Project Manager

Alta Mesa Resources; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alta Mesa Resources in Houston, TX seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead complex plant projects from scope through startup. You will define scope, schedules, and budgets with clients, develop execution plans, and coordinate cross-functional teams to meet milestones and cost targets.

You will drive capital project economics, prepare approvals, and ensure safety as a core value while coordinating procurement and contractor activities to deliver reliable, compliant results on time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering required with extensive project management experience.
• Experience in manufacturing plants and supporting at least one turnaround or outage.
• Willingness to work extended hours or weekends to support outages and deadlines.
• Proven ability to develop scope, schedule, and cost controls with strong forecasting.
• Knowledge of process facilities and capital project execution.

Responsibilities

• Define scope, schedules, and budgets with client acceptance.
• Develop and document an execution plan scaled to project size and complexity.
• Prepare appropriations requests for corporate capital funds.
• Assemble a cross-disciplinary team to execute the project.
• Provide guidance to achieve scope, milestones, and cost/quality objectives.
• Coordinate procurement and contracts to ensure proper buy and on-time delivery.

Skills

Project management

Turnarounds & outages

Stakeholder management

Budgeting & scheduling

Cross-functional leadership

Safety leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

• Engage with stakeholders to define the scope and execution strategy and estimate the total installed cost of the project.
• Ensure that clear and complete scopes, schedules, and budgets are prepared and accepted by the client for assigned projects.
• Work with stakeholders to define the project economics and payback.
• Develop and document an execution plan for each project, which is scaled to the size and complexity of that project.
• Develop accurate scopes, schedules, and estimates for each of your projects.
• Prepare appropriations request documents for corporate capital funds.
• Assemble a team of qualified personnel, of various disciplines, to execute the project.
• Provide guidance to the project team to accomplish the scope of work and achieve project goals, schedule milestones, and cost & quality objectives.
• Work directly with procurement and other resources to ensure that contracts, equipment, supplies, and services needed to execute your projects are put in place and managed.
• Perform engineering reviews and project engineering to support your projects and the projects of others as required.
• Work with on-site and off-site resources to accomplish the scope of work effectively during the project.
• Promptly recognize, document, and communicate any scope, schedule, budget, or design changes and secure client authorization prior to allowing changes.
• Communicate regularly to keep team members and stakeholders up to date on project status, schedule progression, costs, and other critical or contractual items.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of all deliverables and services provided by the project.
• Work with Maintenance and Operations during the commissioning and start-up phase.
• Create new and update existing documentation for equipment and systems installed or modified as part of your projects.
• Complete all needed Pre-startup safety reviews, change management processes, and project closeout for your projects.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, with a minimum of 10 years of industry-related experience working as a project manager.
• Candidates must have actual manufacturing plant experience and have supported at least on turnaround or extended outage.
• Candidates must be willing and capable of working extended hours or weekends (infrequently) as needed to support plant outages and tight-deadline projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of successful project management practices, such as development of scope, schedule, and estimate and subsequent project cost controls and forecasting.
• Knowledge of chemical or related manufacturing facilities and experience managing projects in these facilities.
• Able to proactively plan, organize, and drive projects from inception to startup and completion.
• Ability to work in and foster a strong team environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong safety champion who will lead the project in achieving zero incidents and injuries.
• A proactive approach to solving problems and getting the job done.
• Self-motivated/self-directed.
• Able to handle multiple activities simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of gated work process for project management and experience managing projects using a gated process.
• Good negotiation and meeting facilitation skills.
• Good working knowledge of the procurement process.
• Knowledge of current versions of industry standard codes, practices, and procedures and their application.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Good presentation skills.