Senior Engineering Project Manager

Job Description
Take Your Delivery Management Career to the Next Level
Do you have a passion for managing budgets, meeting deadlines, and exceeding client expectations? Our delivery management professionals are involved in project delivery from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, and closeout. Each phase requires strong attention to detail while communicating to internal and external stakeholders. Do you have a proven track record in managing goals and objectives? Consider joining our team and work with peers who have vast industry knowledge and experience solving complex problems.
Step into Your New Role
Kleinfelder is looking to add a dynamic experienced Senior Engineering Project Manager to join us in the Southeast with proximity to our Atlanta GA, Charlotte NC or Raleigh NC office . The Engineering Project Manager manages all phases of project delivery including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated skills and broad knowledge in natural gas and liquids pipeline infrastructure projects and is able to independently evaluate, select and apply standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria to lead project execution. Projects range in size and complexity from small to large, including both natural gas distribution and transmission; liquids pipelines; and terminals, facilities and stations type projects.
Key Responsibilities include:

• Mentor and coach project team members and provide constructive feedback on team member performance
• Work with client organization staff and Kleinfelder Client Account Manager to identify, develop, and propose on future work assignments
• Develop scope of work, project budgets, work breakdown structures and schedules
• Develop project staffing plans
• Effectively secure project resources, complete proposals, develop contracts, maintain project records, monitor project, bill clients, collect receivables and close out
• Prepare pipeline and facility designs, including the review of designs and documentation to ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards and design criteria
• Construction specification and bid package preparation
• Pipeline design and material selection
• Alternative/Feasibility studies
• Develop status reports with task completion, progress, challenges, and solutions
• Oversee pursuits, designate the appropriate resources to projects, define client needs, address client concerns and manage engineering resources within budget
• Lead and participate in technical, cost, and scheduling decisions for interdisciplinary teams ensuring company quality standards and driving customer value
• Nurture and grow client relationships and contracts that include complex, multi-disciplinary projects
• Leading, growing and mentoring staff - supporting the achievement of professional career goals
• Devise new approaches to problems encountered
• Manage all phases of project execution including project organization, subcontractor management, scheduling, financial management, health and safety stewardship, and reporting
• Collaborate on a program of design and construction management projects striving for continuous improvement in process development and execution
• Build relationships on technical and client service teams and within client organizations
• Communicate effectively with internal and external teams of clients and stakeholders

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) and PMP - highly preferred
• 8+ years of related pipeline and energy infrastructure experience
• Minimum 10 years project planning / management experience with a background in utilizing standard tools and information to make tactical course corrections regarding budgeting, scheduling, and scope changes
• Ability to assess and resolve issues and conflicts internally and externally
• Production design experience either first-hand or through reviews of work products and independent technical reviews
• Valid Driver's license
• Active in external organizations is highly preferred
• Ability to travel 20-25%

Move Forward with Kleinfelder
Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients' transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 85 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose - together, we deliver.
Progress with an Employer that Values You
Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that throughdiversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:
Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.
Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.
Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES
Please note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.
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