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    "description": "<h2>Overview</h2>\n<p>The Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of assigned capital and operational projects within the plant. This is a technical, hands-on role requiring independent judgment across all phases of the project lifecycle — from scope definition and contractor selection through field execution, commissioning, and operational handoff.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>The Project Manager owns their projects fully. They are expected to manage scope, schedule, budget, and quality without day-to-day direction, escalating to the Plant Projects Manager on matters of significant risk, policy, or resource conflict.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Success in this role is defined by the consistent delivery of projects on time and within scope, while maintaining clear communication, fostering collaboration across teams, and achieving measurable results.</p>\n<h2>Responsibilities</h2>\n<p><strong>Project </strong><strong>Management</strong></p>\n<ul>\n <li>Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria in alignment with plant leadership direction.</li>\n <li>Develop and maintain detailed project schedules; monitor progress and proactively manage schedule risk.</li>\n <li>Lead cross-functional project teams across operations, maintenance, quality, and engineering without direct authority over those resources.</li>\n <li>Lead project meetings with structured agendas and distribute action-oriented meeting minutes.</li>\n <li>Maintain complete project documentation including specifications, drawings, change orders, meeting minutes, and schedule updates.</li>\n <li>Identify obstacles early; 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