Senior Technical Project Manager- Coatings

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world. 

Role Summary:

The Senior Technical Project Manager (the “Manager”) develops, proposes, installs, and commissions equipment projects costing between $1 million and $30 million at Mativ’s North American locations. The ideal candidate has a mechanical background and broad technical experience, serving as the ‘chief engineer’ for investment project deployment. Projects will range from simple equipment procurement and commissioning to complex integrations requiring extensive design and supplier integration. Line/equipment relocations, as well as facility closures, are also in scope.

The Manager will be on-site at the target location as needed, but the Manager will be located remotely, preferably in the mid-Atlantic region.

Position Responsibilities:

• Gain a thorough understanding of the project opportunities and challenges by engaging R&D, safety, production, quality, maintenance, commercial, and finance stakeholders. This includes understanding the business and operational details, the facility's preparation (electrical, utilities, structural, etc.), and the capabilities of local resources to support a successful completion.
• Familiarize with available technologies, suppliers, and trades. Identify and validate economic solutions, if available.
• Develop project concepts using CAD and other tools that align stakeholders with project alternatives.
• Develop written equipment and system requirements; ensure Mativ’s technical, spending, and performance interests are included in equipment and services agreements.
• Perform risk analyses and proactively mitigate them.
• Develop project success metrics and align Mativ stakeholders to the project proposal.
• Use project management tools, e.g., Gantt, WBS, risk tracking, and action tracking to effectively and visibly manage progress.
• Attend factory acceptance tests as necessary.
• Supervise site preparation, installation, and commissioning activities on site.
• Up to 50% domestic travel and international supplier/benchmarking travel as necessary
• Additional duties as assigned

Work Experience: 

• A BS in engineering is required. Mechanical engineering preferred.
• 10 years of experience as a lead engineer and project manager specifying, preparing for, procuring, installing, and commissioning machinery on behalf of a facility (receiving) or an OEM (delivery). Projects must have been at least $1M in size.
• At least 5 years of experience as a mechanical design engineer.
• Experienced in developing comprehensive requirements, justification proposals, and metrics.
• Experienced in utilities. e.g., HVAC, water, gas, electrical, and OT network
• Experienced in process measurement, e.g., sample property testing, inline process measurement, and vision inspection.
• Experienced in procuring machinery with custom PLC programming and safety requirements.
• Experienced managing general contractors specifying and executing civil and building construction projects.
• Strongly preferred to have specified and installed an industrial solvent-based coater

Knowledge and Skills: 

• The preferred candidate will have deep experience in roll-to-roll web handling, including lamination, slitting, tension control, winding, and roll handling.
• The preferred candidate will have deep experience in industrial web coating technologies and systems: slot die coating, solvent drying and recovery/RTO, corona treatment, and inline gaging/imaging for QC.
• Demonstrated conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Skilled in describing complex concepts graphically.
• Skilled in extracting and articulating functional requirements and performance metrics
• Excellent interaction, collaboration, and presentation skills.
• Familiar with ANSI B11 safety standards, civil and structural design stamping requirements, electrical code requirements, OEE calculation, mechanical and electrical design principles, and system modeling.

WHAT WE OFFER

Mativ benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable.

ABOUT MATIV

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.