ONEOK Energy Services

Senior Project Manager

ONEOK Energy Services • $132K — $198K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related field
  • 7+ years of experience in engineering or project management
  • Knowledge of processing facilities and pipeline design
  • Experience with advanced project management phases
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex engineering projects from initiation to completion
  • Oversee project planning, resourcing, and performance monitoring
  • Develop and manage risk analysis models for projects
  • Create and control detailed project scopes of work
  • Manage stakeholder relationships and communication across teams

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and certifications
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Retirement savings plans with employer matching
  • Performance bonuses and rewards programs
Full Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
A Project Manager II leads complex engineering projects by integrating technical, commercial, construction, and stakeholder activities to safely deliver business objectives while controlling scope, schedule, cost, and risk.Job Profile Summary

Directs and performs an advanced level of planning, monitoring and managing engineering projects from initiation through completion. Lead project planning, resourcing, staffing, supply and subcontract management, progress reporting, troubleshooting, and people management. Ensure project results meet requirements regarding technical quality, reliability, schedule and cost. Projects are typically intermediate growth projects. Monitor performance and recommend schedule changes, cost adjustments or resource additions. Lead internal and external resources and communicate throughout the company as well as with external vendors, contractors and customers. This role requires a blend of interpersonal management and technical skills necessary to achieve the desired project outcome.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities
  • Directs project activities demonstrating a skilled level to deliver project accomplishments inclusive of plant and process facility design, pipeline design, construction, operation and maintenance projects, measurement, regulation and control facilities, gas treating and compressor facilities, product storage, pumping, loading and handling facilities, SCADA, DCS and PLC control systems, processing equipment including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, compressors, pumps, coolers, etc.
  • Manage the review, and dissemination of necessary information related to engineering services, scope definition, estimating, scheduling, design, preparation of bid instructions and bidding, procurement, construction, record keeping, right-of-way, and environmental activities to project team members
  • Develop a risk analysis model for a typical project from a review and assessment of project risks and opportunities. Distinguish and assess the project risks and opportunities. Develop simulation models with a Monte Carlo simulation
  • Integrate key disciplines into a plan for asset development for a typical project. Manage project development in compliance with project standards and procedures. Integrate a comprehensive plan for asset development. Facilitate agreement on data needed to progress the project. Distinguish key performance indexes, exclusions, constraints and assumptions necessary to prepare a project initiation document. Generate program objectives, critical success factors and ensure projects align to these. Develop project execution plan for large and/or complex projects and develop detailed project contingency plans
  • Create a detailed project scope of work and execute it utilizing change management procedures and monthly progress reports. Create a detailed project scope of work that addresses key project elements and drivers. Execute and control the scope of a project using the project plans, monthly reports and control estimate. Facilitate process safety reviews associated with MOC
  • Develop and manage optimal project solutions that maximize the economic value added of the project over the life of the project within budgetary and resource constraints
  • Develop cost estimates and select, implement and execute cost control procedures for typical project. Account for the development of cost estimates, contract strategies, construction, quality assurance, including establishing pricing for equipment and materials, and labor productivity for engineering and construction. Assure alignment of cost estimate and overall project schedule. Develop cost estimates, probabilistic cost risk assessment, and contingency plans to create a project budget and cash flow estimate for a typical project. Validate estimates with peers; perform benchmarking. Assess cost impact of scope changes
  • Manage complex project activities to include plant and process facility design, pipeline design, construction, operation and maintenance projects, measurement, regulation and control facilities, gas treating and compressor facilities, product storage, pumping, loading and handling facilities, SCADA, DCS and PLC control systems, processing equipment including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, compressors, pumps, coolers, etc.
  • Develop and implement a stakeholder management plan for a typical project. Study Right of Way plans and assess critical reviews and easement coverage. Implement a stakeholder management plan and monitor/adjust strategies to increase influence and build key relationships
  • Develop an overall project schedule by integrating schedules from individual project contractors. Use the integrated schedule to produce progress and productivity reports. Verify schedule progress, by reviewing discipline schedules. Ensure contractor compliance with schedule update criteria. Assess schedule impact of trends
  • Build successful, high performing teams utilizing elements of planning and performance management. Maintain high standards of performance within a department, monitoring performance metrics against a target. Respond to obstacles to performance, taking ownership and accountability of proposed solutions. Lead project team by creating a clear project vision, obtaining necessary resources to handle projects including the hiring of employees, contractors, and vendors, and purchasing of necessary equipment as well as allocating applicable decision-making authority and responsibility to team members
  • Execute the communication process. Engage in complex communication activities, and monitor organizational standards of verbal communication. Manage the policies and procedures applicable to the use of online communication platforms.
  • Organize routine or scheduled meetings, chairing critical meetings where necessary. Facilitate the requirements for multi-day meetings. Interact with direct and indirect reports, corporate personnel, public officials, contractors, customers, and civic organizations on issues including general engineering activities, employee issues, public projects, and project scheduling
  • Verify and support relationship building at all levels. Conduct networking and social initiatives to foster the growth of interpersonal relationships. Utilize alternative methods to enhance relationships within complex settings. Influence others using planned, creative approaches that appeal to particular needs
  • Evaluate projects and identify where change is needed. Seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches for project completion and refocus team members if changes are needed
  • Provide technical and engineering assistance to other departments, management, governmental and regulatory agencies, company attorneys, industry groups, and others on matters related to projects and operations, policies, procedures, contracts, material selection, and governmental/regulatory rules, regulations, and activities


