Construction Lead III
About The Position
The Construction Lead III is responsible for leading brownfield upstream oil & gas wellsite construction projects while ensuring safe, compliant, and cost-effective execution. This is a hands-on field leadership role overseeing contractors, construction crews, commissioning activities, and project execution from engineering review through startup. The primary focus of this assignment is managing instrument air compressor installation projects (approximately 60–80 installations per year) across the Eagle Ford asset, while also supporting other mechanical construction projects as business needs require. The Construction Lead serves as the primary construction representative between Operations, Facilities Engineering, contractors, and commissioning teams to safely execute facility upgrades, production improvements, and infrastructure projects.
Requirements
- 5+ years of upstream oil & gas construction management experience
- Brownfield wellsite construction experience
- Experience managing mechanical construction projects
- Contractor management and field supervision
- Engineering design review participation
- P&ID interpretation
- Site walkdowns
- Bill of Materials development
- Cost control and project budgeting
- Commissioning and startup experience
- Wellhead equipment knowledge
- Permit to Work administration
- LOTO and Energy Isolation experience
- Regulatory compliance and HSSE leadership
Nice To Haves
- Experience with instrument air compressor installations
- Experience with industrial air compressors
- Experience with wellhead equipment
- Experience with gas lift systems
- Experience with artificial lift systems
- Experience with wellhead compression
- Experience with commissioning
- Experience with instrumentation
- Experience with process optimization
- Experience with IBM Maximo
- Experience with SAP MM
- Experience with BricsCAD
- Experience with Logistics Management
- Experience with SigmaXL
Responsibilities
- Lead brownfield upstream wellsite construction projects.
- Manage approximately 60–80 instrument air compressor installations annually.
- Supervise construction crews and contractors.
- Coordinate daily field construction activities.
- Ensure projects are completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.
- Participate in engineering design reviews.
- Interpret P&IDs.
- Conduct site walkdowns.
- Develop Bills of Materials (BOMs).
- Select construction materials.
- Coordinate with office and field engineering teams.
- Coordinate commissioning activities.
- Support instrument air compressor installations, gas lift systems, wellhead compression, artificial lift installations, safety system testing, and crane operations.
- Assist with startup and turnover activities.
- Ensure compliance with BPX standards and regulatory requirements.
- Administer Permit to Work (PTW) processes.
- Enforce LOTO, Energy Isolation, and HSSE requirements.
- Promote safe construction practices.
- Report process safety concerns and operational risks.
- Direct contractor work.
- Monitor contractor productivity, quality, and schedule performance.
- Verify contractor regulatory compliance.
- Maintain construction documentation.
- Track project costs and progress.
- Troubleshoot construction issues.
- Support corrective construction maintenance.
- Implement improved construction practices.
- Reduce downtime.
- Improve equipment reliability and operational efficiency.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
