ONEOK · 3 months ago
Project Manager I - Engineering
ONEOK is a Fortune 500 company with over 100 years in business, recognized as a leading midstream service provider. They are seeking a Project Manager I to plan, monitor, and manage engineering projects from initiation through completion, ensuring technical quality, reliability, and cost-effectiveness while leading internal and external resources.
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Responsibilities
Manage project activities, demonstrating project management fundamentals, to include plant and process facility design, pipeline design, construction, operation and maintenance projects, measurement, regulation and control facilities, gas treating and compressor facilities, product storage, pumping, loading and handling facilities, SCADA, DCS and PLC control systems, processing equipment including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, compressors, pumps, coolers, etc
Collect, review, and disseminate necessary information related to engineering services, scope definition, estimating, scheduling, design, preparation of bid instructions and bidding, procurement, construction, record keeping, right-of-way, and environmental activities to project team members
Perform a project risk analysis. Account for how Monte Carlo simulation assists in risk analysis. Provide inputs and critically review results
Develop a business case for scope of work. Determine which phase of development a project is in and perform a gap analysis on the number, type and level of definition needed for phase deliverables. Describe the principles of program management and clarify how potential sub-set projects fit into the overall program. Generate program objectives, critical success factors and ensure projects align to these
Write scope definition documents and develop scope change management procedures, including formal MOC. Write standard scope definition documents for a typical project using similar documentation from a previous project. Develop project control, interface and scope change management procedures, including a formal Management of Change (MOC) procedure
Support development of optimal project solutions that maximize the economic value added of the project over the life of the project within budgetary and resource constraints
Create a cost plan considering cost estimating, budgeting and cost control & reporting using prior projects as a basis. Account for the development of cost estimates, contract strategies, construction, quality assurance, including establishing pricing for equipment and materials, and labor productivity for engineering and construction. Assess cost impact of scope changes
Support complex project activities to include plant and process facility design, pipeline design, construction, operation and maintenance projects, measurement, regulation and control facilities, gas treating and compressor facilities, product storage, pumping, loading and handling facilities, SCADA, DCS and PLC control systems, processing equipment including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, compressors, pumps, coolers, etc
Develop interface and stakeholder management plans utilizing information from a similar project
Develop a project schedule that shows the critical path using similar documentation from a previous project schedule of similar scope and type. Describe and apply for a typical project schedule control procedures. Validate contractor's re-baselined schedules based on agreed criteria
Follow techniques to build and improve upon team performance and results. Set challenging objectives based on assigned responsibilities, measuring progress against set targets. Persevere through problems and obstacles, demonstrating accountability of performance and outcomes. Lead project team by creating a clear project vision, obtaining necessary resources to handle projects including the hiring of employees, contractors, and vendors, and purchasing of necessary equipment as well as allocating applicable decision-making authority and responsibility to team members
Follow and enhance communication skills. Demonstrate proficient verbal communication skills appropriate to organizational standards. Maintain online platforms for relevance and currency. Participate in meetings and assist in meeting coordination, facilitation and documentation requirements. Interact with direct and indirect reports, corporate personnel, public officials, contractors, customers, and civic organizations on issues including general engineering activities, employee issues, public projects, and project scheduling
Demonstrate and develop relationship skills. Demonstrate effective communication and interpretation factors in the development of basic interpersonal relationships. Apply practical methods for influencing others with effective communication
Evaluate projects and identify where change is needed. Seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches for project completion and refocus team members if changes are needed
Provide technical and engineering assistance to other departments, management, governmental and regulatory agencies, company attorneys, industry groups, and others on matters related to projects and operations, policies, procedures, contracts, material selection, and governmental/regulatory rules, regulations, and activities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or closely related field
Five or more years of experience in engineering, operations and/or project management
Experience and knowledge of engineering and operations of processing facilities, pipeline and related facility design, construction, operation, and maintenance projects
Experience with all phases of fundamental project management including scoping, estimating, specification, scheduling, contracting and procurement, construction, commissioning and startup, budgeting, financial analyses, and regulatory compliance
Experience achieving goals and developing employee/team strengths
Experience with project management productivity tools and software
Experience in coordinating teams from various workgroups, managing relationships with internal and external participants and eliciting cooperation from all resources
Experience developing information and making presentations to groups and individuals
Experience researching, composing, preparing, and administering contracts, engineering studies, policies, procedures, reports, and technical correspondence
Experience reading and interpreting governmental regulations, codes, and standards, manuals, policies, procedures, contracts, specifications, and various reports and correspondence
Experience interacting, advising, negotiating, and communicating effectively
Experience in use and function of applications such as: Microsoft required and PROCORE preferred
Ability to effectively interface with internal and external business partners at all levels, including management, with excellent written and oral interpersonal communication skills
Ability to describe the major stages of the onshore and offshore project lifecycles
Ability to describe the major stages, individual stages and the ability to influence at different points of the onshore project management lifecycle
Ability to state the purposes and principles of program management
Ability to identify the basic objectives and elements of a Project Execution Plan
Ability to describe key activities, deliverables and required resources for each of the pre-sanction phases of project development
Ability to identify the engineering scope elements, scope control activities, value improving practices (VIPs) and project definition maturity criteria
Ability to identify the basic procurement and contracting functions and major activities associated with each
Ability to identify the basic objectives and elements of onshore & offshore project fabrication/ construction, transportation, installation and hookup management plan
Ability to describe the key differences between and critical success factors for mechanical completion, pre-commissioning and commissioning
Ability to state basic project decommissioning requirements in terms of statutory/regulatory compliance and operational constraints
Ability to identify the basic objectives and elements of project organization plan
Ability to describe the basic objectives and elements of planning for project Health, Safety and the Environment
Ability to identify the basic objectives and elements of a information management plan
Ability to identify the basic elements and objectives of project risk management and risk analysis
Ability to describe the key aspects of interface and stakeholder management
Ability to describe the project quality policy and major project quality activities required for a successful outcome
Ability to identify the scope control process, including a project's objectives, scope elements and constraints
Ability to identify the tools used and basic objectives and elements of a project schedule, including the use of work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure consistency
Ability to identify the basic objectives and elements of project cost planning
Ability to describe key activities that must be completed to ensure funding is available when needed throughout the project lifecycle
Ability to monitor operations and situations to ensure compliance with safety policies and procedures
Ability to research, compose, reconcile, and prepare reports, invoices, studies and correspondence
Ability to read and interpret construction specifications, engineering plans, regulatory documents, job orders, permits, contracts/bid summaries, legal documents, survey reports, maps, safety manuals, industry publications
Ability to delegate work assignments and manage project
Preferred
Experience at the PM I level
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Company
ONEOK
ONEOK is a midstream service provider that gathers, processes, transports, and stores natural gas and natural gas liquids.
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$15.87B2025-08-06Post Ipo Debt· $3B
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2023-08-10Post Ipo Debt· $5.2B
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