Project Manager I - Engineering

oneok; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ONEOK, a Fortune 500 leader in midstream services, is seeking a Project Manager to lead large-scale pipeline and facility projects in Tulsa, OK. The role ensures programs align with ONEOK standards and strategic goals while managing budgets over $50 million.

Ideal candidates will have DOT 192/195 regulated project experience, with multiple programs exceeding $100 million, and will apply rigorous planning, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration to deliver safe, reliable infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead project activities across design, construction, operation and maintenance of pipeline and processing facilities
• Collect, review, and disseminate information for scope, estimating, scheduling, bidding, procurement and environmental activities
• Perform a project risk analysis, including use of Monte Carlo methods
• Develop business cases and phase deliverables aligned to program objectives
• Write scope definitions and change management procedures, including Management of Change
• Support development of cost plans, estimates, budgeting and cost control
• Coordinate interface and stakeholder management using lessons from similar projects
• Develop project schedules with critical path and baselined contractor schedules
• Lead the project team, ensuring resource availability and performance

Job description

#WeAreONEOK - Fortune 500 company. 100+ years in business. Leading midstream service provider. Safety first. Sustainable operations. Environmentally responsible. Employee focused.

JOB SUMMARY

Project Manager's will play a critical leadership role in delivering large-scale, high-impact pipeline and facility projects, ensuring alignment with ONEOK's operational standards and strategic goals. Candidate must have prior project management experience leading at least one DOT 192/195 regulated pipeline or facility project with a budget exceeding $50 million. Ideal candidates will have successfully managed multiple projects with budgets over $100 million. Job Profile Summary

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Manage project activities, demonstrating project management fundamentals, to include plant and process facility design, pipeline design, construction, operation and maintenance projects, measurement, regulation and control facilities, gas treating and compressor facilities, product storage, pumping, loading and handling facilities, SCADA, DCS and PLC control systems, processing equipment including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, compressors, pumps, coolers, etc.
• Collect, review, and disseminate necessary information related to engineering services, scope definition, estimating, scheduling, design, preparation of bid instructions and bidding, procurement, construction, record keeping, right-of-way, and environmental activities to project team members
• Perform a project risk analysis. Account for how Monte Carlo simulation assists in risk analysis. Provide inputs and critically review results
• Develop a business case for scope of work. Determine which phase of development a project is in and perform a gap analysis on the number, type and level of definition needed for phase deliverables. Describe the principles of program management and clarify how potential sub-set projects fit into the overall program. Generate program objectives, critical success factors and ensure projects align to these
• Write scope definition documents and develop scope change management procedures, including formal MOC. Write standard scope definition documents for a typical project using similar documentation from a previous project. Develop project control, interface and scope change management procedures, including a formal Management of Change (MOC) procedure
• Support development of optimal project solutions that maximize the economic value added of the project over the life of the project within budgetary and resource constraints
• Create a cost plan considering cost estimating, budgeting and cost control & reporting using prior projects as a basis. Account for the development of cost estimates, contract strategies, construction, quality assurance, including establishing pricing for equipment and materials, and labor productivity for engineering and construction. Assess cost impact of scope changes
• Support complex project activities to include plant and process facility design, pipeline design, construction, operation and maintenance projects, measurement, regulation and control facilities, gas treating and compressor facilities, product storage, pumping, loading and handling facilities, SCADA, DCS and PLC control systems, processing equipment including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, compressors, pumps, coolers, etc.
• Develop interface and stakeholder management plans utilizing information from a similar project
• Develop a project schedule that shows the critical path using similar documentation from a previous project schedule of similar scope and type. Describe and apply for a typical project schedule control procedures. Validate contractor's re-baselined schedules based on agreed criteria
• Follow techniques to build and improve upon team performance and results. Set challenging objectives based on assigned responsibilities, measuring progress against set targets. Persevere through problems and obstacles, demonstrating accountability of performance and outcomes. Lead project team by creating a clear project vision, obtaining necessary resources to handle projects including the hiring of employees, contractors, and vendors, and purchasing of necessary e