Education
  • Bachelor's Degree in engineering or closely related field and the following job related experience preferred


Work Experience
  • Experience at this level is typically attained with seven or more years of experience in engineering, operations and/or project management.
  • Experience and knowledge of engineering and operations of processing facilities, pipeline and related facility design, construction, operation, and maintenance projects; measurement, regulation, and control facilities; gas-conditioning, processing, and compressor facilities; pressure vessels and process equipment; controls and monitoring systems
  • Experience with all phases of advanced project management including scoping, estimating, specification, scheduling, contracting and procurement, construction, commissioning and startup, budgeting, financial analyses, and regulatory compliance
  • Experience achieving goals and developing employee/team strengths, exhibiting a positive example and influence that leads to employee and project successes
  • Experience with project management productivity tools and software
  • Experience in coordinating teams from various workgroups, managing relationships with internal and external participants and eliciting cooperation from all resources
  • Experience developing information and making presentations to groups and individuals
  • Experience researching, composing, preparing, and administering contracts, engineering studies, policies, procedures, reports, and technical correspondence
  • Experience reading and interpreting governmental regulations, codes, and standards, manuals, policies, procedures, contracts, specifications, and various reports and correspondence
  • Experience interacting, advising, negotiating, and communicating effectively
  • Experience in use and function of applications such as: Microsoft required and PROCORE preferred


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Ability to: effectively interface with internal and external business partners at all levels, including management, with excellent written and oral interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to: determine how to establish which phase a project is in. Perform a definition maturity gap analysis. Develop a business case from a go-by. Edit/ modify a scope of work
  • Ability to: determine how to determine which phase of development a project is in and perform a gap analysis on the number, type and level of definition needed for phase deliverables
  • Ability to: describe the principles of program management and clarify how potential sub-set projects fit into the overall program
  • Ability to: maintain a project execution plan for a project using similar documentation from a previous project
  • Ability to: prepare sections of a scope of work for the pre-sanction phases of a medium size project. Facilitate preparation of your discipline deliverables
  • Ability to: update standard scope definitions. Utilize project scope control procedures. Participate in evaluation of a project's definition maturity. Assist in selecting VIPs for a typical project
  • Ability to: create procurement and contracting strategy plans utilizing documentation from a similar project. Address key activities for each function
  • Ability to: develop a fabrication/ construction, transportation, installation and hookup management plan for a typical project using similar documentation from a previous project
  • Ability to: develop several sections of a commissioning and startup plan for a medium sized project and a scopes of work for a small, facility projects
  • Ability to: prepare a decommissioning plan for a project utilizing information from a similar project
  • Ability to: rewrite templates and prior organization staffing plans for a project using similar documentation from a previous project
  • Ability to: rewrite standard project HSE Management documents for a typical project using similar documentation from a previous project
  • Ability to: develop an information management plan for a typical project using similar documentation from a previous project
  • Ability to: rewrite an existing project risk register for a new project. Perform a project risk analysis
  • Ability to: implement a stakeholder management plan and monitor/adjust strategies to build key relationships. Implement an interface management plan for a typical onshore or offshore project
  • Ability to: describe project quality management practices. Account for how projects address quality management issues in their plans. Account for to the development of quality Plans and the application of Quality Control & Assurance
  • Ability to: rewrite the scope definition documents and develop scope change management procedures, including formal MOC
  • Ability to: develop a project schedule that shows the critical path using similar documentation from a previous project schedule of similar scope and type
  • Ability to: create a cost plan considering cost estimating, budgeting and cost control & reporting using prior projects as a basis. Allocate resource costs to cost breakdown structure (CBS) and work breakdown structure (WBS)
  • Ability to: describe the process of project capitalization
  • Ability to: monitor operations and situations to ensure compliance with safety policies and procedures
  • Ability to: research, compose, reconcile, and prepare reports, invoices, studies and correspondence
  • Ability to: read and interpret construction specifications, engineering plans, regulatory documents, job orders, permits, contracts/bid summaries, legal documents, survey reports, maps, safety manuals, industry publications
  • Ability to: supervise and/or delegate work assignments


