Project Manager (Sr or Staff)

Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.

Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours!

As a Project Manager Staff, you’re not just managing projects—you’re defining how complex initiatives are executed across the organization. This role demands technical mastery, strategic vision, and the ability to deliver results that directly impact business performance. You’ll lead multiple large-scale projects with a relentless focus on safety, efficiency, and profitability, ensuring every initiative aligns with corporate objectives and engineering best practices.

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

- Leads a team to implement project plans or programs with significant complexity to achieve objectives, coordinating with our internal and external business partners

- Sets up the core project team to facilitate achievement of the project objective

- Coordinates key functions with technical resources under the guidance of Project Life Cycle

- Develops and implements project reports, presentations, schedules and costing forecasts

- Presents and implements recommendations supported by sound engineering and operational efficiency that supports reliability targets and reduces risks inherent in the project

- Prepares, reviews and approves requests for proposals, evaluations and contractor selection

- Understands the economic impact of the project being developed to drive solutions

- Anticipates issues, gathers information, assesses opportunity, analyzes alternative solutions and makes important decisions

- Develops optimum project solutions that improve economic profit over the life of the project

- Runs moderate-large projects with high quality and a focus on our business partners

- Leads project teams and contractors; accountable for producing results and meeting deadlines

- Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

- Required: Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 15 years’ experience in oil and gas engineering/project management

- Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or construction management and Master's degree in business, project management or engineering management; PMP, PE, and Microsoft Specialist Project Certification (MS)

Shift/Work hours/Travel Requirements:

- Must be willing to travel up to 50%

Other Requirements:

- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills

- Solid understanding of PLC/Stage-Gate processes and extensive experience with facility construction or operations in the oil and gas industry

About Houston (Williams Tower Location):

Our Houston office is located in the Williams Tower, just steps from the Houston Galleria on Post Oak Boulevard, an area with more than 700 retailers, fine dining and hotels within two square miles. We offer free onsite-parking!

Houston is the fourth most populous city in the nation and greater Houston is the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in the United States. Houston is a dynamic mix of imagination, talent and first-class attractions that makes it a world-class city!

If you love being outside, Houston rates first in total park acreage among U.S. cities with more than one million residents and offers a 300-mile interconnected bikeway network spread over 500 square miles. Check out

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Why Choose Williams?

We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!

- Competitive compensation

- Annual incentive program

- Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles

- Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles

- 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

- Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits

- A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account

- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

- Paid time off, including floating and company holidays

- Wellness Program with annual rewards

- Employee stock purchase plan

- Robust employee learning and development

- High internal mobility (we promote from within)

- Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)

- Fertility coverage and adoption benefits

- Domestic partner benefits

- Educational reimbursement

- Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer

- Employee resource groups

- Employee assistance programs

- Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative

- Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes

Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.

Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.

For more information, please visit

https://www.williams.com/careers/total-rewards/

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Education Requirements:

Bachelors

Skill Requirements:

Competency Requirements:

Action oriented, Collaborates, Communicates effectively, Customer focus, Drives results, Ensures accountability, Instills trust