Senior Project Manager - Projects

Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life.

Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount. Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company? Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do?

A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!

What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company? Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.

Location:

Alpharetta, GA or Houston, TX

The Senior Project Manager
- Central Projects is an effective communicator and project leader accountable for the full lifecycle management of multiple complex projects and programs that impact multiple functional areas involving controls integration, automation interfaces and the construction or installation of industrial equipment. You will assemble and lead project core teams through development, execution, monitoring, control, and closeout while securing and coordinating the internal and external resources needed to meet project objectives.

Working with minimal supervision, you will proactively engage project governance and key stakeholders, provide accurate reporting on safety, cost, and schedule performance, resolve issues that could impede execution, and ensure compliance with internal and external requirements. You will also improve the project management processes, procedures, and guidelines and mentor less experienced engineers and project managers. All work is conducted in alignment with Colonial’s safety policies, procedures, and core values of Safety, Personal Integrity, Respect, Innovation, and Teamwork.

Up to 30% travel

• Lead the project core team and remain accountable for development and execution throughout the project lifecycle in accordance with Colonial’s project management processes, procedures, and tools.
• Guide the team in developing, monitoring, and controlling scope, schedule, cost, quality, and performance requirements.
• Ensure the Project Charter is developed and approved, and lead creation of the project governance structure, core team roles, responsibilities, scope of work, execution plan, acceptance criteria, and supporting project plans.
• Lead core team and project-related meetings, manage team member performance, and adjust roles or resources as needed.
• Provide regular project status reporting on safety, scope changes, budget, schedule, and upcoming milestones.
• Lead development of stage-gate and funding approval documents and obtain the appropriate approvals.
• Maintain records supporting project decisions, approvals, changes, and other key project documentation.
• Ensure Pre-Startup Safety Review and Management of Change processes are completed.
• Coordinate integration or industrial control systems, automation platforms, instrumentation, electrical interfaces, and SCADA – related components into project scope, schedule, cost, quality and commissioning plans.
• Oversee construction, fabrication, installation, testing and turnover activities for complex industrial equipment, ensuring readiness for safe startup and long-term operational reliability.
• Coordinate project closeout with accounting other Colonial departments; facilitate and capture lessons learned in the appropriate repository.
• Support the Commercial team in representing Colonial with external partners.
• Advise the Director of Central…