Senior Project Manager - LNG

Black & Veatch Corporation; Overland Park (KS); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & Veatch Corporation, based in Overland Park, KS, seeks an experienced Project Director to lead complex EPC and LNG projects with global teams, focusing on performance, safety, schedule, quality, and client satisfaction.

You will manage a portfolio of project teams within our Fuels & Natural Resources business, in a 100% ESOP-owned environment with a hybrid work model and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• Ability to pass pre-employment checks (background, drug screen, MVR).

Responsibilities

• Actively promotes safety culture.
• Directs complex projects requiring global resources and multiple partners or PMs.
• Manages multiple clients and/or accountable for implementing expanded new business objectives.
• Oversees and delivers opportunities for new/repeat business, finalizing key contract negotiations with client executives and project managers.
• Manages broad and varied complex risk profiles.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Safety culture

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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Date: Sep 14, 2026

Location: Overland Park, KS, US Houston, TX, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

Company :Black & Veatch Corporation

Opportunity Type :Staff

Project Only Hire :No

Why Black & Veatch?

At Black & Veatch, you’ll be part of work that matters—designing, creating, and building the infrastructure communities rely on every day, from concept through execution.

We care about how the work gets done as much as what we build. Safety is built into every decision, and people look out for each other—speaking up, collaborating, and doing the right thing because it affects real lives.

You’ll work alongside teams solving complex challenges and turning ideas into solutions that perform in the real world—gaining hands‑on experience across projects, technologies, and disciplines.

Ownership shows up in how we work. We take responsibility for outcomes, follow through on commitments, and take pride in what we deliver. As a 100% employee‑owned company, employees share in the long‑term success we build together.

With flexible ways of working and meaningful development opportunities, you’ll build a career you can be proud to stand behind.

The Opportunity

If you’re passionate about creativity and building success, let’s start the conversation. As the 7th largest employee‑owned company in the U.S., Black & Veatch delivers innovative energy solutions across the globe. Through strong client relationships and innovative talent and processes, our Project Management team plays a key role in securing and maintaining project and program engagements, and we’re excited to have you join our team.

We are looking for an experienced Project Director to be a part of our talented, inclusive, and supportive LNG project team including engineering, procurement, and construction professionals. Our Fuels and Natural Resources business is driven to meet specific needs of clients focused on converting critical resources into essential minerals, fuels and feedstocks. Our business continues to invest in renewable energy to power the future and support BV’s vision of more sustainable solutions. By joining our business, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of helping our clients with the most innovative energy solutions.

The Project Director manages all aspects of complex Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) and services projects. You would be responsible for the day‑to‑day successful execution of contracted engineering, procurement, and construction scope in the areas of performance, financial metrics, planning, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, safety, and client satisfaction. In order to do so, you will manage and lead a portfolio of project teams.

Anchored by core values like collaboration and integrity, Black & Veatch is one of its kind in the world of engineering. Our corporate culture holds respect, teamwork, and positive intent as some of our highest metrics for employee satisfaction, encouraging recognition for staff at every level. This means you will be respected on every assignment, have access to the tools to succeed, and have a solid work‑life balance in this hybrid position.

The Team

Black & Veatch’s Fuels & Natural Resources focuses discreetly on global investors and operators who need to tap into Black & Veatch’s broad portfolio of large‑scale solutions dedicated to converting critical resources into essential fuels and feedstocks. By joining our market sector, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of helping our clients with the most innovative energy solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively promotes safety culture
• Directs complex projects requiring global resources and multiple partners or multiple PMs.
• Manages multiple clients and/or accountable for implementing expanded new business objectives.
• Oversees and delivers opportunities for new/repeat business, finalizing key contract negotiations with client executives and project managers.
• Manages broad and varied complex risk profiles.

Management Responsibilities

Acts as a project manager. Among responsibilities is management of a project team. The individual comprising this team may vary by project.

Preferred Qualifications

• 18+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience with services work, EPC projects, and client relationships
• Experience with LNG projects
• Ability to travel

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor'sdegree.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level, safety hazards (electric currents, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to chemicals), atmospheric conditions (fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation).
• Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods of time, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds.
• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.

Salary Plan

PMT: Project Management

Job Grade

021

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Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy.

• Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.
• To support a healthy work‑life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.
• A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company‑matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre‑taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance‑based bonus program.

We are proud to be a 100 percent ESOP‑owned company. As employee‑owners, our professionals are empowered to drive not only their personal growth, but the company’s long‑term achievements - and they share in the financial rewards of the success through stock ownership.

By valuing diverse voices and perspectives, we cultivate an authentically inclusive environment for professionals and are able to provide innovative and effective solutions for clients.

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