element Solutions Inc (NYSE: ESI). Element Solutions Inc is a leading specialty chemicals company whose businesses supply a broad range of solutions that enhance the products people use every day.

Through the innovation of specialty chemicals and materials under our Alpha, Compugraphics, Electrolube, Kester, and MacDermid Enthone brands, MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions provides solutions that power electronics interconnection. We serve all global regions and every step of device manufacturing within each segment of the electronics supply chain. The experts in our Semiconductor Solutions, Circuitry Solutions, and Assembly Solutions divisions collaborate in design, implementation, and technical service to ensure success for our partner clients. Our solutions enable our customers’ manufacture of extraordinary electronic devices at high productivity and reduced cycle time.

SEMICONDUCTOR & ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS (SAS)
As a global supplier to the semiconductor industry, we provide advanced copper interconnects, die attachment, wafer bump processes, solder technologies, fluxes, cleaners, and other attachment materials for the integrated circuit fabrication, semiconductor packaging, and electronic assembly industries. Our products touch nearly every facet of modern life and enable smart devices, phones, computers, electric vehicles, and more to function properly. SAS consists of three distinct business units (Circuit Board Assembly, Semiconductor Assembly, and Wafer Level Packaging) which are positioned to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs. We operate globally, employ over 2,500 employees, and represent a $1.2BN (and growing) business.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to ensure project deliverables meet the plan.
• Manage capital investment projects and deliver on time and on budget.
• Ensure compliance with management of change, including the completion of the required risk assessments and appropriate commissioning and validation protocols. Ensure that all new investments are fully compliant with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Ensure that spend on capital projects are reported in line with company requirements.
• Work with site management team to develop long term (3-5 years) capital planning.
• Work with the site management teams and EHS to ensure that all projects are delivered safely with any potential impact on production or supply mitigated.
• Work with the Global Technical Director to ensure all New Product Development projects have a clear priority, objectives, and stage gate review schedule.
• Work with R&D Chemists to develop project plan. Ensure trial and conversion plans are developed and ready to allow the smooth running of trials in line with agreed plans.
• Manage Scale Up process from R&D, through Scale Up lab to an effective and robust manufacturing process either on site or for technology transfer to another site.
• Develop task level project plans with key stakeholders to ensure new products are delivered on time and following Company procedures.
• Work with the business to promote and support high quality project management in line with project management framework and report back to sponsors and Steering committee.
• Work with purchasing and suppliers to ensure appropriate materials are available for Scale Up trials.
• Ensure DFMEA is completed and all necessary inputs for start of PFMEA process prepared. Work with Quality and Manufacturing to ensure manufacturing capability studies are carried out, manufacturing risks explored and ameliorated.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Strong Project Management qualification, for example, Prince 2/PMP/AgilePM/CSPO, with evidence of a track record of successful project completions.
• Bachelor of Science Degree or Bachelor of Engineering Degree or equivalent.
• Ongoing commitment to training and continuous personal development.

Skills

• Extensive experience of managing complex and varied projects;
• Possess strong core project management skills including planning, risk management and stakeholder management;
• Able to provide effective coaching and training;
• Highly analytical with excellent numeracy, written and verbal skills;
• Strong understanding of technology to improve services.

Competencies

• Highly developed understanding of project management principles and practice;
• Ability to form effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders;
• Leadership and people managment skills;
• Strong project management skills;
• Change managment and the ability to influence;
• Strong team player – able to adapt and work with different people across multiple functions;
• Understanding of basic finance principles (budgets, ROI etc);
• Ability to prioritise.

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EEO Statement

Element Solutions Inc group of companies are E-Verify Companies and provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job applicant procedures. Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation