Project Development Engineer

Project Development Engineer

#WeAreONEOK – Fortune 500 company. 100+ years in business. Leading midstream service provider. Safety first. Sustainable operations. Environmentally responsible. Employee-focused.

Job Summary

The Project Development Engineer will be responsible for developing project scoping documents for a variety of commodities, including but not limited to, gas gathering, compression, natural gas processing plants, and CO2 facilities. The scoping will include high-level cost and schedule and will incorporate any number of other departments such as ROW, Environmental, Operations, Measurement, Engineering, and Commercial in order to make the project successful. This individual will focus on the Oklahoma Asset but will have opportunities to do projects in other Assets as time progresses.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Manage project activities, demonstrating project management fundamentals, to include plant and process facility design, with a general knowledge of commercial, operations and other such departments.
• Manage engineering FEED studies as needed for larger or unique projects.
• Collect, review, and disseminate 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 project schedules - with aid from scheduling team.
• Develop a business case for scope of work. 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. Describe the principles of program management and clarify how potential sub-set projects fit into the overall program.
• Generate program objectives, critical success factors and ensure projects align to these.
• Write scope definition documents and develop scope change management procedures.
• Support development of optimal project solutions that maximize the economic value added of the project over the life of the project within budgetary and resource constraints.
• Create a cost plan considering cost estimating, budgeting and cost control & reporting using prior projects as a basis. 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. Assess cost impact of scope changes.
• Develop a project schedule that shows the critical path using similar documentation from a previous project schedule of similar scope and type. Describe and apply for a typical project schedule control procedures. Validate contractor's re-baselined schedules based on agreed criteria.
• Follow techniques to build and improve upon team performance and results. Set challenging objectives based on assigned responsibilities, measuring progress against set targets. Persevere through problems and obstacles, demonstrating accountability of performance and outcomes.
• Follow and enhance communication skills. Demonstrate proficient verbal communication skills appropriate to organizational standards. Maintain online platforms for relevance and currency. Participate in meetings and assist in meeting coordination, facilitation and documentation requirements. 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.
• Demonstrate and develop relationship skills. Demonstrate effective communication and interpretation factors in the development of basic interpersonal relationships. Apply practical methods for influencing others with effective communication.
• 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 mechanical or chemical engineering

Work Experience

7-10 years industry experience in midstream or refinery or petrochemicals

At least 5 years of that experience MUST be in Project Development type activities

Experience with Hydraulic simulation modeling experience Synergi Gas (or similar) is required

Experience with all phases of fundamental project management including scoping, estimating, specification, scheduling, contracting and procurement, construction, commissioning and startup, budgeting, financial analyses, and regulatory compliance

Experience achieving goals 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

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to: manage multiple projects concurrently

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: describe the major stages of the onshore and offshore project lifecycles. Explain how to initiate and organize a project and develop a business case

Ability to: describe the major stages, individual stages and the ability to influence at different points of the onshore project management lifecycle

Ability to: describe key activities, deliverables and required resources for each of the pre-sanction phases of project development

Ability to: identify the engineering scope elements, scope control activities, value improving practices (VIPs) and project definition maturity criteria

Ability to: identify the basic procurement and contracting functions and major activities associated with each. Explain the interrelationship between project management & procurement/contracting

Ability to: identify the basic objectives and elements of onshore & offshore project fabrication/ construction, transportation, installation and hookup management plan

Ability to: describe the key differences between and critical success factors for mechanical completion, pre-commissioning and commissioning

Ability to: state basic project decommissioning requirements in terms of statutory/regulatory compliance and operational constraints

Ability to: identify the basic objectives and elements of project organization plan

Ability to: identify the basic objectives and elements of an information management plan

Ability to: identify the basic elements and objectives of project risk management and risk analysis

Ability to: describe the key aspects of interface and stakeholder management

Ability to: describe the project quality policy and major project quality activities required for a successful outcome

Ability to: identify the scope control process, including a project's objectives, scope elements and constraints

Ability to: identify the tools used and basic objectives and elements of a project schedule, including the use of work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure consistency

Ability to: identify the basic objectives and elements of project cost planning

Ability to: describe key activities that must be completed to ensure funding is available when needed throughout the project lifecycle

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: delegate work assignments and manage project

Ability to: generate routine reports

Licenses and Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, 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.

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