Project Lead, Operations

Venture Global Lng•Cameron, LA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company's two Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global's modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost. We are seeking qualified applicants for the Contract position of Project Lead, Operations Projects Location: Venture Global Calcasieu Pass Liquefied Natural Gas facility in Cameron, Louisiana General Description: The Project Lead, Operations Projects reports to the Director of Capital Projects and will assist in the to coordinate the execution of all front-end engineering projects through a stage gate process within the Brownfields Project Team and facilitate communication between the Company Stakeholders through Project Initiation, feasibility, define, and execution phases through to handover

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in relevant engineering discipline
10 years of capital project experience
Experience in Plant Operations required
Turnaround experience required
Brownfield experience required
Experience of project control systems and procedures supported by current software applications e.g., Excel, MS Project, Risk Management and Planning Software systems
Technical professional with proven experience in engineering and execution disciplines and delivery of projects
Varied experience of engineering, pre-engineering approvals, EPC or EPCM contracts
Able to apply appropriate technical standards to deliver technical and execution requirements
Understanding of discipline interfaces, execution activities and the project development and delivery process needed to enable quality control of Project Teams technical work, and ensure appropriate techniques and standards are applied and improvement opportunities are realized
Verifiable performance and delivery working as a team member through two or more responsible project assignments
Interact with a range of internal and external stakeholders
Awareness of VG's (or equivalent) functional project and technical assurance processes
Contributes to improve parts of projects e.g., initiate a change to a project specification/procedure
Coordinates the preparation of changes in lines with the MOC (Management of Change) procedure
Able to apply HSSE principles across all project's technical activities
Understands the impact of strategic considerations on business decisions and has contributed to negotiations with contractors
Understands the impact of strategic considerations on business decisions and project execution
Able to travel up to 65%

Nice To Haves

Client-side experience preferred
Professional Engineer license preferred
Good team player with a pro-active and flexible attitude
Good communicator able to challenge others in a constructive manner and negotiate successfully to achieve positive outcome

Responsibilities

Facilitate/coordinate the front-end engineering and execution/handover process for the Brownfields Stage Gate Process for Calcasieu Pass (CP) LNG Plant to deliver the most optimum schedule and budget outcomes as well as satisfy the Company's technical performance and integrity requirements
Experience in Plant Operations required
Turnaround experience required
Develop and optimize the Brownfields Stage Gate Process for CP2
Ensure Senior management are kept fully informed of all key risks and issues
Monitor/coordinate performance of Company Stakeholders and ensure technical integrity of contractors and service providers
Assist with the preparation and/or review of key approvals e.g., scopes of works and proposals, feasibility studies, contract strategies for engineering engagement, project change requests (MOC), awards and variations
Ensure the engineering/project undertakes adequate quality assurance for internal deliverables
Responsible for assisting coordination to all stakeholders and vendor personnel allocated to the individual projects and ensure that the safe progress of the works proceeds according to the overall schedules and achieve the objectives of the company
Expected to perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by VG.
May be required to carry out such other instructions and directions as VG may from time to time reasonably and lawfully give to you
Contribute to the development and mentoring of direct reports as allocated throughout the project
Must abide by company policy in relation to HR policies and procedures such as annual HR cycle and meet deadlines within the appropriate timeframes
Responsible for the safety on site of team members reporting into this role by ensuring that corporate and local Health, Safety, Security and Environmental policies and regulations are applied on project activities