Assistant Project Manager

Pelican Energy Consultants•Covington, LA

About The Position

Assist the Project Manager with multi-discipline engineering and design projects with engineering budgets of $50,000 to $5,000,000 in the Oil and Gas Industries, CO2 Capture and Transportation Industry, or Chemical Industry. Assist the Project Manager with planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling all aspects of the project. Direct interface with lead project engineering and design teams. Manage interdisciplinary communication and coordination. Technical background with the ability to understand and evaluate the technical content of design drawings. Develop and strengthen relationships with clients.

Requirements

Good Written Communication and Oral Skills
Detail Oriented
Dependable
Technical Aptitude
Good Organizational Skills
Quick Learner
Self-Learner
Good Integrity
Good collaboration skills
4-year engineering degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required
2-6 years related experience in design engineering or construction engineering
MS Office Suite (MS Work, MS Excel, etc)
Bluebeam / Adobe
MS Windows

Responsibilities

Meet with proposal manager and ensure full understanding of stakeholder expectations, scope of work, deliverables, budget, schedule, and quality requirements
Set up initial kickoff meeting with client and obtains alignment of project goals, communication requirements, deliverables, budget, schedule, and quality requirements
Coordinate formation of the project team with department heads, including assignment of PE of record for each discipline
Prepare detailed scope of work, design basis, schedule and validate with engineering and design teams
Ensure engineering design leads develop execution plans and update the project controls systems. Validates execution plans.
Provides team leadership and high-level review of technical execution
Lead weekly status review and design meetings to:
Ensure interdisciplinary communication and coordination
Review status of task, deliverables, quality, and quality processes
Review and Update Scope, Schedule, Budget, and Forecast
Monitor and control change
Lead management of change and issue change orders to client
Ensure execution plans are updated when approval of change in scope, schedule, quality, or deliverables is received
Maintain the appropriate level of client communication: phone calls, emails, status meetings, status reports, in person meetings, and team reviews, etc.
Track Project Progress and issue Progress Reports to client weekly.
Maintain the appropriate level of communication with Management
Ensure project team follows company policies and procedures
Perform lessons learned on each project during project execution phase
Mentor engineers and designers.