Oil & Gas Program Manager - Atlanta
Job Description:
Take Your Design Career to the Next Level
Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Design team is looking for you! From bridge and structural engineering to civil, electrical, mechanical, and process engineering, Kleinfelder's collaborative Design Services create synergy across multiple disciplines.
Step into Your New Role
Kleinfelder is looking for a dynamic Program Manager to join our Oil & Gas Midstream Team. The Program Manager will lead our Project Management Team that supports our Oil & Gas Midstream client programs. The ideal candidate will apply their knowledge and skills in liquids pipeline infrastructure projects and independently evaluate, select and apply standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria to lead project execution.Additionally, the ideal candidate would have significant experience working within an engineering consultancy, providing consulting engineering services to projects ranging in size and complexity from small to large pipeline Infrastructure projects.
We have flexibility on location for this role including Atlanta GA, Birmingham AL, Raleigh NC, Houston TX, Baltimore MD and Hamilton NJ.
Key Responsibilities- Lead a cross-functional team to execute oil & gas midstream pipeline and facility projects
- Oversee 5-20 projects concurrently of varying sizes
- Manage projects for schedule adherence identifying risks and requirements to successfully achieve a project’s in-service date
- Navigate projects through client gate approval processes including presentations to senior and executive management as required by each client
- Manage projects for financial adherence maintaining an accurate cost forecast reflecting committed and uncommitted costs for an estimate-at-completion
- Provide regular status updates on projects by maintaining project data and routine reporting as well as meeting updates for clients
- Lead project meetings with cost, schedule, environmental, engineering and construction resources to facilitate project execution
- Ensure synergies across projects are incorporated into the portfolio of work to prevent scope from being duplicated or performed inefficiently
- Review project change requests (scope, In-service date, etc.) and reconcile with the existing and long-range portfolio of work
- Create analyses & reports to assist the client in tracking, coordination, and execution of projects
- Solicit client feedback and prepare action plans to enhance execution by teams participating in work on program
- Facilitate internal and external communication on sales, revenue, and growth targets on program using oral and written platforms
- Develop engagement plans for visitations and with external organizations representing technical staff and Client organization
- Monitor operational needs including contracts, professional licensure, and skill gaps and develop executable plans for remedying needs
- Author and deliver training sessions and build library of tools on key topics related to the Client and solicit colleagues to participate in this effort within the Program Team
- Steward a Health and Safety culture through leadership and modeled behavior
- Serves as a Project Manager and Engineer of Record on key projects and pursuits
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited program required
- 10+ years of direct liquids pipeline design experience
- 7+ years of experience in project management for an engineering consulting firm
- Excellent facilitation, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead and manage
- Strong planning and analytical skills
- Must demonstrate superb oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients
- Demonstrated success in project management which includes proposal development, contract negotiations, project planning, team leadership, budgeting, schedule management, and client coordination.
- Proven ability to develop business and establish relationships with clients.
- Travel 15-25% depending on project assignment and client needs
Move Forward with Kleinfelder
Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure.As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 85 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose – together, we deliver.
Progress with an Employer that Values You
Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:
Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays. The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the California & Colorado Equal Pay Acts.
Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.
Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES
Please note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee.In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.
Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.
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