Project Manager

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Function:

Job Summary:

Job Description:

Supports development of and manages portions of a Mega-projects for a greenfield Low Carbon Ammonia facility. Includes but not limited to overseeing outside engineering firms, facilitating scope development, compiling estimates based on developed scope, facilitating detailed engineering, following scope change protocols, preparation of request for bid packages, evaluating proposals, requisitioning materials and services, execution of project scope utilizing in-house labor or outside construction contractors, and tracking overall project costs and schedule and preparation of routine formal reporting.

II. Major Responsibilities:

Project Development

• Define project scope, prepare accurate cost estimates and execution schedules, and prepare project documentation, which is timely, properly conveys the project’s objectives and well written

• Budget, design or coordinate design of economically designed and safe infrastructure strictly as needed to support the project goals allowable schedule contracting outside engineering and/or construction management resources as necessary

• Liase with project engineering team members to ensure timely review and support of all engineering requirements of project scope area of responsibility.

• Coordinate project assurance studies (PDRI, IAP, Estimating, …etc) and support all project controls group to ensure project reporting deliverables are accurate and timely for area of responsibility.

• Develop detailed project schedules and cash flow projections, and frequently communicate project status and progress to management, proactively addressing any delays and impacts.Execute projects within approved budgets while controlling project scope.

• Continuously control changes to original design and obtain management approval for any deviations.

• Execute early phase site engineering work including surveying, geotechnical work, temporary and permanent layout development, equipment transportation studies, etc.

• Prepare bid packages for procurement of outside equipment and services, evaluate bids received, and make award recommendations

• Manage and coordinate with external engineering firms the strategies for packaged equipment such as process modules, vendor skids, or process unit packages. This includes coordination around engineering specifications, procurement, vendor selection (and subsequent management), logistics, construction/installation oversight, and commissioning/startup support.

• Personally review construction documentation prepared by outside engineering firms and vendors for compliance with project specifications, constructability, and operability.

• Effectively develop detailed project schedules and project cash flow projections and communicate project status and progress vs schedule and budget targets to management frequently and in writing. Proactively communicate delays and impact with management

• Strive to improve skills that add value to both themselves and the company.

• Maintain a professional working relationship with all departments

• Travel as needed to Italy, OEM Facilities, or other domestic and international locations as needed.

EHS

• Incorporate the applicable requirements of the site EHS program into project design scopes and continually evaluate ways to make the site operator more safely.

• Coordinate with project team members to ensure the project safely meets the end users’ needs and follow all CF Policies and applicable laws/regulations.

• Participate in EHS risk assessment for the project

• Actively practice environmental, health, and safety activities associated with individualized job functions

• Actively participate in Hazop studies for area of responsibility

III. Supervisory Relationships:

• Position Reports To: N/A

• Subordinate Positions: N/A

IV. Incumbent Attributes:

• Education: BS in Engineering from an ABET accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred.

• Years of experience: 8+ years in some combination of operations or engineering at CF, a comparable chemical manufacturing company or an appropriate engineering and technology services provider.

• 5 or more years of experience with capital project development and/or execution preferred

• Ability and willingness to communicate effectively across multiple cultures and time zones both verbally and in writing

• Ability and willingness to work alternative shifts/schedules to support 24 hour/7 days per week operations during process unit erection, commissioning, startups, shutdowns, upsets, equipment inspections, and turnarounds.

• 5 or more years of in-plant experience preferred, whether permanent or periodic temporary assignment

• High degree of personal responsibility for assigned project safety, cost, and schedule performance

• Strong management skills required, including team leading, decision making, and prioritizing with limited management oversight required.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office software and familiar with Primavera, ICARUS, or equivalent scheduling and estimating software.

• Knowledgeable about capital work process management including WBS/CBS/SBS, EVM, and project controls.

• Ability and willingness to climb stairs, ladders, collect field data, enter process equipment for inspections, and otherwise work in an outdoor chemical plant environment as needed to monitor project construction progress on a frequent basis

• Must be able to acquire Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC)

• Ability to prove drug and alcohol free at random or for cause

FMLA:

https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf

Employee Polygraph Protection Act

https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf

• Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the “Canadian Human Rights Act”.

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