Director, Capital Projects

Venture Global LNG; Louisiana (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading LNG provider based in Louisiana is seeking a senior manager to oversee the Brownfield Capital Works Program. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering and at least 15 years of experience, including 7 years in leadership roles within complex projects such as LNG or petrochemical plants. Responsibilities include providing governance for project execution, ensuring effective coordination between teams, and maintaining organizational development. This role offers a chance to significantly impact the company's operations and success.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years’ experience, with at least 7 years in senior management.
• Experience in LNG liquefactions, GTL, petrochemical, or refinery plants.
• Proven leader capable of inspiring and driving team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance and leadership for the Brownfield Capital Works Program.
• Direct all project phases from engineering through execution.
• Ensure effective teamwork for project execution to meet profitability and schedule.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Collaboration

Technical expertise

Problem-solving

Education

Engineering Degree or relevant subject

Tools

Excel

MS Project

Risk Management Software

Job description

Venture Global LNG ("Venture Global") is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance, direction, leadership, and management of the Brownfield Capital Works Program
• Direct all projects from front-end engineering through to execution and handover in the field ensuring that the Company’s technical performance and integrity requirements are met
• Liaise, communicate, and operate in conjunction with all other Directors to ensure a satisfactory teamwork operation for the effective execution of all projects to achieve the Company\’s Corporate and project profitability and schedule requirements.
• Ensure Vice President is kept fully abreast of all key risks and issues, performance, progress in a timely manner
• Ensure fit for purpose systems and excellence in reporting against relevant KPIs
• Inspire the team for superior performance and ensure contractual requirements and obligations are met – mitigate risk by insisting on alternatives to meet schedule requirements with minimum changes.
• Direction, oversight, and management, as required, of functional groups which report outside of site organization: C&P, HR, Project Controls, IT, Engineering.
• Maintain organizational effectiveness by actively managing organizational development to meet the successive stages of the work.
• Assure the preparation and/or review of key approvals, e.g., scopes of works and proposals, feasibility studies, contract strategies for engineering engagement, project change requests (MOC), awards and variations.
• Ensure the Projects undertake adequate quality assurance for internal deliverables
• In addition to these duties, the incumbent will be expected to perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by VG. The incumbent may be required to carry out such other instructions and directions as VG may from time to time reasonably and lawfully give to you

Requirements

• Engineering Degree or another relevant subject
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience, at least 7 years at a senior management level
• Min. 5 years on LNG liquefactions (preferred), GTL, petrochemical, refinery, or gas processing/feedstock plants
• Proven leader and effective manager with the ability to inspire and drive a team and collaborate with a larger project group
• Deep understanding of areas critical to the success of large complex projects: safety, environmental, work organization, cost, schedule, quality, organizational competency, and reputational risk
• Technical professional with proven experience in engineering and execution disciplines and delivery of projects
• Verifiable performance and delivery working as a team member through two or more responsible project assignments
• Interacted with range of stakeholders
• Experience of engineering pre-engineering approvals, EPC or EPCM contracts
• Experience of project control systems and procedures supported by current software applications e.g., Excel, MS Project, Risk Management and Planning Software systems
• Client-side experience

Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.