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Honeywell

Diversified industrial conglomerate: aerospace, automation, safety

Program Principal

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
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Bachelor's
Houston, TX, USA
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Project & Program ManagementProgram Management

About the job

Requirements
  • 12+ years of automation experience.
  • At least 5 years of experience in the oil and gas, refining, and/or mining industry.
  • At least 8 years of project management or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
  • Lead and deliver complex automation and technology development projects and programs as a core member of a global program team, driving cross-functional initiatives against scope, schedule, cost, quality, and performance commitments.
  • Coordinate multiple workstreams and Centers of Excellence across domestic and international locations.
  • Translate strategic objectives into end-to-end program plans and drive execution across the product lifecycle from concept and development through industrialization and production.
  • Own program planning, risk management, and stakeholder alignment across engineering, automation, manufacturing, supply chain, and production teams; identify dependencies, mitigate risks, resolve issues, and support data-driven decisions for on-time, on-budget delivery.
  • Champion program governance, execution rigor, and continuous improvement to meet customer and business objectives.
  • Coordinate and manage project team activities throughout program lifecycles, from start through close-out.
  • Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, commercial terms, risk allocation, and change management; administer contracts, mitigate claims, and negotiate with customers, EPC partners, and subcontractors to protect scope, schedule, cost, and margin objectives.
  • Define program goals and success metrics.
  • Align multiple project plans to a shared roadmap.
  • Manage interdependencies and resource conflicts.
  • Communicate program health to senior leadership.
  • Drive process improvement, tooling adoption, and consistency.
  • Coach and support Project Managers.
  • Develop, implement, and monitor project execution plans, including schedule, cost, and staffing requirements.
  • Comply with Global Project Management Office guidelines.
  • Drive sales growth through project upsells.
  • Review financial, budget, sales, and activity data to monitor productivity, goal progress, and activity levels.
  • Maintain and develop positive customer relationships.
  • Lead multidisciplinary engineers, subcontractors, and service providers by clarifying scope and driving ownership to ensure contractual requirements are implemented and delivered.
  • Track and control costs within budget while pursuing margin expansion opportunities.
  • Hold team members accountable for conformance and accuracy within their scope of work.
  • Conduct meetings with teams and vendors to drive schedule and oversight.
  • Issue internal and external management reports as required.
  • Manage change orders, document reviews, punch-list resolutions, and project close-out.
  • Drive on-time execution.
  • Define and generate the Program Execution Plan.
  • Collaborate with, direct, and lead teams; coordinate with functional teams.
  • Facilitate forecast and capacity analyses.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Authority and accountability for program execution.
  • Experience with requirements management and fulfillment, planning, and estimation.
  • Experience with scheduling, including resource loading and critical path analysis.
  • Experience developing a Statement of Work through a Work Breakdown Structure, Basis of Estimate, and Integrated Master Schedule.
  • Expertise in Earned Value Management.
  • Experience with cost and financial management, including RDE, spend, forecasts, and variance.
  • Experience with risk identification and mitigation.
  • Experience with change management.
  • Strong written and oral communication for cross-functional collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation.
  • Organizational skills and experience in international, multisite, and multicultural business environments.
  • Detailed experience with process engineering, planning, cost estimating, scheduling, procurement, and customer and change-order management in refining, petrochemical, or gas processing.
  • Ability to influence and energize others, improve performance, meet commitments, and achieve results.
  • Project Management Professional certification.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional collaboration and communicate and influence.
  • Ability to provide guidance and coaching to peers and team members.

About the company

Honeywell designs and sells technologies across four areas: aerospace, building automation, performance materials and technologies, and safety and productivity solutions. Its products combine hardware, software, and services such as aircraft systems, building controls, specialty chemicals, materials, sensors, software, and personal protective equipment to improve efficiency, safety, and performance. The company differentiates itself through a large, diversified global portfolio and by providing end-to-end integration across design, manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and analytics. Its goal is to help customers operate more reliably and efficiently, reduce costs and environmental impact, and grow recurring revenue by offering connected solutions and digital platforms that link hardware and software.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Charlotte, North Carolina

Founded

1906

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What believers are saying

  • Q2 2026 Honeywell Technologies orders rose 16%, lifting backlog to roughly $20 billion.
  • Management raised 2026 guidance to $8.05-$8.35 adjusted EPS after strong margins.
  • Brazil's Acelen biofuel refinery win expands Honeywell's low-carbon process technology franchise.

What critics are saying

  • Honeywell Aerospace cut 2026 organic growth to 4%-5% after June 29 spin-off.
  • The DOJ settled a cybersecurity False Claims Act case for $2.04 million on September 1, 2026.
  • PSS and WWS sales removed scale, and supply constraints hit Honeywell Aerospace's post-spin performance.

