Project Manager, Capital Projects McDonough, GA

Nexus Circular•Atlanta, GA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Nexus Circular is a leader in advanced recycling technology, converting plastics into circular feedstocks for sustainable virgin plastics. The company is expanding its innovation footprint globally and is seeking individuals to contribute to a fast-paced, environmentally committed business focused on growth and sustainability. Nexus fosters a collaborative, transparent, data-driven culture that values diverse perspectives and encourages constructive initiatives. They are looking for self-starters and independent thinkers who can work collaboratively in teams and are comfortable transitioning between strategic thinking and execution to drive the company forward.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management, or a related technical field; equivalent heavy-industrial project experience may be considered.
Seven or more years of progressive industrial capital-project experience, including direct ownership of scope, budget, schedule, contractors, and project outcomes.
Demonstrated brownfield and/or greenfield delivery.
Working knowledge of FEL / FEED, PFDs, P&IDs, engineering deliverables, multidisciplinary design, procurement, construction management, project controls, commissioning, MOC, process safety, quality, and closeout.
Experience with CPM scheduling, cost forecasting, risk and change control, document management, ERP / procurement systems, and common project platforms.
Maintains clear ownership of integrated project outcomes and drives workstreams to closure.
Converts ambiguous needs into measurable scope and protects the approved basis through formal change control.
Identifies interface gaps, asks the right questions, and coordinates qualified technical authorities without overstepping discipline ownership.
Balances lifecycle value, cost, schedule, quality, contracting strategy, and risk.
Maintains visible field presence, resolves constraints, and reinforces safe, quality execution.
Uses schedules, forecasts, risk registers, action logs, and decision records as management tools.
Produces concise status, recommendations, escalation packages, and executive-ready reporting.
Captures lessons learned and standardizes repeatable solutions for future projects and facilities.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with P6, Procore, Bluebeam, and CMMS platforms.
PMP, PE, CEM, CCM, or related certification.
Owner-side or EPC / EPCM experience in petrochemical, chemical, refining, energy, advanced recycling, manufacturing, or continuous-process facilities.
Demonstrated delivery of multiple concurrent projects or a single project in the $5 million-$20 million range.
Ability to manage an aggregate portfolio approaching $20 million.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute industrial capital projects across Nexus Circular facilities.
Provide single-point accountability for scope, cost, schedule, risk, engineering integration, procurement, construction, commissioning, operational handover, and financial closeout.
Manage individual projects and coordinated work packages ranging from approximately $250,000 to $10 million, with increasing aggregate portfolio responsibility.
Lead projects through intake, FEL / FEED, funding, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup support, handover, and closeout.
Execute work in operating facilities, actively managing permits, isolations, outages, tie-ins, logistics, production constraints, and simultaneous operations.
Apply Nexus stage-gate governance, project controls, document control, technical assurance, Management of Change (MOC), process-safety, quality, and turnover requirements.
Coordinate owner, EPC / EPCM, engineering, OEM, contractor, inspection, testing, Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Finance, Procurement, and authority-having-jurisdiction interfaces.
Lead intake, problem definition, business cases, alternatives analysis, project charters, design bases, execution plans, milestone schedules, Class 4/3 estimates, funding requests, AFEs, and stage-gate readiness.
Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering deliverables (process, mechanical, piping, CSA, electrical, instrumentation, controls, utilities, fire-protection, environmental) and lead design, constructability, operability, maintainability, and model reviews.
Prepare procurement plans, scopes of work, bid packages, technical evaluations, commercial leveling, award recommendations, purchase-order and contract administration, change orders, vendor data, FATs, expediting, and warranty resolution.
Develop field-execution, site-logistics, outage, tie-in, permit, contractor-mobilization, and work-package plans; manage RFIs, submittals, NCRs, field changes, constraints, punch lists, inspection records, and owner decisions.
Maintain baseline scope, WBS, schedule, budget, cash flow, commitments, contingency, risk register, change control, ETC / EAC, accruals, progress measurement, critical path, variance analysis, and recovery plans.
Plan turnover by system and subsystem; coordinate mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, energization, cold and hot commissioning, performance testing, MOC closure, CMMS asset data, as-builts, manuals, spares, training, and financial closeout.
Understand how major equipment and infrastructure classes interact, the design and vendor information required, and the operating, construction, commissioning, and lifecycle risks.