Senior Project Manager - Stafford, TX

Location:

Stafford, TX, United States, 77477

• Provide strategic direction and full ownership of multiple and complex projects from order receipt through delivery, ensuring financial, schedule, quality, and customer satisfaction targets are consistently achieved.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams (engineering, supply chain, quality, logistics, sales), fostering collaboration and pro-active problem resolution.
• Develop, validate and manage project schedules, budgets, and resource plans, ensuring long-term business objectives are supported.
• Manage projects by driving milestone achievements, reporting, and follow-up to ensure on-time delivery and optimal margin protection.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks to project performance, implementing robust contingency plans.
• Serve as primary point of contact to customers, managing executive-level communications, escalations, strategic relationships and expectations.

What Else is Expected?

• Drive adherence to project management best practices, standards, strategic projects, innovations and internal procedures, raising overall project delivery maturity.
• Represent Howden, a Chart Industries Company, with senior-level professionalism, accountability and customer focus.
• Promote knowledge-sharing, mentor project team members, and support the development of project coordinators and project managers and foster a culture of collaboration.
• Lead and champion continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen project flow, operational performance and profitability.
• Provide input to leadership on strategic project trends, resource needs, and process optimization opportunities.

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in project management within an engineering, heavy industrial or construction environment, preferably overseeing complex or strategic projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams and manage high-value, technically complex customer accounts.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, or 12+ years of progressive project management experience with demonstrated leadership responsibility.
• Strong financial acumen, including experience managing margin, cost variance, forecasting, and cashflow.
• High ethical standards, teamwork, safety, customer focus and compliance with regulations.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, time management, stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Advanced problem-solving capabilities, with a proven ability to manage risk and resolve escalations effectively.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and ERP systems.
• Ability to travel on occasion, as required.
• Experience in matrix organizations, demonstrating influence and indirect leadership.

• Experience in Microsoft Dynamics AX-4 or JD Edwards.
• Project management certification (i.e. PMP).
• Industry experience with rotating equipment and the general air and gas handling sector.

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employer contributions to an HSA account
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance with the option to purchase supplemental individual, spouse and dependent child coverage
• 401k retirement savings plan including a company match

Chart Industries, Inc. is a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the Energy and Industrial Gas markets. Our unique product portfolio is used in every phase of the liquid gas supply chain, including upfront engineering, service and repair.