Capital Project Manager Executive

Summary

CHS, Inc. is seeking a Capital Project Manager – Executive to lead the delivery of a new greenfield soybean processing facility near Evansville, Wisconsin. This role provides executive leadership and overall accountability for an approximately $700 million capital investment that will expand CHS’s oilseed processing capabilities and create new market opportunities for its owners. The Capital Project Manager- Executive will oversee integrated project delivery through construction, commissioning, and turnover, aligning internal teams, external partners, and key stakeholders. This leader will drive project governance, resolve critical issues, and guide execution to deliver the facility safely, on schedule, within approved capital parameters, and in alignment with CHS business objectives. The planned facility will process up to 80 million bushels of U.S.-grown soybeans annually and is expected to employ approximately 80 people. Located in a region with strong soybean production and significant demand for soybean meal, the facility will benefit from access to rail service and major transportation corridors serving domestic and global markets. 

This is a project-based executive leadership role. The role requires a significant on-site presence in Evansville, Wisconsin during critical project phases, beginning with construction anticipated in September 2026 through fall of 2028, to provide visible leadership, enable timely decision-making and support effective coordination with internal stakeholders and external delivery partners.

Following completion of the project, the incumbent may be considered for future CHS leadership opportunities based on business needs, organizational requirements and the individual’s qualifications and performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership and overall accountability for new greenfield soybean processing facility delivery from post-Board approval through successful facility turnover and project closeout. Set the execution strategy, integrated delivery framework, priorities and accountability mechanisms necessary to achieve approved project objectives
• Establish and lead project execution, escalation, and strategic decision-support processes. Direct governance forums, develop escalation pathways, and decision-rights processes, and provide clear recommendations to executive sponsors regarding project performance, material risks, tradeoffs, changes, and decisions requiring review and approval
• Own delivery assurance across scope, schedule, budget and risk. Maintain executive accountability for performance against the approved project scope, schedule and capital plan, including owner’s costs. Ensure rigorous forecasting, change control, contingency stewardship, risk management and corrective-action processes are in place and effective
• Direct the external project delivery ecosystem. Provide strategic direction and performance oversight for the general contractor, engineering partners, OFCI equipment and supplier partners, and other external parties. Ensure roles, interfaces, contractual obligations, dependencies and performance expectations are aligned to deliver the integrated project plan
• Champion safe, compliant and quality project execution. Set the leadership expectations and delivery culture required to achieve strong safety, environmental, regulatory, quality and construction performance
• Ensure material issues are visible, addressed promptly and escalated through the appropriate governance channels. Ensure successful commissioning, turnover and closeout. Provide executive direction for project completion, commissioning, turnover and closeout activities. Partner with the separate Prepare to Operate workstream to align handover requirements, readiness dependencies, documentation and resolution of material transition issues
• Ensure alignment between project execution activities and prepare to operate workstream by coordinating project milestones, identifying cross-functional dependencies, communicating schedule impacts, and facilitating resolution of issues affecting commissioning, turnover, and startup readiness 

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in engineering, capital-project delivery, construction, operations, or project/program leadership within industrial processing, manufacturing, agricultural processing, food/feed, energy, or a similarly complex environment. 
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to, work at and maintain a significant on-site presence at the Evansville, Wisconsin project site during critical project phases.

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in engineering, construction management, project management, business administration or a related technical or business discipline
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), or comparable project/program-management credentialuirements applicable to industrial processing facilities
• 10+ years of senior engineering, capital project, program, or operational leadership experience, including executive-level accountability for a large, complex greenfield industrial project through construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout
• Comprehensive knowledge of industrial project delivery, including engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, contract administration, project controls, change management, and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage integrated scope, schedule, budget, forecasts, owner’s costs, contingency, and cash flow
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and hold external engineering, construction, equipment-supplier, and consulting partners accountable for performance, coordination, and timely issue resolution
• Demonstrated ability to establish project governance, clarify decision rights, lead escalations, and communicate material risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to executive sponsors and steering committees
• Knowledge of construction safety, process safety management, environmental permitting, regulatory compliance, and quality requirements applicable to industrial processing facilities
• Ability to foster a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, and high performance across project teams and external partners
• Strong strategic thinking, business judgment, financial acumen, problem-solving, and executive communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical, financial, and operational information for varied audiences
• Working knowledge of oilseed processing, agricultural processing, food/feed manufacturing, renewable fuels, or comparable continuous-process operations, including operational considerations affecting facility design, commissioning, and turnover
• Experience coordinating project execution with a separate operational-readiness or Prepare to Operate workstream
• Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidate must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical requirements and FMCSA Clearinghouse