Senior Manager, Project & Engineering Management

Lummus Technology • Houston, TX

23d

About The Position

At Lummus Technology, innovation thrives, and excellence is a shared pursuit. When you join Lummus, you are empowered to make an impact and be part of a dynamic team that celebrates creativity, encourages professional development, and fosters collaboration. From our technology portfolio to our global workforce, Lummus is growing at a rapid pace, and we hope that you will grow with us during this exciting time. About Zimpro and Lummus Modular Zimpro and Lummus Modular are growth platforms within Lummus Technology that deliver advanced water treatment, modular process solutions and sustainable technology applications for energy and industrial clients. With an expanding pipeline of large capital projects, the businesses require disciplined engineering execution, cost transparency, standardization and a scalable global delivery model to convert commercial opportunities into safe, profitable and repeatable project outcomes. Job Summary The Senior Manager - Project & Engineering Management serves as the senior technical and execution leader for Zimpro and Lummus Modular. The role leads project engineering and execution from FEED through commissioning, provides project management oversight, and drives value engineering, standardization, supplier development and third-party engineering governance. Working directly with clients, EPC partners, design centers and fabrication partners, the incumbent ensures that the project portfolio is delivered safely, on schedule, within budget. Strategic Priorities Build the engineering execution capacity required to convert a growing capital-project pipeline into delivered, profitable work. Drive value engineering, installed-cost transparency and measurable cost-out across the technology portfolio. Standardize and commercialize most technologies into repeatable, tiered packages that reduce engineering hours and proposal cycle time. Expand and qualify the supplier, fabrication and engineering-partner base in India and other cost-competitive locations. Establish robust governance for outsourced engineering while preserving design integrity, quality, schedule and cost performance. Build a high-performing, multicultural engineering organization with strong technical capability, resource flexibility and succession depth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a comparable engineering discipline.
• At least 10 to 15 years of experience managing complex engineering and capital projects across oil and gas, refining, petrochemicals, water treatment or adjacent industrial sectors.
• Proven record of delivering large-scale projects for major international energy and industrial clients.
• Direct customer-facing experience, including scope development, technical negotiation and contract execution.
• Deep hands-on expertise in advanced water-treatment technologies such as Wet Air Oxidation, PACT-WAR and biological oxidation, together with exposure to other equipment or modular supply projects.
• Demonstrated success in value engineering and standardization initiatives that deliver measurable reductions in cost, engineering hours, non-conformance and cycle time.
• Experience leading global, multicultural and multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineer license, Project Management Professional certification, Certified Cost Professional, Six Sigma or a comparable industry-recognized credential.
• Experience in modular fabrication or multi-entity capital-project delivery structures similar to Zimpro and Lummus Modular.
• Familiarity with EPC and PMC governance frameworks and direct experience qualifying fabrication or engineering partners in Asia or other cost-competitive engineering hubs.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management leadership, including schedule tracking, progress reporting, resource planning and proactive escalation of cost, quality or timeline risks.
• Maintain budget and commercial discipline, including project-cost visibility, basic financial analysis, change control and cost-risk assessment.
• Ensure compliance with process safety, quality assurance, non-conformance and engineering-governance requirements.
• Serve as the senior engineering lead for large capital projects across Zimpro and Lummus Modular, with accountability from FEED through detailed engineering, procurement support, fabrication, construction and commissioning.
• Coordinate and review multidisciplinary inputs across process, mechanical, electrical, and controls, as well as external subcontractors, to ensure complete, integrated and on-schedule deliverables.
• Interface directly with end users and EPC partners, lead scope-of-work development and technical negotiations and resolve complex execution issues.
• Lead value engineering across the technology portfolio, identifying design simplification, specification optimization and cost-out opportunities without compromising safety, performance or reliability.
• Build and maintain a fact-based understanding of true installed cost across the offering, closing cost-visibility gaps and improving estimating, pricing and margin decisions.
• Lead the standardization and commercialization of the portfolio, moving from predominantly custom-engineered designs to repeatable, configurable and tiered package solutions.
• Create reusable engineering standards, design modules and execution playbooks that reduce non-conformance, engineering hours and cycle time.
• Expand and qualify the supplier and fabrication base in India and other strategic locations to improve cost competitiveness.
• Review vendor quotations and purchase requisitions for compliance with project specifications and technical requirements.
• Define scope boundaries, technical guardrails, quality protocols and performance controls for third-party engineering firms and fabrication partners.
• Build and lead multicultural, cross-functional engineering teams across global design centers, regional offices and outsourced partners.
• Optimize resource utilization across concurrent projects and provide technical mentoring and development to junior and mid-level engineers.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across Zimpro, Lummus Modular and the broader sustainable technologies portfolio.

Benefits

• Lummus Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to any protected characteristic under applicable law. Applicant information will be processed in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection laws.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior