Senior Project Manager – Industrial Capital Projects

Compensation: $135000-$160000 base salary bonus
Full-Time Houston TX

• Own and manage the full project life cycle for industrial capital projects including planning scope development budgeting scheduling engineering procurement construction startup and commissioning.
• Serve as the central point of project coordination and maintain alignment across scope schedule budget cost control risk reporting documentation and project controls.
• Develop clear execution plans milestones responsibilities and decision deadlines so each project function understands what is required and when it must be delivered.
• Coordinate with Engineering Leads to establish design milestones track deliverables close information gaps and ensure technical decisions are made in time to support procurement and construction. The Project Manager will drive the process but will not serve as the technical authority for every engineering discipline.
• Coordinate closely with the Procurement Lead to ensure bid packages vendor selections purchase decisions long-lead equipment and procurement milestones align with the project schedule and receive required engineering information on time.
• Coordinate contractors vendors field teams operations maintenance and internal stakeholders through construction startup and commissioning while maintaining safety quality functionality and maintainability standards.
• Hold cross-functional stakeholders accountable for commitments and deadlines address missed deliverables directly and escalate or resolve dependencies before they affect overall project performance.
• Review project schedules budgets change orders engineering and contractor deliverables risk items and technical documentation to identify gaps and drive timely action.
• Prepare and present regular project status reports covering progress budget schedule risks decisions dependencies and key action items.
• Mentor and coach project engineers or junior team members while reinforcing clear expectations ownership and strong project-management discipline.
• Help strengthen project processes operating rhythms and accountability practices as the Projects Team grows from a generalist model into a more specialized organization.
• Maintain an active field presence ask informed questions identify emerging issues and support problem solving when needed while keeping primary ownership focused on overall project leadership and integration.

• Direct project management experience in industrial construction heavy industrial facilities or capital projects.
• Experience in cement aggregates mining material handling mineral processing powdered bulk solids terminals or similar industrial environments is strongly preferred.
• Candidates from oil and gas refining chemical power or other heavy industrial environments may be considered if they have broad project ownership and experience leading multidisciplinary project teams.
• Candidates coming only from residential commercial office interiors homebuilding or light commercial construction will not be a fit unless they also have meaningful industrial project experience.
• Strong command of scope management scheduling budgeting cost control risk management project controls contractor coordination reporting and documentation.
• Demonstrated understanding of the full project life cycle and the sequencing and information flow among engineering procurement construction startup and commissioning.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary cross-functional project teams and drive performance across specialized functions without personally owning every technical or procurement task.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority establish clear expectations and hold engineers procurement partners contractors vendors and internal stakeholders accountable to deadlines.
• Strong communication and interpersonal judgment including the ability to have difficult conversations challenge missed commitments create urgency and maintain productive working relationships.
• Self-starter mentality with the confidence to make decisions take ownership manage ambiguity and operate without constant direction.
• Ability to mentor and coach less experienced team members while working effectively with seasoned technical and field personnel.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced high-accountability environment where project demands may occasionally extend beyond a traditional 9-to-5 schedule.
• High attention to detail strong follow-through and the discipline to identify slippage early and drive issues to resolution.
• Low-ego leadership style that combines firmness professionalism collaboration integrity and accountability.

• 8 years of project management experience in industrial construction or capital projects. Candidates with 10 years of progressively responsible experience independently leading multidisciplinary projects are strongly preferred.
• Bachelors degree in engineering construction management or a related technical field. An engineering background or strong engineering intuition is highly preferred although the Project Manager is not expected to be the technical authority for every discipline.
• PMP certification preferred. Candidates without a PMP may still be considered if they demonstrate strong structured project-management discipline.
• Professional Engineer license is a plus but not required.
• Experience within a larger or more mature project organization and the ability to help implement practical processes operating standards and accountability systems in a growing team.
• Experience with multidisciplinary scopes including civil structural mechanical piping electrical geotechnical surveying material handling and terminal infrastructure.
• Experience with terminals rail infrastructure barge infrastructure bulk storage loading systems conveying systems or industrial facility expansions.
• Spanish language ability is a plus especially for communication with field personnel and team members.
• Proficiency with MS Excel MS Project project controls tools and document management systems. Experience reviewing drawings in AutoCAD SolidWorks or similar tools is a plus.

• Ability to work in both office and active construction site environments.
• Ability to walk project sites climb stairs or ladders bend squat stoop twist and reach as needed.
• Ability to sit for extended periods and work at a computer.
• Ability to occasionally lift or carry up to 10 pounds.
• May be required to work at heights of up to 25 feet.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin protected veteran status disability status or any other legally protected basis in accordance with applicable law.
The company is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities throughout the application and interview process.