Purpose of Position:

Messer Americas runs a strong project management system for implementation of our capital projects. The Project Manager is accountable for executing the assigned projects, safely, to specification, on time and on budget. Our Project Managers lead multi-discipline and multi-functional teams to deliver these projects for Messer. The Lead Project Manager is a working supervisor, responsible for mentoring/coaching/developing/monitoring other project managers. The position will execute new plant projects as well as plant upgrades, modifications and retrofits.

Principal Responsibilities

• Oversee proposal development and project execution of major capital projects for Messer LLC.
• Manage all project activities throughout project cycle; responsible for managing individual projects generally up to $20,000,000 in CAPEX. In addition, responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of up to 2 full-time project personnel, plus 2 to 3 contract project managers.
• Manage project activities, including coordination of basic and detailed engineering and design, development and maintenance of project schedules and budgets, prepare monthly status reports, provide oversight of construction and commissioning activities, coordinate Operator training, and ensure technical and administrative closeout of all project issues.
• Manage the outsource of discipline engineering.
• Provide business with capital estimates with the appropriate level of accuracy for proposed projects especially in the upfront stages where GOM order estimates are required to determine go/no go decisions in the project feasibility phase.
• Interface with Business Development, Product Management, Production, Reliability, Distribution, and all other Messer functions to develop and implement capital projects.
• Develop an effective Project Definition & Execution Strategy (PDES) that enables a high degree of confidence in the project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Qualify vendors, negotiate vendor pricing and bidding in conjunction with Procurement.
• Execute the project safely, to specification, on time and on budget, tracking costs to provide timely updates on spend relative to budget, managing vendors and contractors and tracking schedule to complete on time.
• Provide a quality project while minimizing unbudgeted change orders.
• Manage interface with regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with adopted environmental, life safety and technical code references.
• Organize required internal activities such as safety reviews, Hazops, MOCs and punch lists.
• Ensure that all internal standards and procedures are followed as well as relevant codes and applicable regulations.
• Maintain effective communication of progress and issues with formal monthly reports on material variances to scope, schedule or budget or substantial usage of contingency especially prior to the construction phase.
• Deliver complete project documentation at project conclusion.
• Act as technical resource to plants to develop problem solutions or needed improvements.
• Participate in interdepartmental initiatives.
• Delivery of a safe quality project on schedule and within budget
• Effective communication with all Messer affected departments.
• Agreement by plant management that objectives are met, all documentation delivered, and all punch list items resolved/agreed.
• Accountable for construction site and the management of the appropriate site resources (safety, construction, commissioning, production, reliability, etc)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or other relevant discipline.
• 10 years’ experience in the implementation of capital project, ideally in the Industrial Gas or Chemical Process industries, with demonstrated ability to develop a complicated technical scope, schedule and budget and consistently deliver to it.
• Functional Skills:
  • Knowledge of codes and regulations as they pertain to industrial gas projects, i.e. ASME particularly B31.1, NEC, building codes, permitting experience.
  • 2 Expert at field phases – managing field construction, check out, commissioning and performance testing and punch list closure.
  • Negotiation
  • Planning
• Managerial Skills:
  • Ability to work independently and coordinate effectively with plant personnel.
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Communication
• Interpersonal Skills:
  • Ability to manage professional and construction contractors
  • Leadership
  • Results-focused
  • Team building

Join us and you will be part of a company that values and supports your career. We offer competitive pay and benefits, with set schedules, steady work and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression.

Together we value innovation, efficiency and flexibility. Putting safety first, and working with integrity and respect, we encourage everyone to find solutions for success. That means for our customers and for our colleagues. This makes us a great place to build a career where your skills are valued and developed.

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