Job Description

Project Manager 

Huntington, WV 

Come join a very stable company and help them grow by managing major multi-million dollar plant-based projects.  This role is in the chemicals/oil & gas/mining/materials related industry, so experience in clean manufacturing environments will not be a great fit.  In this role you will be required to spend time in the field, in an environment with high heat, humidity, dust, as well as the potential for extreme cold.  As a Project Manager you will lead projects at other facilities meaning you'll need to travel.  

This role does provide the opportunity to have some autonomy, the ability to be a working manager, be hands-on, mentor others and experience a variety of projects.

Strong, medium-sized, public company.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage projects less than $10 million with responsibility for multiple projects which could total over $10 million.
• As part of the project development team for plant projects, facilitates development of the project business case and justification, cost estimate, and project execution plan following the Front End Loading Process (FEL)
• Clearly define Project scope, objectives and goals, communicates them to the team & all relevant stakeholders
• Working with our customers & stakeholders; defines & communicates success
• Integrate the activities necessary to develop the project plan, execute the project plan & make changes to the plan as required for success
• Develops safety, quality, schedule and budget success metrics for the project, and once set, manages the project to achieve those objectives
• Leads the development of a detailed project risk analysis and mitigation plan
• Defines the right project organization for the assigned project, assembles the right resources and ensures role clarity, accountability, and individual responsibility for all team members including proposals and management of contractors
• Manages day to day operational aspects of a project and scope
• Reviews deliverables prepared by the team before passing to the client
• Effectively applies best-in-class methodologies and enforces project standards.
• Responsible for the evaluation, selection and management of engineering contractors, material and equipment suppliers, and construction contractors for the project.  Aligns team members, engineering companies, vendors and contractors to corporate and project goals
• Lead person responsible for communicating with all internal and external stakeholders and occupies the center of the interactions between stakeholders and the project.
• Measure and verify project performance, cost & schedule using generally accepted practices, tools & techniques
• Regularly report progress & cost to stakeholders and management.  Escalate if needed
• Communicate clearly, keep team members engaged & motivated, resolve conflicts
• Manage change through the COR process
• Provides accurate and timely reporting of project metrics including schedule performance and cost performance including a regularly updated Estimate at Completion Cost
• Conducts and/or attends engineering reviews and provides key inputs.
• Organizes and conducts constructability, operability, and maintainability reviews with appropriate stakeholders
• Ensures communication and coordination with SXC Operations and Maintenance to ensure a smooth commissioning, start-up, and turnover to Operations.
• Participates in community relationship initiatives at project sites, and provides project updates and communications as required
• Conducts lessons learned activities to identify the success factors and future improvements. 
• Accurately forecasts costs, revenue, profitability, margins Assures project legal and environmental requirements are met
• Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on  the project

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

· Solid knowledge of project management practices, understanding of project details and the ability to manage from the overall project perspective (safety, quality, costs, and schedules objectives within a project)

· Understanding of safety, engineering, estimating, construction, team motivation, cost control, scheduling, progress and performance metrics.

· Ability to prepare written reports, project correspondence, and contract management.

· Understanding of basic revenue models, profit and loss, and cost to completion projections

· Understanding of the FEL processes (A gated project process)

· Ability to manage the project budget

· Effective facilitation of team meetings, s trong communication skills, t imely resolution of issues, s trong computer skills.

· Ability to participate in resolution of complex technical and commercial issues.

· Strong leadership and leadership development skills while serving as a role model and mentor

· Motivator of the team to work together in the most efficient manner

REQUIREMENTS / EXPERIENCE: 

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or a closely related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of related industrial plant experience as a project manager, project engineer and/or a construction manager.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Willingness to be suited with full Personal Protective Equipment including fire retardant clothing, hard hat, steel toe boots, gloves, and eye protection (hearing protection as required) and other items as required
• Ability to pass a fit test for respirator (project specific)
• Regularly required to stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and handle long walks for rounds
• Regularly required to climb ladders and/or stairs and work at heights on permanent and/or temporary grating/platforms up to and including use of fall protection
• Regularly required to work in confined spaces
• Must be capable to lift and move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to us use hands and fingers to handle equipment such as testing equipment, measuring equipment, etc.
• Must have depth perception, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus for close and distance vision (corrective lenses and glasses acceptable)
• The employee is occasionally required to sit

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