EPC Sr. Project Manager/Director

Westwood Professional Services

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking an EPC Sr. Project Manager/Director to lead the execution of large, complex EPC projects from award through final completion and turnover. This role holds overall accountability for project safety, schedule, cost, quality, contractual performance, risk, and client satisfaction. The EPC Sr. Project Manager/Director will lead a multidisciplinary team and coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, vendors, subcontractors, and client stakeholders across chemical, petrochemical, refining, energy, manufacturing, midstream, infrastructure, and other heavy industrial facilities. The position works in both office and industrial field environments, and significant travel and/or extended onsite presence may be required depending on project location and phase.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership of EPC project execution from award through final completion, turnover, and closeout, establishing objectives, execution strategy, team organization, and performance expectations.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the client on project execution matters, leading owner meetings and communicating status, risks, changes, and recovery plans clearly and professionally.
• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental, regulatory, and client safety requirements, holding project leadership, contractors, and subcontractors accountable for safe execution.
• Coordinate engineering across process, civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation and controls disciplines, ensuring deliverables support procurement and construction and meet codes, standards, and contract requirements.
• Manage engineering changes and promote constructability, value engineering, and modularization opportunities to improve project execution.
• Oversee procurement of long-lead equipment and critical materials, and lead the selection and management of major vendors and subcontractors, resolving commercial, technical, and schedule issues.
• Direct construction activities across multiple contractors, monitoring productivity, manpower, quality, and progress, and resolving field issues that could affect cost, schedule, safety, or quality.
• Establish and maintain the integrated EPC project schedule, identify critical-path activities, and develop and implement recovery plans when needed.
• Maintain accountability for project financial performance, including budget, forecasts, cash flow, earned value, and estimate-at-completion, taking corrective action on unfavorable cost trends.
• Manage change orders, claims, and commercial issues, ensuring scope changes are documented, priced, approved, and incorporated while protecting the company's contractual position.
• Partner with project controls to define KPIs, review monthly reports, and provide accurate forecasts to senior management.
• Lead the project risk-management program, maintaining risk registers, developing mitigation and contingency plans, and escalating significant issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure quality requirements are defined and met, coordinating inspection, testing, documentation, and support for client audits and quality reviews.
• Plan commissioning and startup from early in execution, and coordinate system turnover, punch-list completion, performance testing, turnover documentation, and final acceptance.

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1) Project Leadership

• Provide leadership, management, and mentorship for the design team. Project leadership tasks include:
  • Planning, coordinating, and executing the engineering design for a specific service
  • Defining project tasks, schedules, and resource requirements
  • Assigning tasks to and directing other technical and non-technical staff
  • Establishing goals for project deliverables and maintaining QA/QC standards
  • Preparing budgets for assigned projects and reviewing invoicing promptly
  • Communicating contractual requirements to the design team, verifying their incorporation into the design, and coordinating change orders with the Project Manager
  • Conducting team meetings and collaborating with other disciplines to ensure project success
  • Providing ongoing communication with the Project Manager regarding the project
  • Serving as a liaison between other engineers and the assigned design team
  • Removing obstacles preventing the design team from achieving their goals
• Plan and schedule necessary resources needed to support projects. Collaborate with Lead Engineers and Engineering Managers to optimize workload sharing between projects and offices.
• Support the Project Manager with planning, monitoring, and controlling the project scope, schedule, budget, reporting, and invoicing.
• Support the Project Manager with project close-out activities (e.g., lessons learned).

2) Quality

• Lead and provide quality assurance/quality control for assigned projects including:
  • Providing Engineer of Record (EOR) oversight of design tasks and final EOR review
  • Reviewing plans and specifications for constructability and risk management
  • Reviewing work by other members of the design team
  • Maintaining awareness of and complying with Westwood design/CAD standards
  • Performing quality review of all work products for accuracy
• Lead coordination with internal and external stakeholders to produce a well-coordinated and constructable design. Coordination efforts may include:
  • Coordinating with clients, utilities, and code enforcement agencies
  • Attending internal and external coordination meetings
  • Leading internal design team meetings
  • Collaborating closely with internal teams across multiple service groups
  • Keeping the Project Manager informed of work status, workload, problems, and progress related to your service
• Support service leadership to maintain firm standards and consistency.

3) Business Development Support

• Assist with client management and business development tasks. Assistance includes:
  • Maintaining strong relationships with existing clients and seeking opportunities with potential future clients
  • Building solid client contacts and fostering trusting relationships to encourage repeat business
  • Assisting with proposal preparation
  • Identifying additional scope and revenue opportunities related to the project and participating in business development activities
• Assist Market Directors as needed with marketing efforts and the creation of marketing materials.
• Provide clients with accurate design deliverables that closely meet contract requirements.
• Respond to client requests promptly.
• Treat all stakeholders with professionalism and respect.

4) Staff Development

• Assist with mentoring Project Engineers, Staff Engineers, and Technicians by providing guidance, explaining professional responsibilities, and reviewing work products.
• Advise service leadership on optimizing design team satisfaction and performance.

5) Technical Expertise

• Act as a technical advisor while effectively delegating design tasks.
• Lead and perform the design of a complete project, system, component, or process. Design tasks may include:
  • Researching, evaluating, and applying data
  • Preparing detailed engineering calculations
  • Preparing specifications and details
  • Preparing detailed construction drawings
  • Designing and producing deliverables using AutoCAD Civil 3D software
• Lead and perform other project tasks such as:
  • Conducting research and field assessments
  • Preparing permit applications
  • Writing technical reports
  • Creating technical presentations and exhibits
  • Preparing quantity take-offs and cost estimates
  • Providing construction support (e.g., responding to RFIs, performing field inspections)

Contacts / Direction

• Independently leads the design team with support from service leadership and the project management team.
• Receives general direction on key objectives.
• Receives guidance, when necessary, on unconventional or complex problems, direction on modified techniques, and new approaches on assignments with conflicting criteria.
• Responsible for personal and design team task management and adherence to deadlines, scope, and budget.
• Gains mentored experience from a licensed engineer in your area of specialty, project management, or business leadership.

Success Measures

• Completing projects accurately while adhering to the schedule, budget, and scope with minimal scope creep.
• Ensuring project teams are engaged, thriving, and producing high-quality products.
• Establishing strong relationships with clients, leading to repeat business.
• Building trust with both clients and project teams, fostering an environment where people want to collaborate and have you involved in their projects.
• Serving as a technical advisor while effectively delegating design tasks to the appropriate members of the design team.