OVERVIEWThe Project Manager provides overall leadership and accountability for the execution of large, complex EPC capital projects within the Pulp & Paper, Energy, Power, and Midstream industries. This role serves as the single point of contact for one or more major clients and is responsible for ensuring projects are executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with contractual and corporate requirements.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:- Directly manages and mentors Project Managers, Project Leads, Project Engineers, and supporting technical professionals required to execute large capital EPC projects.
- Responsible for staffing, performance management, and development of project leadership talent.
- Provides functional oversight of engineering, construction, project controls, scheduling, procurement, quality, and safety teams.
EDUCATION:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
- Advanced degree (MBA or similar) preferred.
- Professional Engineer (PE) registration preferred.
- Equivalent experience may be considered with management approval.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:- 10-15 years of total industry experience, including 11+ years in Project Management or Project Leadership roles.
- Demonstrated experience leading large-capital EPC projects, preferably in the Pulp & Paper, Energy, Power, and/or Midstream sectors.
- Proven success managing projects with:
- Large, multi-discipline teams
- Significant EPC contract values
- Complex scopes, interfaces, and execution strategies
- Strong working knowledge of EPC execution models, project controls, cost forecasting, risk management, and construction execution.
- Experience working directly with owner organizations, executive-level stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.
- Proficient in engineering, project management, and reporting systems commonly used in EPC environments.
TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:- Acts as the primary interface with clients for large-scale EPC capital projects, ensuring responsiveness to client needs and alignment with business objectives.
- Develops and maintains strong executive-level client relationships through regular reviews, alignment sessions, and performance reporting.
- Establishes and leads the overall project organization, execution strategy, and staffing plan.
- Oversees development and execution of engineering, procurement, and construction cost estimates for major capital projects.
- Accountable for safety, quality, cost, and schedule performance across all phases of EPC execution.
- Leads risk identification, mitigation planning, and root-cause investigations related to safety incidents, quality issues, cost overruns, and schedule impacts.
- Ensures project teams adhere to corporate project management standards, quality systems, and safety requirements.
- Maintains responsibility for the EPC capital budget, strategy, and approval of project expenditures.
- Supports proposal development, client presentations, and business development efforts for large capital EPC pursuits.
- Ensures effective project close-out, lessons learned capture, and client satisfaction.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or board of directors. Job success often hinges upon interpersonal communication and relationship development skills, and job tasks require frequent interchange and successful completion depends in large part upon effective interaction and communication with others.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as cost and schedule risk analysis and estimating techniques.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:Occasionally, will conduct or participate in field trips to existing plants. This requires the ability to stand, walk, reach, climb and balance. Lifting of 25 pounds may be required. It also requires clear close and distance vision, depth perception and the ability to focus. Normal work environment will be a business office with moderate noise. Occasionally, will conduct or participate in construction meetings at job sites in operating plants. This may require exposure to outdoor weather conditions, loud noise, work near moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals and airborne particles.
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