Project Manager - Capital Investments

Department:          Capital Investments

Location:               La Porte, Texas

Travel Involved:    0-10%

Description:

Provide project management skills to bring investment projects through the capital work process (FEL Gates) and to field completion.  Work with internal and external engineering resources to develop the required deliverables for the FEL-1, FEL-2, FEL-3 and Execution phases.  Work with plant personnel to review project design and ensure installation meets applicable standards and code.  The Project Manager is responsible for leading project cost estimate and schedules and external engineering required to meet the project maturity following required Process Safety Management and site procedures.

Track actual performance, identifying variances from project baseline and take appropriate corrective actions to minimize impacts. 

Work with procurement to develop bid packages and select best vendor for engineering, procurement and construction work.  Work alongside with the Capital Construction Manager to ensure field work is supported by adequate engineering and is conducted in a safe and efficient manner. After the project is turned over to the plant the Project Manager ensures all action items are completed and project is adequately closed.

Position will also work with Capital Leader, Portfolio manager, plant team members, and other support groups to develop the yearly portfolio budget.  Focus is on improving the cost structure of the facility while keeping the existing plant assets and infrastructure in a reliable condition.  

Requirements:

• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Civil Engineering with >5 years project management/engineering experience. Strong technical and interpersonal skills with ability to work collaboratively with other departments and those outside the Investment Group.  Self starter who works well in cross functional teams
• Excellent communication skills and leadership abilities. Proven record leading process projects through design and field implementation. Ability to plan, monitor and execute multiple projects
• Must be an excellent communicator, self motivated, results oriented, have solid interpersonal skills, and be able to deal with all levels in the organization. Must be creative and innovative, and demonstrate strong problem solving, analytical, organizational, and planning skills.  Must be comfortable challenging and providing technical feedback to team members and contractors

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience:

• Experience in FEL (Front-End Loading) methodology;
• Experience in evaluating process design packages (PDP) or conceptual designs packages (CDP);
• Ability to define problems, collect and interpret data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions;
• Experience with providing data and reviewing project schedules and cost estimates;
• Possess skills to be able to contribute in a team environment and establish work relationships with onsite and offsite functional groups to achieve results;
• Must also have excellent computer skills, excellent verbal and writing skills along with computer skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
• Incumbent must be self-motivated, and results oriented;
• Experience with managing engineering contractors;
• Good knowledge of the interdisciplinary engineering fundamentals.