Operations Projects, Project Lead

Venture Global LNG; Louisiana (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Venture Global LNG is seeking a Project Lead, Operations Projects for the Plaquemines facility in Point Celeste, Louisiana. You will coordinate front-end engineering through a stage-gate process, ensuring schedule adherence, budget control, and technical integrity across engineering disciplines and contractors.

The role requires 10 years of capital project experience, plant operations, and Brownfield expertise, with travel up to 65% and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 10 years of capital project experience
• Experience in Plant Operations required
• Turnaround experience required
• Brownfield experience required
• Experience with project control systems and software
• Engineering delivery across EPC/EPCM contracts
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and vendors
• Understands HSSE and change management processes
• Willingness to travel up to 65%
• Team player with proactive approach

Responsibilities

• Facilitate front-end engineering and execution/hand-over within Brownfields Stage Gate process
• Coordinate communication between stakeholders and project teams
• Ensure quality and integrity of contractor deliverables
• Assist with scoping, feasibility, and proposals for engineering engagements
• Monitor risks and issues, keep senior management informed
• Coordinate MOC processes and contract strategies
• Ensure safe progress and alignment with schedules and budget
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to achieve objectives
• Lead continuous improvement in project execution
• Perform other duties as assigned by Venture Global LNG

Skills

Capital project experience

Plant Operations

Turnaround experience

Brownfield experience

Project controls experience

Engineering execution delivery

EPC/EPCM exposure

Technical standards application

Stakeholder coordination

Communication and negotiation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in engineering

Tools

Excel

MS Project

Risk Management software

Job description

We Are Seeking Qualified Applicants For The Position

Operations Projects, Project Lead

Located

Plaquemines

Summary

We are seeking qualified applicants for the position of Project Lead, Operations Projects. Location: Venture Global Plaquemines (PLNG) facility in Point Celeste, Louisiana

General Description Duties & Responsibilities

The Project Lead, Operations Projects reports to the Director of Capital Projects and will assist in coordinating the execution of all front‑end engineering projects through a stage gate process within the Brownfields Project Team and facilitate communication between the Company Stakeholders through Project Initiation, feasibility, define, and execution phases through to handover.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate/coordinate the front‑end engineering and execution/handover process for the Brownfields Stage Gate Process for Calcasieu Pass (CP) LNG Plant to deliver the most optimum schedule and budget outcomes as well as satisfy the Company’s technical performance and integrity requirements
• Experience in Plant Operations required
• Turnaround experience required
• Develop and optimize the Brownfields Stage Gate Process for CP2
• Ensure Senior management are kept fully informed of all key risks and issues
• Monitor/coordinate performance of Company Stakeholders and ensure technical integrity of contractors and service providers
• Assist with 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 engineering/project undertakes adequate quality assurance for internal deliverables
• Responsible for assisting coordination to all stakeholders and vendor personnel allocated to the individual projects and ensure that the safe progress of the works proceeds according to the overall schedules and achieve the objectives of the company
• Expected to perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by VG. May be required to carry out such other instructions and directions as VG may from time to time reasonably and lawfully give to you

Qualifications

Required experience

• 10 years of capital project experience
• Experience in Plant Operations required
• Turnaround experience required
• Brownfield experience required
• Experience of project control systems and procedures supported by current software applications e.g., Excel, MS Project, Risk Management and Planning Software systems
• Technical professional with proven experience in engineering and execution disciplines and delivery of projects
• Varied experience of engineering, pre‑engineering approvals, EPC or EPCM contracts
• Able to apply appropriate technical standards to deliver technical and execution requirements
• Understanding of discipline interfaces, execution activities and the project development and delivery process needed to enable quality control of Project Teams technical work, and ensure appropriate techniques and standards are applied and improvement opportunities are realized
• Verifiable performance and delivery working as a team member through two or more responsible project assignments
• Interact with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Awareness of VG’s (or equivalent) functional project and technical assurance processes
• Contributes to improve parts of projects e.g., initiate a change to a project specification/procedure
• Coordinates the preparation of changes in lines with the MOC (Management of Change) procedure
• Able to apply HSSE principles across all project’s technical activities
• Understands the impact of strategic considerations on business decisions and has contributed to negotiations with contractors
• Understands the impact of strategic considerations on business decisions and project execution
• Able to travel up to 65%
• Good team player with a pro‑active and flexible attitude
• Good communicator able to challenge others in a constructive manner and negotiate successfully to achieve positive outcome

Preferred Experience

• Client‑side experience preferred
• Professional Engineer license preferred

Required Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant engineering discipline

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.