Project Manager

• Managing refinery capital projects from front-end loading (FEL) through detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and final turnover to operations
• Manages 7 to 10 simultaneous projects with competing priorities in various phases on a wide variety of manufacturing processes in the refinery
• Develops project scopes in collaboration with operations, discipline engineering, and business representatives
• Facilitates project meetings to develop and review project scope, design criteria and drawings
• Oversees engineering execution utilizing either on-site design staff or local engineering companies
• Responsible for coordinating technical assurance activities with company subject matter experts
• Drives the approval by the appropriate technical authority of equipment specification and drawings
• Develops project cost estimates and schedules for each phase and for final funding
• Accountable for meeting project cost and schedule requirements
• Maintains budgets and schedule forecast with assistance from project controls
• Works with site and corporate procurement to develop/implement a procurement strategy for each project
• Assists with development of equipment and material bid specifications, bid evaluation and selection
• Ensures delivery of specified equipment by facilitating shop inspections and factory acceptance testing
• Coordinates refinery personnel and contractors to assure that field activities are completed safely, on time, within budget and in accordance with the design requirements
• Sets the expectations for construction contractors by spending time in the field
• Assist with start-up plans and procedures, provides technical support during start-up, supports training activities and assures documentation and knowledge transfer
• Provides appropriate files to maintenance and operations for record keeping
• Creates or assembles all documents for project closure
• Closes project financial accounts
• Coordinate and or participate in the Management Of Change (MOC) Process, incident investigations, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and Pre-start up Safety Reviews (PSSR)
• Review proposals of outside vendors regarding the purchase of new or modernization of existing processing equipment

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related technical field preferred
• 10 to 15 years of relevant field experience in construction supervision, project execution, or progressive construction management roles may be considered in lieu of degree
• Strong understanding of engineering principles, construction methods, and safety standards is required regardless of education pathway
• 5-10 years of experience in project management working directly for an owner organization in a FEL staged gate project development process
• Ability to manage a project is essential
• Working knowledge of commonly used engineering concepts and ability to apply this knowledge analytically
• Ability to stay abreast of new technology developments and processes is essential
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, strong verbal communication skills, advanced level of reading and writing, ability to perform advanced mathematical calculations
• Advanced ability to work effectively with multiple groups throughout the refinery
• Strong spreadsheet and word processing applications knowledge
• strong interpersonal, time-management and organizational skills
• ability to provide training to multiple groups on a variety of applicable assigned discipline topics
• Working knowledge of capital projects staged gate development process in a Refinery or Chemical manufacturing complex

Working knowledge of capital projects staged gate development process in a Refinery or Chemical manufacturing complex

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Time-Off
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with match
• Educational Reimbursement
• Parental Bonding Time
• Employee Discounts