Commissioning Project Manager Staff (Project Execution, Power Innovation East)

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As a Commissioning Project Manager, you will coordinate and carry out commissioning and startup for compressor stations, plants, and other pipeline facilities. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a commissioning team through the commissioning process. You will use your organization, collaboration and communication skills to lead a variety of projects!

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

• Assists and works closely with the team by providing on-site leadership to Operations, contractors, engineering, and support staff throughout the commissioning efforts

• Directs the implementation of the Asset Commissioning Process (01 91 11 C1 and C2) with team members and coordinates commissioning activities

• Works with the project team and leader to schedule pre-commissioning meetings, staff commissioning teams, and help mobilize teams to site

• Confirms that the staffing requirements within the commissioning process (ACP) are adequate to meet the proposed in-service date

• Continuously monitors the commissioning process against the site plan in order to make any resource adjustments as necessary

• Assists with development and execution of FAT testing, software testing, commissioning work plans (ACP), gas handling plans, and vendor checklists

• Assists with the scheduling and coordination of all vendor representatives required for commissioning effort

• Coordinates work with Operations and other functional groups within the company to schedule all activities, outages and approvals necessary for the team to perform commissioning tasks

• Communicates status of all commissioning activities to Project Leaders and other partners

• Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

• Required: High school diploma or GED and a minimum of fifteen (15) years related experience in operations, construction, or commissioning for oil/gas pipelines, meter stations, plants, or facilities

• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in engineering or vocational school completion in a technical field and a minimum of twenty (20) years related experience in operations, construction, or commissioning for oil/gas pipelines, meter stations, plants, or facilities

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrates outstanding organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications, specifically Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other scheduling/supporting software programs

• Experience with constructing and commissioning new oil/gas assets

• Excellent teamwork, communications skills and shared ownership practices

• Outstanding skills in reading of engineering prints and other technical schematics

• Preferred: Prior leadership experience

• Preferred: Familiarity with natural gas midstream assets

• Preferred: Experience with multiple prime driver and compression equipment packages, end device calibrations, skidded and non-skidded ancillary systems and electrical/controls

Shift/Work Hours/Travel Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 75%

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