What makes Honeywell unique

  • Honeywell Technologies is becoming a pure-play automation company with deep installed-base software.
  • Experion Cognition targets autonomous control rooms, blending process expertise with AI decisioning.
  • Building Automation grew 9% organically in Q2 2026, powered by data centers.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • Educational Assistance

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

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1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

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Yahoo Finance
Oct 22nd, 2026
Honeywell lags Eaton and Emerson with 5% gain vs. 23% as focused automation pivot tests investors

Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) shares have gained 5% this year, trailing Eaton at 23.68% and Emerson Electric at 22.90%. The stock traded at $214.73 on October 21, 2026. Weakness in its Process Automation and Technology business may explain part of the gap. Lower catalyst volumes hurt sales and margins in the second quarter. After separating Solstice Advanced Materials and spinning off its Aerospace business, Honeywell aims to become a leaner industrial technology company. Investors are weighing whether it can grow faster while carrying more debt. Revenue over the past year reached $38.1 billion, up 5.0%, with an operating margin of 18.8%. The 21.6% net margin was inflated by a one-time $6.6 billion gain from deconsolidating Quantinuum.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 22nd, 2026
Honeywell raises 2026 guidance after 7% organic growth and 370bps margin gain as standalone automation firm

Honeywell International reported 7% organic sales growth in the third quarter, its first as a standalone pure-play automation company. The result beat Investor Day targets, and segment margins rose 370 basis points to over 21%. The company raised its 2026 guidance across all metrics. It now expects 4% to 5% organic growth and adjusted earnings per share of $8.40 to $8.45. Data centre orders grew over 100%. Process Automation and Technology sales rose 8%, and Building Automation posted its eighth straight quarter of high-single-digit growth. Honeywell aims to cut gross debt to under $13 billion by the end of 2026. It expects to eliminate all remaining stranded costs by then, six months early, and cites a $19 billion backlog for 2027 growth.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 20th, 2026
Honeywell trades at 8.1x earnings, but spin-off distorts cash flow multiple and margins slip

Honeywell International stock trades at 8.1 times earnings, against 22.7 for the median S&P 500 company. But the low multiple may mislead: most of the earnings came in one quarter, and net income of $8.21 billion exceeded operating income of $5.99 billion. On operating cash flow, Honeywell trades at 13.0 times against 15.0 for the S&P 500. That figure still includes a full year of cash from Honeywell Aerospace, which was spun off on June 29, 2026. Operating margin fell to 16.6% in the twelve months to June 2026, from 18.7% a year earlier. Management says cost cuts are ahead of plan and expects a segment margin above 22% by the end of 2026. Investors will watch segment margin in the third-quarter report, expected around October 22, 2026.

Fortune
Oct 14th, 2026
Honeywell launches Forge Cognition AI "brain" for buildings with Nvidia and Dell, keeping humans in control

Honeywell Technologies has launched Forge Cognition, an AI platform built with Nvidia and Dell that places AI agents and digital twins on top of building systems for heating, cooling, security, and power. It can run in manual, semi-autonomous, or autonomous mode, but chief technology officer Suresh Venkatarayalu said the autonomous setting is not yet open. Humans will stay in the loop for probably the next two to three years, he said, after which customers decide when to switch. At Nvidia's Voyager headquarters, Honeywell says the system cut unnecessary alerts by up to 90%. It also identified close to 10% in potential energy savings, which have not yet been achieved. Honeywell is now working to turn Nvidia into a paying customer. It is also piloting the platform at sites in Dubai, Singapore, Bangalore, and Richardson, Texas.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 30th, 2026
Corning vs. Honeywell: Which industrial tech stock offers better value in 2026?

Corning reported revenue of nearly $15.6 billion in FY 2025, representing 19.1% year-on-year growth, with net income reaching roughly $1.6 billion and a net margin of 10.2%. The specialised glass and optical-physics manufacturer supplies optical fibre to Verizon and durable cover glass to Apple, whilst partnering with Amazon, Nvidia, and Qualcomm for AI and data centre architectures. Its debt-to-equity ratio stood at approximately 0.9x, with a current ratio of 1.6x. Honeywell International, operating across aerospace technologies, industrial automation, and building automation, reported FY 2025 revenue of approximately $37.4 billion, reflecting 7.8% growth. The diversified industrial technology company achieved net income of roughly $4.7 billion, resulting in a 12.6% net margin. Honeywell maintains strategic agreements with Bombardier for propulsion and avionics systems whilst refining its portfolio through divestments.