Project Manager I - Engineering

ONEOK•Tulsa, OK

7d•$108,000 - $162,000

About The Position

Plans, monitors, and manages engineering projects from initiation through completion with support from more experienced resources. Leads project planning, resourcing, staffing, supply and subcontract management, progress reporting, troubleshooting, and people management. Ensures project results meet requirements for technical quality, reliability, schedule, and cost. Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes, cost adjustments, or resource additions. Projects are typically small growth or maintenance capital projects. Leads internal and external resources and communicates across the company and with external vendors, contractors, and customers. The role combines interpersonal management and technical skills to achieve project outcomes. The position manages and supports engineering and project activities for facilities, pipelines, controls, processing equipment, construction, operations, and maintenance. It develops business cases, project scopes, risk analyses, cost plans, schedules, interface and stakeholder plans, and change-management procedures. The Project Manager I supports optimal project solutions within budget and resource constraints, coordinates project teams and resources, communicates with stakeholders, and provides technical and engineering assistance to internal departments and external organizations. The position requires a bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field. Experience at the PM I level is typically attained with five or more years of experience in engineering, operations, and/or project management. Travel to other locations is required. The expected salary range is $108,000 to $162,000.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field.
Five or more years of experience in engineering, operations, and/or project management is typical for the PM I level.
Experience and knowledge of engineering and operations for processing facilities, pipelines and related facilities, measurement, regulation and control facilities, gas-conditioning, processing and compressor facilities, pressure vessels, process equipment, and controls and monitoring systems.
Experience with fundamental project management phases, including scoping, estimating, specification, scheduling, contracting and procurement, construction, commissioning and startup, budgeting, financial analyses, and regulatory compliance.
Experience achieving goals, developing employee and team strengths, and positively influencing employee and project success.
Experience with project management productivity tools and software.
Experience coordinating teams across workgroups, managing internal and external relationships, and eliciting cooperation from project resources.
Experience developing information and presenting to groups and individuals.
Experience researching, composing, preparing, and administering contracts, engineering studies, policies, procedures, reports, and technical correspondence.
Experience reading and interpreting governmental regulations, codes, standards, manuals, policies, procedures, contracts, specifications, reports, and correspondence.
Experience interacting, advising, negotiating, and communicating effectively.
Ability to interface effectively with internal and external business partners at all levels, including management, with excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to describe project lifecycles and stages; initiate and organize projects; develop business cases; and explain program management and its distinction from project management.
Ability to identify project execution plan, organization plan, information management plan, risk management, quality, health, safety, environmental, scope-control, procurement, contracting, construction, commissioning, decommissioning, schedule, and cost-planning objectives and elements.
Ability to identify engineering scope elements, scope-control activities, value-improving practices, and project definition maturity criteria.
Ability to identify project schedule tools and objectives, including use of a work breakdown structure.
Ability to identify funding activities needed throughout the project lifecycle.
Ability to monitor operations and situations for compliance with safety policies and procedures.
Ability to research, compose, reconcile, and prepare reports, invoices, studies, and correspondence.
Ability to read and interpret construction specifications, engineering plans, regulatory documents, job orders, permits, contracts and bid summaries, legal documents, survey reports, maps, safety manuals, and industry publications.
Ability to delegate work assignments and manage projects.
Sedentary work with occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; sitting most of the time, with walking or standing for brief periods.
Travel to other locations is required.

Nice To Haves

PROCORE experience is preferred.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage engineering project activities involving facility and pipeline design, construction, operation, maintenance, measurement, regulation, control, processing, storage, pumping, and related systems and equipment.
Collect, review, and disseminate project information covering engineering services, scope, estimates, schedules, design, bidding, procurement, construction, records, right-of-way, and environmental activities.
Perform project risk analyses, provide inputs to Monte Carlo simulation, and critically review analysis results.
Develop project business cases, determine project development phases, conduct gap analyses for phase deliverables, and ensure projects align with program objectives and critical success factors.
Write scope definition documents and develop project control, interface, and scope-change management procedures, including formal Management of Change procedures.
Support development of project solutions that maximize economic value over the project lifecycle while respecting budget and resource constraints.
Develop cost plans for estimating, budgeting, cost control, and reporting; assess cost impacts of scope changes and account for contracts, construction, quality assurance, equipment and materials pricing, and labor productivity.
Develop interface and stakeholder management plans using information from similar projects.
Develop project schedules showing the critical path, apply schedule-control procedures, and validate contractor re-baselined schedules against agreed criteria.
Build team performance, set challenging objectives, measure progress, address obstacles, and lead project teams by defining a vision and securing and allocating necessary people, equipment, resources, authority, and responsibilities.
Maintain effective communication with project participants and stakeholders; participate in meetings and assist with coordination, facilitation, and documentation.
Evaluate projects, identify needed changes, pursue innovative approaches, and refocus team members when necessary.
Provide technical and engineering assistance to departments, management, governmental and regulatory agencies, company attorneys, industry groups, and others on project and operations matters, policies, procedures, contracts, material selection, and regulatory requirements.