Job Description
About you: Join us. Unleash your energy within. If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we're the team for you. We've created a new breed of company - future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.
We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we're far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.
Our purpose and beliefs: As Kent, we're tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.
It's the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:
We PLAY BIG
We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
We are built on INFINITE THINKING
Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:
Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We're heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.
Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.
About the job: Kent is looking for a Project Manager to be based in Channelview, TX.
You will be accountable for managing development and execution of multiple projects through all assigned phases. You will assemble and lead the required cross-functional team to achieve agreed cost, schedule, quality, operability and safety objectives established for the project.
Experienced Project Managers managing a portfolio of small to midsize capital projects in an operating chemical plant required.
Skills and Responsibilities: - Meet key project indicators developed as part of the execution of a project.
- Identify, clarify and document customer changes from initial project objectives and scope of work to support the change order process.
- Plan, organize and implement project's scope to ensure on time and on budget completion with safe and error free performance. Develop project plans, goals and budgets including identifying resource needs.
- Develop schedules and methods for measuring results. Monitor budget and schedule activities. Identify unanticipated changes in budget and schedule and the impact from these changes.
- Develop bi-weekly and monthly management reports.
- Provide subject matter expert advice on design processes and/or construction methods.
- Participate in review and improvement of company's project management best practices.
- Investigate and analyze reported problems to determine causes and remdial/corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Evaluates corrective actions proposed by others for appropriateness, applicability and technical adequacy.
In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.
Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience: Knowledge/ Qualification/ Training/ Certification: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Certification (PMP) preferred.
- Minimum 7 years direct work experience in a project management capacity in the refining/petrochemical/chemical industry is required.
- Understanding of the engineering and construction industry by way of experience in past employment with EPC companies or Clients.
- Working knowledge of equipment procurement and construction.
- Familiarity with applicable engineering codes/standards and their application.
- Have experience and be proficient in stage gate process.
- Proficient skills in reading and understanding cost report trends and forecasting and working with project engineering to bring project team to meet budgets.
- Proficient skills in understanding the links in a critical path schedule to analyze and forecast outcomes and develop recovery plans as required.
Communication: - Strong team player with exceptional communication and organization skills; focal point of all owner communication.
Behavior/ Core Competencies: - Prior direct experience in managing multiple chemical, petrochemical and downstream type of projects and prior field experience required.
- Self-starter with hands-on approach and out-of-the-box thinking.
HSSEQ: The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it's clients and the governing authorities of the host country.
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