Licenses and Certifications
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred


Strength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements
  • Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.


Strength Factor Description - Physical Demands/Requirements
  • Standing: Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about (Occasionally)
  • Walking: Moving about on foot (Frequently)
  • Sitting: Remaining in a seated position (Constantly)
  • Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) (Occasionally)
  • Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder (Occasionally)
  • Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (Occasionally)
  • Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) (Occasionally)
  • Climbing: Ladders, Stairs (Occasionally)
  • Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling (Occasionally)
  • Stooping: Be

About ONEOK Energy Services

ONEOK is a publicly-traded limited partnership engaged in natural gas liquids, natural gas pipelines, and natural gas gathering and processing. It is a Fortune 500 company and is included in Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Stock Index. Originally founded in 1906 as an intrastate natural gas pipeline business in Oklahoma, today ONEOK is one of the nation's premier energy companies involved in the natural gas and natural gas liquids businesses. Its business segments provide safe, reliable energy and services to their diverse customers. By following a strategy that blends the performance and profitability of all of the segments, ONEOK is able to deliver sustainable earnings growth for shareholders. ONEOK’s success is driven by employees who strive to better not only their company but also the communities in which they live.

ONEOK Energy Services Careers

Join the dynamic team at ONEOK Energy Services, a leader in the energy sector, and propel your career to new heights in an environment that fosters growth, innovation, and leadership. As one of the premier energy companies, ONEOK offers a range of job opportunities that allow professionals to excel in their fields and contribute to a sustainable energy future.

Work You’ll Do

At ONEOK Energy Services, you will engage in meaningful work that directly impacts our company and the industry. Our team is at the forefront of the energy sector, leading projects that enhance how energy is produced, distributed, and consumed. Your role within our company will position you at the intersection of energy solutions and technological advancement, driving change and delivering results that matter.

Innovative Work Environment

Embrace the opportunity to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the energy sector. Our team of over 10,000 dedicated professionals is committed to fostering an atmosphere of innovation and excellence. At ONEOK, you will leverage cutting-edge technology and deep industry expertise to deliver high-impact solutions across various markets.

Career Development and Growth

ONEOK Energy Services is committed to the professional growth of its employees. Whether you are just starting your career or are a seasoned professional, ONEOK provides unparalleled career advancement opportunities, including professional development programs, leadership training, and diversity initiatives. Our robust training programs are designed to enhance your skills and prepare you for leadership roles within the company.

Join Our Team

Explore the wide range of job opportunities at ONEOK Energy Services, from entry-level positions to executive roles. We are hiring talented individuals who are passionate about the energy industry and eager to make a difference. Our team values diversity, and we strive to create an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

Internship Programs

Kickstart your career with an internship at ONEOK Energy Services. Our internships provide hands-on experience in real-world projects that prepare you for a successful career in the energy sector. Interns at ONEOK gain valuable industry insights and have the opportunity to network with professionals and leaders within the company.

Benefits and Culture

ONEOK Energy Services offers a comprehensive benefits package that supports the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees and their families. Our company culture promotes teamwork, integrity, and respect—values that are integral to our corporate identity and business approach.

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Explore ONEOK Energy Services Careers

Discover the exciting and rewarding career opportunities waiting for you at ONEOK Energy Services. Let your ambition lead you to success in a company that is as committed to your career as you are. Join us and be part of a team that is reshaping the energy landscape. [SEARCH ONEOK JOBS](#) [READ CAREERS BLOG](#) [JOB ALERT EMAILS](#)
Learn more about ONEOK Energy Services
Size
2,847 employees
Market Cap
$28.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$612.8 million
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+13.1%
Revenue
$8.5 billion
NASDAQ
OKE
* Ladders Estimates

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