Senior Project Manager - Central Projects

Colonial Pipeline Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

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Job summary

Colonial Pipeline Company seeks a Senior Project Manager - Central Projects to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across controls, automation, and SCADA. You will drive lifecycle management, governance, reporting and stakeholder coordination for major industrial projects.

You will guide teams, manage scope, schedule and budget, and ensure safety and reliability in execution. Travel up to 30% is required as projects span multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 7–10 years of project management experience in oil and gas or related industry.
• Experience managing projects valued at $10 million or more.

Responsibilities

• Lead core project teams through development, execution, monitoring and closeout.
• Coordinate controls integration, automation interfaces, and SCADA components.
• Provide accurate reporting on safety, cost and schedule performance.
• Develop project governance structure, plans and acceptance criteria.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and project managers.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

PMBOK Knowledge

MS Project

Automation/Controls

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

MS Project

Job description

Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life. Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount. Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company? Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do? A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!

What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company? Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.

Location: Alpharetta, GA or Houston, TX

About the Senior Project Manager - Central Projects Position

The Senior Project Manager - Central Projects is an effective communicator and project leader accountable for the full lifecycle management of multiple complex projects and programs that impact multiple functional areas involving controls integration, automation interfaces and the construction or installation of industrial equipment. You will assemble and lead project core teams through development, execution, monitoring, control, and closeout while securing and coordinating the internal and external resources needed to meet project objectives. Working with minimal supervision, you will proactively engage project governance and key stakeholders, provide accurate reporting on safety, cost, and schedule performance, resolve issues that could impede execution, and ensure compliance with internal and external requirements. You will also improve the project management processes, procedures, and guidelines and mentor less experienced engineers and project managers. All work is conducted in alignment with Colonial’s safety policies, procedures, and core values of Safety, Personal Integrity, Respect, Innovation, and Teamwork.

Up to 30% travel

What You Get to Do

• Lead the project core team and remain accountable for development and execution throughout the project lifecycle in accordance with Colonial’s project management processes, procedures, and tools.
• Guide the team in developing, monitoring, and controlling scope, schedule, cost, quality, and performance requirements.
• Ensure the Project Charter is developed and approved, and lead creation of the project governance structure, core team roles, responsibilities, scope of work, execution plan, acceptance criteria, and supporting project plans.
• Lead core team and project-related meetings, manage team member performance, and adjust roles or resources as needed.
• Provide regular project status reporting on safety, scope changes, budget, schedule, and upcoming milestones.
• Lead development of stage-gate and funding approval documents and obtain the appropriate approvals.
• Maintain records supporting project decisions, approvals, changes, and other key project documentation.
• Ensure Pre-Startup Safety Review and Management of Change processes are completed.
• Coordinate integration or industrial control systems, automation platforms, instrumentation, electrical interfaces, and SCADA – related components into project scope, schedule, cost, quality and commissioning plans.
• Oversee construction, fabrication, installation, testing and turnover activities for complex industrial equipment, ensuring readiness for safe startup and long-term operational reliability.
• Coordinate project closeout with accounting other Colonial departments; facilitate and capture lessons learned in the appropriate repository.
• Support the Commercial team in representing Colonial with external partners.
• Advise the Director of Central Projects on opportunities to improve project management processes, procedures, and tools.
• Lead assigned project management initiatives and complete training and certifications required for the role.
• Support Colonial’s emergency response efforts when assigned, including training, short-term travel, or backfill duties.

What You Bring to the Table

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or will consider a combination of education and years of experience.
• Sr Project Engineer level = 7 years’ experience in oil and gas or a related industry, or 10 years of senior project management experience in any industry.
• Project Engineer level = 4 – 6 years’ experience in oil and gas or a related industry, or 8 years’ experience of project management in any industry.
• Experience managing projects valued at $10 million or more.
• Knowledge of proven project management practices and processes, including the project management knowledge areas in the PMBOK Guide.
• Awareness of applicable industry codes and standards.
• Working knowledge of controls, integration, instrumentation, electrical construction coordination, automation systems and commissioning practices for industrial equipment or process facilities.
• Experience coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, vendor and field teams during installation, testing and turnover of industrial equipment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project.
• Strong team leadership, influencing, negotiation, planning, organizing, budgeting, forecasting, presentation, critical thinking, and strategic thinking skills.
• Effective listening and oral and written communication skills.
• The ability to think strategically and tactically, build collaborative relationships, take initiative, focus on continuous improvement, drive results, and make decisions with significant impact.
• Ability to travel by car or airplane, work outdoors during the day or evening, and stand or sit during work hours.

Skills That Set You Apart

• Bachelor of Engineering degree from an accredited university.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• 10 years of experience in oil and gas or a related industry, or 5 years of project management experience in oil and gas or a related industry.
• Experience presenting to Board-level executives.
• Experience leading major, multidisciplinary pipeline or industrial projects spanning technical, construction, controls integration, automation, instrumentation, electrical and SCADA work.

Advantages of Working at Colonial Pipeline Company Getting to work for a company that helps to meet our country’s energy needs and keeps us moving! Team members who care about each other while accomplishing remarkable things.

Highly competitive benefits - Check out Colonial’s Total Rewards.

Colonial Pipeline is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by federal, state or local law.

Colonial Pipeline Company operates the world’s largest pipeline of its kind. It delivers refined petroleum products – gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel and fuels for the U.S. military – through a network of 5,500 miles of underground pipe buried under more than 3,000 miles of right of way in the Southern and Eastern United States. A vital part of the nation’s infrastructure, Colonial places the highest emphasis on safe operations that protect its employees as well as the communities in which we live and serve, and the environment along the pipeline route.

Are you up to the challenge? What are you waiting for?