Director, Engineering

Director, Engineering

Venture Global builds and operates LNG export facilities in Louisiana and is expanding the gas-fired power generation that runs them to supply off-grid AI data centers. Our modular, mid-scale LNG design delivers the efficiency and reliability of traditional plants at significantly lower capital cost. Our projects are among the fastest greenfield LNG projects ever completed, delivered with an exemplary safety record. This role exists to build on that.

You will work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial company where projects often start as a problem, not a defined scope, and you'll be expected to set the direction yourself. You must be a self-starter with a strong bias for action. You'll report directly to the Senior Director of Engineering and be trusted to deliver results.

You'll thrive here if you:

• Own outcomes and clear the path for your team, removing roadblocks and constraints so the work keeps moving
• Make timely, sound engineering decisions that drive projects forward while upholding every standard
• Roll up your sleeves: you're in the field, in the calcs, and in the meetings
• Push back on "this is how it's always done" while never compromising process safety

General Description Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead engineering for a portfolio of brownfield projects at an operating facility, directing project engineers and multidisciplinary subject matter experts from feasibility and front-end design through IFC packages and field execution.
• Improve established designs and business results by leveraging resources outside your direct control.
• Support construction and turnaround teams with timely RFI responses and field support.
• Develop project engineers within the stage-gate process, and adapt that process into a fit-for-purpose system tailored to Venture Global's execution strategy.
• Build procedures and processes across a broad range of disciplines, identify gaps that hinder effective execution, and engage stakeholders for buy-in and support.
• Establish and track KPIs to ensure project success, using leading and lagging indicators to manage risk independently when dedicated project controls support is limited.
• Drive innovative approaches to meet cost, schedule, and technical requirements, supported by risk assessments and feasibility studies that adhere to all codes, standards, and technical requirements.
• Partner with Operations to understand project needs, and quickly develop feasibility and cost/break-even analyses with limited information.
• Present to stakeholders at all levels, including executives, plant management, direct reports, and finance.

Qualifications

Required experience

• Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in LNG, natural gas processing, cryogenic, or petrochemical facilities, including maintenance and project engineering, with at least three years of engineering supervisory experience.
• Both corporate and field experience, including at least one operations or maintenance support role at an oil, gas, or LNG facility.
• Significant design engineering experience, either at an engineering design firm or through developing IFC packages and supporting construction.
• Deep understanding of management of change, PHA, LOPA, and the impact of modifications on safety-related designs, including SIS.
• In-depth knowledge of API, ASME B31.3, and other codes governing safe design of LNG facilities.
• Regulatory experience with FERC/PHMSA, NFPA 59A, and 49 CFR Part 193.
• In-depth technical expertise in at least one discipline, with the ability to complete calculations as required.
• Strong grasp of capital project economics, including break-even analysis, OPEX, NPV, and business trade-offs that optimize shareholder returns.
• In-depth knowledge of budgeting, planning, and scheduling.

Required Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Licensing & Certifications

• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license; Louisiana licensure or ability to obtain by comity

Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.