Executive Science Project Management Jobs in Missouri

Director, Project Management

Stamford, CT (with multi-site expansion potential across U.S. factories)

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In Stamford, Spartech manufactures high-performance acrylic sheets used in aerospace, security (bullet-resistance), displays, acrylic furniture, laser protection, and other demanding applications. Our products appear in airplanes, fighter jet canopies, helicopters, bank teller protection, tanning beds, and more. We combine advanced technology with skilled employees to deliver the highest quality acrylic sheet and exceptional service.

Job Summary

The Director, Project Management plays a critical leadership role in driving strategic capital and operational projects in our acrylic manufacturing environment. This position reports directly to the Executive Leadership Team and works in close partnership with the special work action team at one of our key factories.

The role focuses on engineering-driven projects that integrate both mechanical and chemical process solutions within our manufacturing facilities. Initial efforts will center on targeted aspects of factory expansion, with opportunity to scale and lead projects across additional Spartech factories. The scope includes potential future developments. The Director, Project Management oversees all aspects of these complex projects—from planning and execution to monitoring and control—while leading cross-functional teams, managing budgets, mitigating risks, and delivering measurable business impact in a high-growth organization.

Requirements

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads the creation and execution of detailed project work plans, ensuring alignment across complex workstreams, and timelines, match business growth plans, and contractual deliverables.
• Identifies required resources (engineering, technical, and operational) and assigns responsibilities to ensure successful delivery.
• Manages day-to-day operational and technical aspects of strategic project, with emphasis on scope control in complex brownfield (and eventual greenfield) expansions.
• Coordinates with factory and corporate engineering resources to valid equipment needs, capacity plans, space and infrastructure requirements that deliver to the business plan.
• Reviews technical deliverables prepared by internal teams and contractors before stakeholder/client handoff.
• Executes and enforces project management best practices and standards tailored to engineering-intensive manufacturing environments.
• Prepares for engagement reviews, meeting quality assurance standards as designed by the function and related Task Force, and executive-level updates.
• Minimizes project exposure and risk, particularly around chemical process safety, mechanical integrity, and regulatory compliance (much of this is covered by the Task Force so this role should support).
• Ensures all project documentation is complete, current, and properly stored.
• Manages project accounting: tracks team hours/expenses weekly, controls budgets, handles revenue recognition/invoicing, and oversees cost-to-completion.
• Leads coordination with electrical, mechanical, chemical/process, and construction, keeping initiatives on time and within budget.
• Coordinates vendor and contractor deliverables on time, on budge, and validates performance to required capability.
• Facilitates effective communication with community, state, and regulatory agencies.
• Motivates project teams to deliver with urgency while maintaining safety and quality standards.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvement and effectively manages change in a dynamic manufacturing setting within MilSpec Standards and growth plan timelines.
• Leads, develops, and mentors team members; resolves and escalates issues promptly.
• Travel: 25-30% (primarily domestic to other Spartech facilities)

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or related discipline) or equivalent required.
• Preferred: PMP certification or equivalent advanced project management credentials.
• Extensive project/professional engineering experience in industrial based project versus process engineering.
• Significant senior-level experience managing complex engineering projects in manufacturing environments involving both mechanical systems and chemical processes.
• Demonstrated success leading brownfield factory expansions (primary focus), with experience or strong adaptability to greenfield developments.
• 15+ years of progressive engineering-based project management experience in manufacturing (chemical/process or heavy industrial preferred).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project (or equivalent), and related tools.
• Strong technical writing, communication, and verbal presentation skills, including executive-level reporting.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Deep understanding of safety standards in chemical and mechanical manufacturing; holds teams and contractors accountable to exceed expectations.
• Strong financial acumen: understands revenue models, P&L impact, and cost-to-completion projections; makes data-driven decisions.
• Proven ability to lead proposal efforts, convey technical value, and facilitate cross-functional and executive meetings.
• Excellent issue resolution, stakeholder management, and change leadership capabilities.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary contractors (electrical, mechanical, chemical/process, construction).
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal leadership, special action teams, and external regulatory bodies.
• Passion for driving high-performance teams in a growth-oriented manufacturing company.

Benefits

We offer competitive salary, incentive, and benefit programs. - Most Benefits Start Day One!

Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision.
• Company paid life and long-term and short-term disability programs.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) with a strong matching program.
• 120 hours Paid Time Off (pro-rated based on hire date).
• 11 paid holidays.

Spartech LLC headquartered in Maryland Heights, Missouri is a leading manufacturing organization in the Custom Sheet & Roll Stock and Packaging markets with over a dozen locations throughout the United States. We have a broad customer base with extensive product offerings and technologies. Many of our materials are used in products you might see every day - for example, if you start your morning with a single serve yogurt, the container you ate from may be made from one of Spartech's products or the refrigerator where the yogurt was stored could have Spartech products in its interior features. More unique uses of our products can be seen in military or security applications, for example in fighter jet canopies or bullet resistant windows. From routine daily-life to life-saving applications - we make a difference. Our broad scope of products and services keep our environment interesting and challenging with a culture focused on success.

Spartech, LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. Spartech will use E-Verify to ensure employment eligibility of newly hired employees where required.