Senior Project Manager, Major Projects

South Bow • Houston, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

At South Bow, we do one thing, and we do it well: safely moving oil between some of the world’s most critical markets. We’re building our high-performing team with versatile thinkers who thrive on solving big challenges together. If you’re ready for a position where your skills are highly valued and your work is incredibly important, we want to meet you. Bring your talents to a new streamlined energy company, dedicated to operational, commercial and safety excellence as we pursue our critical purpose of delivering the energy people need. South Bow is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the development and execution of large-scale energy infrastructure projects. Reporting to senior project leadership, this role is accountable for delivering projects safely, compliantly, on schedule, and within approved budgets while ensuring alignment across engineering, regulatory, commercial, stakeholder, and construction functions. The successful candidate will provide leadership throughout the project lifecycle from project development, regulatory approvals, and execution planning through construction, commissioning, and operational readiness. This role requires a proven leader with deep experience managing complex capital projects, multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and external stakeholders. This role will require regular travel to project sites and stakeholder locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 12–15 years of experience leading major capital project development and execution.
• Experience managing large-scale pipeline, facilities, midstream, energy, or industrial infrastructure projects.
• Proven track record delivering projects through regulatory approvals, detailed engineering, construction, and commissioning.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, risk management, contracting strategies, and capital project governance.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex stakeholder relationships.
• Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country in which the position is based with no restrictions.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) designation preferred.
• Experience supporting projects through Final Investment Decision (FID).
• Experience navigating complex regulatory and permitting processes.
• Experience managing EPC/EPCM contractors and large contractor workforces.
• Strong commercial and business acumen with the ability to balance risk, cost, schedule, and stakeholder considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of major capital projects from development through commissioning.
• Establish project objectives, execution strategies, governance frameworks, and performance metrics.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved scope, schedule, and budget.
• Provide leadership to integrated project teams and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Lead development of project execution strategies, project delivery plans, and readiness assessments.
• Coordinate engineering, procurement, regulatory, environmental, land, Indigenous relations, stakeholder engagement, and construction activities.
• Support business case development and investment decision processes.
• Ensure alignment across project disciplines to achieve key milestones and strategic objectives.
• Support regulatory application and permitting strategies.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with regulatory agencies, landowners, contractors, customers, and government stakeholders.
• Ensure project activities comply with regulatory requirements, corporate governance standards, and industry best practices.
• Manage project commitments and support responses to regulatory inquiries.
• Lead project controls activities including estimating, budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, and performance reporting.
• Monitor project risks and opportunities and implement mitigation strategies.
• Ensure effective project governance and executive reporting.
• Support development of investment recommendations and project approval documentation.
• Oversee engineering consultants, EPC/EPCM contractors, and key suppliers.
• Ensure contractor performance meets safety, quality, schedule, and cost expectations.
• Support construction planning, commissioning activities, and operational readiness.
• Drive resolution of project execution challenges and facilitate decision-making across stakeholders.

Benefits

• Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available on request during the recruitment process.

What This Job Offers

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