Sulzer

Project Management Director

Mexico · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerSulzer
LocationMexico
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted30 Sep 2026

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

About the role

The Project Director is responsible for the overall leadership, execution, and successful delivery of major strategic projects from contract award through final handover and commercial closeout.
The role has full accountability for project safety, quality, schedule performance, profitability, cash flow, contract compliance, risk management, and customer satisfaction. The Project Director serves as Sulzer's senior project representative and acts as the primary interface with customer leadership, partners, subcontractors, and senior management throughout project execution.

Project Leadership & Execution

Lead and direct major projects from contract award through final project closeout.
Establish project execution strategy, organization structure, governance model, staffing plan, and communication framework.
Lead Project Managers and core project team members assigned to the project.
Define project objectives, milestones, deliverables, responsibilities, and success criteria.
Ensure project teams understand contractual scope, customer requirements, technical specifications, schedule commitments, budgets, and execution plans.

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Commercial & Contract Management

Assume overall accountability for project profitability and financial performance.
Verify alignment between customer purchase orders, contracts, negotiated scope, and execution plans.
Ensure all contractual obligations, deliverables, and milestones are fulfilled.
Lead project commercial strategy throughout execution.
Drive identification, development, negotiation, and recovery of change orders.
Conduct regular gross margin reviews and monitor performance against approved budgets and forecasts.

Customer Management

Serve as the senior project representative for strategic customer projects.
Develop and maintain executive-level customer relationships.
Lead customer review meetings, steering committee meetings, and project performance discussions.

Project Controls & Performance Management

Ensure effective project controls are established and maintained.
Review project schedules, forecasts, cost reports, productivity metrics, and risk assessments.
Monitor critical path activities and key project milestones.
Establish project performance indicators and reporting mechanisms.
Lead project risk reviews and mitigation planning activities.

Risk & Opportunity Management

Establish and maintain project risk management processes.
Identify technical, commercial, contractual, operational, supply chain, safety, financial, and schedule risks.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or related technical discipline.
MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
Minimum 15 years of experience leading complex industrial projects.
Minimum 5 years leading large multidisciplinary project teams.
Bilingual in English and Spanish required, Portuguese preferred.
Ability to travel 25% to 50% depending on project assignments and execution requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

Proven track record delivering major capital projects and complex customer-facing projects.
Experience managing projects exceeding USD $25 million in contract value.
Strong experience in project execution, commercial management, contract management, change order management, and project controls.
Experience managing EPC, engineered equipment, construction, turnaround, revamp, and industrial service projects.

What we offer you

Salary according to experience
Life insurance
Savings fund
30-day Christmas bonus
Major medical expenses insurance
Interaction with international team
Career growth opportunities
Benefits above the law

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.

We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.

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