Project Manager, OFE

Venture Global LNG; Georgia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Venture Global LNG is seeking a senior OFE Project Management specialist for the Power Island equipment scope of supply. Located in Houston, you will oversee turbine, HRSG, GIS, transformers, and EMS delivery, ensuring proper configuration and timely completion across multiple interfacing teams.

You will lead design reviews with OFE vendors, coordinate with EPC engineers, and ensure quality, safety, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with 10 years in power generation field execution experience.
• 10–15 years of experience in Power Generation design, maintenance, operations, or project management.
• 10 years of mechanical or electrical leadership experience with increasing responsibilities.
• 5 years of experience as Project Lead on mid to large scale power generation projects.
• MS Office Suite experience.
• P6 experience.
• EPC experience.
• Knowledge of engineering methods and electrical controls systems.
• Knowledge of field-testing requirements and equipment.
• Experience with domestic and international electrical codes and standards (NEC, NFPA, NETA, ANSI).

Responsibilities

• Accountable for complete OFE Purchase Orders for Power Island equipment and on-time provision of configured turbines, HRSGs, GIS, transformers, and EMS.
• Ensure design reviews with OFE team and vendors support project schedules.
• Coordinate design reviews with EPC engineering teams for Power Island.
• Deliver on-time design documents and coordinate information flows with EPC Power Island teams.
• Ensure highest quality in equipment through engagement with Quality organization.
• Communicate clearly up and down the VG organization and with stakeholders.
• Build relationships and manage expectations for successful outcomes.
• Demonstrate strong planning skills and adaptability to site priorities.
• Drive discipline in document control and EPC coordination.
• Participate in Pre-Start-Up Safety Reviews (PSSR).
• Support commissioning and punch list activities.
• Audit equipment installation and test plans; ensure proper turnover packages.
• Review installation scope packages and validation forms for turnover.
• Integrate test procedures for component and system testing.
• Provide monthly project reviews and reporting.
• Support site Change Management for electrical discipline.
• Check out installed systems per OEM requirements and best practices.

Skills

Project leadership

Planning

Communication

Quality coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Technical School equivalent

Tools

MS Office Suite

Primavera P6 (P6)

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.

We are seeking qualified applicants for the position:

Project Manager, OFE

Located:

Houston

We are seeking a senior professional to join us as an OFE (Owner Furnished Equipment) Project Management specialist for the Power Island equipment scope of supply. The Venture Global OFE team is responsible to ensure that the properly specified and configured Power Island, Pre-treatment and Liquefaction Equipment is delivered on-time. The Venture Global OFE team is also responsible for the performance, interface and correct functionality of the Power Island, Pre-treatment and Liquefaction Equipment.The broad range of supplied equipment includes gas turbine generators, steam turbine generators and heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) from GE Gas Power Systems, Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) from GE Grid Solutions, Energy Management Systems (EMS) by GE Power Conversion, Liquefaction Train Systems by Baker Hughes and Pretreatment Systems by UOP/Honeywell..

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Accountable for the complete implementation of the OFE Purchase Orders for Power Island equipment, including the on-time provision of correctly configured turbines, HRSGs, GIS, Power Transformers and EMS.
• Accountable to ensure design reviews with the OFE team and OFE Vendors in relation to equipment design development are completed in support of project schedules.
• Accountable to ensure coordination of design reviews with the EPC engineering teams responsible for the detailed design of the Power Island.
• Responsible for the on-time delivery of all design documents and for the coordination for information flows to and from the EPC Power Island detailed design teams.
• Accountable to ensure the highest quality in all delivered equipment through direct engagement in critical quality evolutions and coordination with internal Quality organization.
• Responsible to demonstrate effective communicate clearly and promptly up, down and across the VG organization
• Build strong relationships and manage expectations to deliver successful outcomes.
• Demonstrate strong planning skills with the ability to adapt to changing site priorities as needed.
• Strong record keeping and coordination skills – expectation to drive discipline with EPC in this area.
• Participate in all electrical and mechanical Pre-Start-Up Safety Reviews (PSSR).
• Support electrical and mechanical commissioning in project punch list activities.
• Deliver quality assurance and audit of equipment installation, electrical and mechanical test plans and pre-commissioning procedures
• Review installation scope packages and validate necessary forms for completed turnover package
• Ensure test procedures are reviewed and properly integrated for component and system testing
• Accountable to provide monthly project reviews
• Support site Change Management for electrical discipline
• Support checkout installed systems and equipment adhering to OEM requirements, system descriptions, and good industry standard practice
• Demonstrate willingness to travel domestically and internationally 40% or more to support customer witness tests or factory acceptance tests.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a University or Technical School, and/or job-related experience with minimum of 10 years power generation field execution experience
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in Power Generation design, maintenance, or operations, or project management
• Minimum 10 years of mechanical or electrical experience leadership roles with increasing responsibilities and/or specialization
• Minimum 5 years of experience as Project Lead on mid to large scale power generation project
• MS Office Suite Experience
• P6 Experience
• EPC experience
• Recent knowledge of engineering methods and possesses a technical knowledge of the detail design engineering process and electrical controls systems
• Must have knowledge of field-testing requirements and equipment to perform the testing
• Experienced with domestic and/or International electrical codes and standards. Including NEC, NFPA, NETA, and ANSI

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.