Staff E&C Project Manager - Power, Maintenance Capital

Williams•Salt Lake City, UT

About The Position

Williams is hiring a Staff E&C Project Manager to lead complex power-generation maintenance capital projects. The role oversees multiple moderate-to-large initiatives, coordinating internal and external partners and technical resources in accordance with the Project Life Cycle (PLC) process. It requires technical expertise, strategic judgment, and accountability for delivering safe, efficient, high-quality work aligned with corporate objectives, engineering best practices, reliability and availability targets, and business performance. The project manager assesses equipment condition and risk with Operations and Maintenance, prioritizes and scopes maintenance capital work, and develops strategies for long-lead equipment and materials to protect outage schedules. The role plans and executes work at operating facilities, including outage scheduling, lockout/tagout coordination, and safe turnover to Operations. It also leads project teams and contractors, develops project plans and reports, schedules and cost forecasts, and prepares, reviews, and approves proposals, evaluations, and contractor selections. Travel of up to 50% is required. Williams describes its Total Rewards as including pay and an annual incentive program, health coverage, retirement savings, paid time off, leave and family support, learning and career development, insurance, and employee and community programs. Benefits are subject to applicable plan or program terms. Williams is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 15 years of experience in power generation, energy, oil and gas, or engineering/project management industries.
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, with safety as the utmost priority.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and PC skills.
Solid understanding of PLC/Stage-Gate processes.
Extensive experience with facility construction or operations in power generation, energy, or oil and gas.
Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management.
Master’s degree in business, project management, or engineering management.
PMP certification, PE licensure, and Microsoft Specialist Project Certification (MS).
Maintenance capital, major maintenance, or outage execution experience at operating power-generation facilities, including simple-cycle, combined-cycle, or cogeneration facilities and gas turbine, steam turbine, HRSG, balance-of-plant, or electrical/substation scopes.

Responsibilities

Lead teams implementing complex project plans and programs, coordinating internal and external business partners.
Establish core project teams to achieve project objectives.
Coordinate key functions and technical resources under the Project Life Cycle (PLC) process.
Develop project reports, presentations, schedules, and cost forecasts.
Assess equipment condition and risk with Operations and Maintenance to prioritize, scope, and sequence maintenance capital work.
Develop long-lead equipment and material strategies to protect outage schedules.
Plan and execute work in and around operating facilities, including outage scheduling, lockout/tagout coordination, and safe turnover to Operations.
Present and implement recommendations supported by engineering and operational efficiency to support reliability and availability targets and reduce project risks.
Prepare, review, and approve requests for proposals, evaluations, and contractor selection.
Understand the economic impact of projects and develop solutions that improve economic profit over the life of a project.
Anticipate issues, gather information, assess opportunities, analyze alternatives, and make important decisions.
Run moderate-to-large projects with a focus on quality and business partners.
Lead project teams and contractors; deliver results and meet deadlines.
Perform other duties as assigned.