Project Manager

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Summary:

The Project Manager position, within the Engineering & Construction (E&C) team, will collaborate with Process Engineers and Directors to deliver project management support. This includes cost management, planning and scheduling, risk management, and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Deliver all aspects of projects from concept to completion.

- Serve as the primary point of contact for the assigned scope of work.

- Work with internal Process Engineering and Directors to support their contracting and execution strategy by being involved in the bid package development and issuance, support through the bid process, supporting contract creation (ensuring critical progress deliverables are in the contract), and reporting of contractor progress

- Support the assigned projects by developing a performance measurement plan with contractors and, if warranted, creating an overall project progress measurement tool to ensure major milestones are earned and trending is on track.

- Work with project contractors to ensure they meet their contract deliverables, that progress reporting is timely and accurate, and that all changes are properly documented.

- Ensure all safety aspects are adhered to per ETC guidelines, standards, and policies.

- Provide cost management support on major project contracts and provide forecast/variance analysis.

- Support Directors and Management requests for front-end development of the milestone schedule and capital spend curve to support project funding packages.

- Lead planning sessions to develop and maintain program-level and project-level schedules with inputs from both internal and external functions.

- Update and maintain project schedules and provide variance analyses to the project team.

- Identify, analyze, and report significant contractor variances in schedules to the Management Team, including milestone completion, slippage of critical path items, and schedule variance.

- Work with Operations and Contractor Teams to develop a detailed Risk Register and to support its maintenance throughout the project life cycle.

- Work with the project team to develop project-specific execution plans for project controls, contract management, and overall project execution.

- Ability to take minimal direction and run down an objective to completion.

Required Skills

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential job duty. The requirements for this position are listed below:

- Must be able to effectively support and communicate with various project team members, contractors, and within E&C Project Controls

- Detail-oriented with good organizational skills.

- Knowledge and application of scheduling standards and practices involving ground-up (facility) and/or linear (pipeline) projects

- Must be able to interface effectively with all levels of internal and external customers.

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple concurrent assignments.

- Additional work outside of regular business hours may be required.

- Travel could be up to 75%, as required; role to be based out of Midland, TX.

Education/Experience:

- 6-10 years of relevant work experience directly related to Construction, Operations, Engineering or Project Management in the Oil & Gas Industry with emphasis on Midstream.

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management preferred. Will consider relevant experience in place of a degree.

- Proficient understanding of the full life cycle of ground-up and linear-based projects from project initiation to closure

- Advanced knowledge and proficiency in utilizing scheduling add-ons to evaluate schedule integrity, risk, and program management.

- Advanced knowledge and proficiency utilizing the following Software(s):

o Advanced knowledge and proficiency in utilizing Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft platforms

o Microsoft Project

o Primavera Risk Analyzer

o SAP

o A Project Management Tool of any kind

Working Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

- Driving and field work are essential to success in this role; expect < 50% of the time spent in an office setting.

- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing.

- Occasional overnight travel may be required.

- Frequent visits to industrial/manufacturing settings, which may include exposure to various materials and chemicals, as well as extreme temperature conditions and loud machinery, and require appropriate personal protective equipment.

"An equal opportunity employer/disability/vet The Partnership is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants on the basis of any actual or perceived legally protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law. The nature and frequency of the above working conditions and requirements may vary depending on individual operational circumstances. Where feasible, the Partnership will make reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job. DISCLAIMER: The statements listed in this job posting, which are subject to change, are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. "