Project Manager (Pipeline)

Location: Baytown, TX (Hybrid, 3 days/week onsite; 25-50% travel) | Reports To: Senior Manager, Project Maintenance | Contract

Hands-on pipeline project experience is required from day one. Terminal-only experience is not a fit for this role.

Overview

Our client is seeking a Project Manager (Pipeline) to deliver pipeline, station, and terminal projects. The portfolio centers on third-party pipeline operations and maintenance for customers in Texas and Louisiana, along with maintenance projects on company-owned assets. You'll typically manage 3 to 8 concurrent small-to-mid-size projects across the full lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop project scopes of work, cost estimates, schedules, work plans, and resource requirements during initiation and planning.
• Manage implementation, including design, engineering, purchasing and contracting, construction, startup and commissioning, and closing, of petroleum industry projects, with current reports on project status and cost forecasting.
• Evaluate and obtain approval of changes to project scope, budget, and schedule, and complete all required change documentation.
• Lead or facilitate meetings and ensure minutes are documented and distributed.
• Plan and organize system and facility downtime, startup, and commissioning with Operations, Transportation, the Control Center, and other functional departments.
• Manage multi-discipline projects and direct third-party engineering firms on scope and drawing creation, personally owning scope, schedule, and estimates.
• Prepare customer pipelines for in-line inspection (ILI) tool runs, pressure testing, digs, and piping revisions and connections.
• Track time against project work orders for charge-back to customer projects.
• Serve as the primary conduit between internal asset teams and the customers whose lines are being worked, maintaining a customer-first, service-oriented approach.
• Provide subject-matter input to district and corporate support staff.
• Own project closeout from start to finish, including punch lists, as-built drawings, operating manuals, PMs, equipment tagging, device settings, and completion certificates.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, OR PMI Project Management certification, OR 10 years of experience managing projects in the petroleum industry
• 10+ years of project management experience
• Hands-on pipeline project experience, including phase-gate processes and required documentation
• Experience in most phases of engineering, construction, and operations of pipeline, station, and terminal facilities
• Familiarity with DOT pipeline compliance (about 95% of projects are DOT-regulated) and with welding procedures
• Ability to build schedules in Primavera or Microsoft Project
• Strong cost control and forecasting skills
• Willingness to travel 25-50%, typically 2-3 day trips across Texas and Louisiana
• Position is subject to DOT drug and alcohol regulations
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions, at heights over 5 feet, around moving mechanical and rail equipment, petroleum fumes, high noise, and uneven terrain, and near open water, using FRC and PPE as required
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills, and the ability to work independently with tact and professionalism

Preferred Qualifications

• Primavera Advanced proficiency
• EIT certification with intent to obtain a PE license, or a PE license
• PMI certification (PMP)
• An entrepreneurial approach to reducing costs and improving processes

Pay rate: $70-75/hr (W2). This is a 6+ month contract position, hybrid (3 days/week onsite) in Baytown, TX, with 25-50% travel. Candidates must be US Citizens or Green Card holders.

About Us

Peterson Technology Partners (PTP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a transparent, inclusive, and human-centered hiring experience.

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