Sr Project Manager-ENG

Senior Project Manager

Zachry Engineering Corporation (ZEC) is currently looking for a talented Senior Project Manager to join our Project Management Department in Houston, Texas. This is a great opportunity to get involved in interesting and challenging design projects for clients in the Oil & Gas, Power, and Chemical process industries.

• Experience managing large capital projects totaling more than $100MM TIC or reporting to a Project Director, as a Project Engineering Manager, on large capital projects exceeding $1B TIC. These projects include brownfield, greenfield, retrofit, or debottlenecking / expansion in oil and gas, petrochemical, chemicals, power, biofuels, and renewable energy. This position involves oversight and responsibility of the execution and delivery, management of multiple engineering discipline leads (Project Engineering Management role), along with oversight of vendor management through all phases of projects through start-up and commissioning.

• Monitoring, reporting, and controlling project costs and schedule through all phases of the Project.

• Execute of all aspects of the project including managing the staff, providing vision and strategic leadership, monitoring project schedules and budgets, evaluating project productivity and quality and directing the complete technical operations of the project.

• Experience in successfully managing and executing work with overseas High Value Engineering (HVE) offices.

• Develop and implement administrative, technical and corporate procedures and policies to ensure the successful operation of the project on a profitable basis.

• Direct and manage the activities of Project personnel and support the team in the planning, scheduling, design quality and execution of projects.

• Assume full responsibility for the successful execution of each assigned project for schedule compliance, budget compliance, and scope and quality of deliverables.

• Build relationships and coordinate with the client and project personnel.

• Ensure the client's input and job requirements are adequately addressed and implemented consistently with the contractual requirements.

• Organize and supervise the implementation of project management systems and corporate quality systems.

• Support the maintenance of documentation files, accurately describing all commercial, technical and financial correspondence.

• Prepare and evaluate monthly progress reports, describing the schedule, manpower expenditures and work scope for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.

• Ensure invoices are processed timely and accurately per contract agreements. Act as a liaison between the client and the accounting department on any outstanding invoices.

• Champion Management of Change by identifying and documenting ECNs and processing in a timely fashion where additional work is required.

• Develop new business opportunities as a by-product of relationship with clients. Participate in business development meetings.

• Plan and identify upcoming tasks, potential problem areas, technical information, staffing priorities and identify solutions where necessary.

• Responsible to maintain proper staff levels to meet project requirements. Actively recruit and train personnel for project as necessary.

• Develop, coach and track employee skill level in technical and work management areas.

• Develops project proposals, proposal scopes of work, and budgets.

• Performs field walk downs and data collection. Position necessitates field activities, some climbing, and occasional travel.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.

• 15 to 20 years of experience in the Process Plant, Petroleum Refining, and / or Petrochemical Sector. Some Sustainable Energy experience is preferred.

• At least 7-10 years as a Project Manager or Project Engineering Manager.

• Experienced in managing mid-large cap projects exceeding $100MM TIC.

• Strong communication and inter-personal skills are required to provide effective intra and inter-discipline coordination on projects, as well as effective communication with clients and vendors.

• Must be organized, self-directed, able to prioritize and multi-task, work in a team…