Senior Engineering Project Manager

NorthStar Energy Services, a Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE:PWR) company, is based in Channelview, TX and provides engineering, design, procurement, construction and support services to the chemical, petrochemical, pipeline, oil & gas, bulk storage and terminal industries throughout the country. We offer individual project services as well as turnkey EPC project implementation.

NorthStar possesses the skills and expertise to self-perform the design and installation of civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation systems throughout a broad array of industrial applications.

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Position:  Senior Engineering Project Manager – Channelview, Texas

NorthStar Energy Services, Inc. offers engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services to multiple clients in the energy, petrochemical, and process industries.  We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR), a Fortune 500 company based in Houston.

NorthStar has offices in Houston, Dallas and Baton Rouge.  Our core employees have worked together for many years, executing and managing projects around the country.  Our team of professionals, from junior engineers and designers to senior technical experts, has experience in petroleum and chemical process technologies, program management, industrial engineering, pipeline engineering, industrial engineering procurement and construction, commissioning, and start-up.

The Baton Rouge, LA location performs engineering for EPC projects awarded to our Houston construction group as well as engineering design projects for oil and gas clients.  The Baton Rouge engineering group maintains space in the company headquarters for project management and engineering personnel.  We offer very competitive compensation, one of the best benefit packages in the industry, job security and have a flexible work schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Manage industrial and mid-stream engineering, and EPC projects from bidding through construction.
• Coordinate a multi-discipline group of engineers and designers to successfully execute a project scope and meet schedules.
• Interface with clients regularly to assess ongoing project expectations and schedule.
• Organize a project scope of work into an execution plan to help identify critical path activities.
• Create project milestone schedules with planning input from engineers and designers.
• Facilitate the transfer of information between engineering disciplines, vendors, construction managers and clients.
• Review discipline progress reports and assess availability of resources required to meet schedule.
• Ensure engineering disciplines follow quality procedures throughout all projects.
• Work closely with document control staff so client communications and transmittals are properly logged and communicated to all personnel.
• Identify project risks that will affect schedule, cost or quality.
• Regularly assess project scope and engineering activities to identify all deviations that require a change request.

 Qualifications:

• Preferably a minimum of 15 years of experience in oil and gas midstream and industrial projects.
• 5 to 10 years of experience managing midstream/industrial capital expansion projects.
• Technical or project management degree preferred.
• Ability to coordinate the production of project cost estimates and proposals with a multi-discipline engineering staff.
• Understand project cost reports and production status reports to assess the health of a project on a regular basis.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate collaboration and coordination with engineers and designers when necessary to reach a consensus on complex issues.
• A history of successful project execution.

What You'll Get

NorthStar has an industry leading insurance benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, emergency, hospital indemnity, critical illness, etc.  The company supplements payments for medical insurance making the employee’s portion of the cost one of the lowest in the industry.  Benefits paid by the company include long-term disability and life insurance.  NorthStar also provides a 401K savings plan with contribution matching and no waiting period to enroll.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and/or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and/or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We prohibit all types of discrimination and are committed to providing access and equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities. For additional information or if reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview, or hiring processes or to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact us the Company’s Human Resources department.