Project Manager

CDI Engineering Services•Deer Park, TX

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About The Position

Tata Consulting Engineers USA, LLC (TCE) is a multidisciplinary engineering organization providing integrated engineering design, project support, procurement, and construction management services to the energy and chemicals industries. The Project Manager will work at the Deer Park Refinery and be accountable for safety, delivery of functioning systems that solve identified problems or realize opportunities, and the cost and schedule of assigned projects. The role manages capital projects from front-end development through detailed design, procurement, construction, start-up, and closure. It involves coordinating internal teams, engineering providers, contractors, and refinery stakeholders while ensuring projects are properly scoped, technically approved, safely executed, and delivered within cost and schedule requirements.

Requirements

4–10 years of Project Engineering experience.
Practical working knowledge of refinery or chemical processes, process equipment, and general project procedures.
Ability to ensure projects meet their premises, are scoped during front-end development to solve the identified problem, and are executed efficiently and competitively.
Ability to integrate resource needs across Engineering & Technology and the Maintenance Turnarounds Construction (MTAC) organization.
Ability to balance project execution with stakeholder expectations in a portfolio management environment.
Strong safety leadership, hazard recognition, and mitigation skills.
Self-motivated.
Able to lead teams.
Works well with others.
Field-oriented.
Willing to support turnarounds as needed.
Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline.

Nice To Haves

4–10 years of experience in refinery or petrochemical plant engineering is desired.

Responsibilities

Safely execute capital projects from front-end development through detailed design and construction, including procurement, cost control, and schedule management.
Manage simultaneous projects with competing priorities across a wide variety of refinery manufacturing processes and project phases.
Develop project scopes in collaboration with operations, process engineering, and other disciplines.
Ensure designs, equipment specifications, and drawings receive approval from the appropriate technical authorities.
Oversee engineering execution using on-site or off-site disciplines and engineering companies.
Coordinate Project Assurance and Technical Assurance activities with P&T where applicable.
Work with project controls to develop phase-specific and final-funding cost estimates and schedules.
Meet project cost and schedule requirements and provide accurate forecasts.
Work with procurement to develop and implement a procurement strategy for each project.
Work with environmental teams to ensure permitting strategies and compliance.
Assist in developing equipment and material bid specifications, evaluating bids, and selecting suppliers.
Work with Independent Project Analysis (IPA) to review and score projects against specified criteria at applicable phases, depending on project size and complexity.
Ensure proper construction management and safety plans are in place in coordination with construction teams.
Coordinate personnel and contractor partners so field activities are completed safely, on time, within budget, and in accordance with design requirements.
Support construction safety expectations by spending time in the field.
Assist with mechanical start-up plans and procedures, provide technical support during start-up, support training, and ensure documentation and knowledge transfer.
Provide appropriate project files to maintenance and operations for record keeping.
Create or assemble all project closure documents.
Follow the plant Management of Change (MOC) process.
Integrate resource needs across Engineering & Technology and the Maintenance Turnarounds Construction (MTAC) organization.
Balance project execution with stakeholder expectations in a portfolio management environment.
Demonstrate safety leadership, hazard recognition, and mitigation.
Support turnarounds as needed.