Senior Project Manager, Project Execution

Principal Responsibilities

• Oversee proposal development and project execution of major capital projects for Messer LLC.
• Manage all project activities throughout project cycle; responsible for managing individual projects generally up to $10,000,000 in CAPEX.
• Manage project activities, including coordination of basic and detailed engineering and design, development and maintenance of project schedules and budgets, prepare monthly status reports, provide oversight of construction and commissioning activities, coordinate Operator training and ensure technical and administrative closeout of all project issues.
• Manage the outsource of discipline engineering.
• Implement the Project Definition & Execution Strategy (PDES) that enables a high degree of confidence in the project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Qualify vendors, negotiate vendor pricing and bidding in conjunction with Procurement.
• Execute the project safely, to specification, on time and on budget, tracking costs to provide timely updates on spend relative to budget, manage vendors and contractors and track schedule to complete on time.
• Provide a quality project while minimizing unbudgeted change orders.
• Manage interface with regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with adopted environmental, life safety and technical code references.
• Organize required internal activities such as safety reviews, Hazops, MOCs and punch lists. Ensure that all internal standards and procedures are followed as well as relevant codes and applicable regulations.
• Maintain effective communication of progress and issues with formal monthly reports on material variances to scope, schedule or budget or substantial usage of contingency especially prior to the construction phase.
• Deliver complete project documentation at project conclusion.
• Act as technical resource to plants to develop problem solutions or needed improvements.
• Participate in interdepartmental initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or other relevant discipline.
• 5 years’ experience in the implementation of capital project, ideally in the Industrial Gas or Chemical Process industries, with demonstrated ability to develop a complicated technical scope, schedule and budget and consistently deliver to it.
• Ability to travel 30-40% (60-80 nights/year).

Pay

The salary range for this position is $109,000 - $146,000.

Benefits

• Messer provides medical, dental, vision, short term disability, life insurance and paid time off as well as other voluntary benefits, such as, long term disability in accordance with the terms and conditions of these Plans.
• Employees are eligible to enroll in Messer’s 401(k) Plan.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in the company’s bonus program.