Project Manager - Pipeline Integrity

We have a current opportunity for a Project Manager - Pipeline Integrity. The position will be based in Houston. For further information about this position please apply.

Position Description:
Provides project management support to Business Development, Integrity Engineering, Operations, and others. Candidate will manage a broad range of sustaining capital and expense projects primarily for pipeline integrity. Projects include but are not limited to: pipeline inspection and repair, replacements, relocations, HDDs and hydrotests.

Essential duties and responsibilities included but not limited to:

• Define and prepare job scopes and cost estimates.
• Provide leadership and direction to project team that may be comprised of internal and external service providers including but not limited to Product Movement, project engineers, planning engineers, operations, environmental services, field personnel, procurement, design engineering, engineering contractors, survey contractors, construction contractors, ROW, permitting, EH&S, Control Center.
• Deal with a wide variety of people with tact, courtesy, and professionalism.
• Create and direct the controls for assigned projects.
• Provide or direct the appropriate level of project documentation during the project and following completion to assure compliance with Corporate, Federal, State and other governing bodies policies.
• Prepare and deliver presentations that communicate project proposals, descriptions and status to upper management, governmental agencies and/or the public.
• Communicate the status of developmental activities to business sponsors using written and verbal communications.
• Manage projects in a manner that assures safety, reliability, environmental and human impacts are mitigated while meeting the project goals (including but not limited to Schedule, Budget, Safety and overall Quality).
• Manage project finances and prepare accurate monthly project cash flow forecast.
• Manage project schedules.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Speak clearly, both in person and by telephone, using a high level of verbal skills and listen carefully.
• Communicate with Management on goals and objectives.
• Ensure ongoing improvement through evaluation of current processes.
• Maintain a regular, dependable attendance and high level of performance.
• Maintain a high regard for personal safety, for the safety of company assets and employees, and the general public.

Position Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Civil Engineering or other engineering degree with work experience equivalent to ME, EE, or Civil or Chemical engineering degree. Other degrees may be considered in association with applicable experience

Other Experience and Skills:

• Undergraduate (Bachelor level) degree from an accredited institution in Engineering is required. Equivalent industry work experience may be considered.
• Course of study in the discipline of Mechanical, Civil or Chemical Engineering is preferred.

Job Requirements (specific experience, skills, knowledge, certifications, licenses, working conditions):

• Minimum of 5 years of direct work experience in engineering or managing projects preferred.
• Must be able to understand the needs of the business unit(s) for which development work is being performed. * Intermediate to advanced proficiency level in Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Office Suite general products.
• Strong analytical skills and logical thought processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including but not limited to the ability to present ideas, proposals and results to business segment leaders and to internal and external customers.
• Ability to organize and prioritize daily work, including tracking and managing large projects, and see projects to completion while maintaining strict confidentiality (as necessary.)
• Must be able to successfully and simultaneously manage multiple tasks, and work with minimal direct supervision.
• Must possess general understanding of how corporate policies, procedures, practices and processes relate to the business segment, associated business units, and internal and external customers.
• Experience in developing, implementing and successfully managing operating budgets preferred.
• Ability to work with a team, take directions from supervisor(s), high degree of attention to details, follow work rules, prioritize work schedule and adhere to established work schedules.
• Ability to identify and establish expectations in an employee/employer relationship (subordinate/manager).
• Solid communication, motivation and interpersonal skills, and the ability to manage projects(s) that will include working with individuals with varying disciplines, backgrounds and experience levels.
• Requirement to carry a company-provided cell phone and be available to respond during working and non-working hours.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and a driving record satisfactory to company and its insurer.
• Effectively prioritize workload between several projects including the ability to take on new projects and shift priorities on short notice.

Preferred Experience, Skills and Knowledge: (not required, but advantageous for this position)

• Understanding of basic economic analysis as it pertains to project justification.

Certifications, licenses, registrations:

• Possess and maintain valid driver's license and be insurable by company's insurance carrier.

Physical demands:

• Ability to climb tank stairs and walk over uneven surfaces on the pipeline right of way or at field facilities.

Working conditions:

• Mostly indoors, but must be able to work outdoors in project & maintenance activities.
• Frequent contact after normal working hours is expected from contractors and inspectors.
• Availability to work extended hours and travel with short notice in emergency situations.
• Travel approximately 30% with overnight stays.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.