Engineering Project Manager

SII Saulsbury Industries, Inc - Houston, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Houston, TX

About the position

The Engineering Project Manager at Saulsbury Industries is responsible for planning, organizing, reviewing, and managing all engineering work products and deliverables for various projects. This role serves as a facilitator for the engineering and design efforts of the project team, ensuring quality control and adherence to project objectives throughout the project lifecycle. The position requires effective communication and decision-making skills to mitigate project risks and manage relationships with clients and team members.

Responsibilities

• Define the project's objectives and oversee engineering quality control throughout the project's life cycle.
• Direct and manage project scope development and engineering budgeting/cost control throughout the life cycle of the project.
• Develop project execution plans, schedules, and associated communications documents to drive successful execution strategy for the projects.
• Provide and facilitate flexibility during engineering and design life cycle to ensure adherence to overall project schedule and expedite engineering deliverables and procurement deliverables when needed.
• Use effective communication skills in coordinating team members and in reporting to clients and senior management staff.
• Make critical decisions timely with engagement amongst EPC Project Directors, Saulsbury Construction Teams, and Saulsbury Clients to mitigate project risk.
• Provide interface between engineering and construction team members and facilitate timely answering and closure of RFIs (Requests for Information).
• Effectively manage third-party equipment vendors, fabricators, and subcontractors who are providing engineering tagged items or services to the project.
• Negotiate terms for procurement and subcontract deliverables to ensure adherence to overall project schedule and budget.
• Implement Saulsbury's structured engineering design processes and metrics that effectively measure and improve team performance.
• Monitor and implement industry best practices to develop techniques to accomplish rapid execution of design related tasks.
• Ensure all information needs and requirements for the project team are recognized and/or discovered, and the subsequent effort is made to quickly acquire and provide missing design data, vendor drawings, and client decisions required to keep projects moving forward and to minimize re-work.
• Ensure proper documentation, such as test specifications, design changes, meeting minutes, scope changes, and company or client procedures are provided to the appropriate functional groups within the project team.
• Act as liaison with the client project engineer and/or project manager and with applicable internal groups (Purchasing, Project Controls, and Construction group project managers and job site supervision).
• Monitor project status and pursue corrective action, as required in terms of schedules, budgets, priorities, staffing, and work quality.
• Manage and/or facilitate pre-commissioning and commissioning services as required by project scope.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline (mechanical, civil, electrical, or chemical).
• 5+ years' experience in the oil & gas industry, petroleum refining, and natural gas processing, with at least two years as a project engineer.
• Professional licensure in Texas is a plus.
• Strong people and communication skills.
• Ability to work as primary liaison with clients.
• Ability to travel to client offices or project job site locations.
• Computer literacy with thorough knowledge of Excel, Word, and MS Project.
• Thorough understanding of project P&IDs.

Benefits

• Stable employment
• Career advancement
• Commitment to work/life balance
• Safety-first culture
• Incident-free operations record