Pipeline Infrastructure Engineering Program Manager

Kleinfelder

  • Atlanta, GA
  • $123,781 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 12 days ago
Job Description:Take Your Delivery Management Career to the Next LevelDo 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 RoleKleinfelder is looking for a dynamic Pipeline Infrastructure Engineering Program Manager to join our Operations Team. As a key leader, you will oversee a portfolio of pipeline infrastructure projects while also serving as a trusted advisor to our clients. You’ll lead cross-functional teams, drive business development and ensure excellence in project delivery and client satisfaction. The ideal candidate would have significant experience working within an engineering consultancy, providing consulting engineering services to projects ranging in size and complexity from small to large pipeline Infrastructure projects. You will identify, lead and coordinate complex infrastructure projects focused on pipeline systems. This role combines program execution with strategic client engagement. From identifying opportunities to developing winning strategies, we build and leverage relationships across service lines and markets. This role is critical to ensuring the successful planning, execution, and delivery of engineering programs that support our growing infrastructure needs. If you’re ready to lead large-scale project opportunities and shape the future of energy infrastructure, we invite you to join our dynamic team.The position is remote/hybrid and we have flexibility on location for this role including Atlanta GA, Denver, CO, Raleigh NC, Houston TX, Baltimore MD, Hamilton NJ, Birmingham, AL, and Tampa, FLKey Responsibilities
  • Develop and execute strategic growth plans for key utility and energy clients.
  • Foster long-term relationships and identify cross-selling opportunities across service lines.
  • Lead proposal development, contract negotiations, and client presentations.
  • Mentor staff and promote a culture of collaboration, innovation and safety.
  • Lead and/or support a cross-functional team to execute pipeline and facility projects.
  • Ensure schedule, budget, and quality adherence across all phases of project execution.
  • Manage projects for schedule adherence identifying risks and requirements to successfully achieve a project’s in-service date.
  • Navigate projects through client gate approval processes including presentations to senior and executive management as required by each client.
  • Manage projects for financial adherence, maintaining an accurate cost forecast reflecting committed and uncommitted costs for an estimate-at-completion.
  • Provide regular status updates on projects by maintaining project data and routine reporting as well as meeting updates for clients.
  • Lead project meetings with cost, schedule, environmental, engineering and construction resources to facilitate project execution.
  • Ensure synergies across projects are incorporated into the portfolio of work to prevent scope from being duplicated or performed inefficiently.
  • Review project change requests (scope, In-service date, etc.) and reconcile with the existing and long-range portfolio of work.
  • Create analyses & reports to assist the client in tracking, coordination, and execution of projects.
  • Solicit client feedback and prepare action plans to enhance execution by teams participating in work on program.
  • Facilitate internal and external communication on sales, revenue, and growth targets on program using oral and written platforms.
  • Develop engagement plans for visitations and with external organizations representing technical staff and Client organization.
  • Monitor operational needs including contracts, professional licensure, and skill gaps and develop executable plans for remedying needs
  • Author and deliver training sessions and build library of tools on key topics related to the Client and solicit colleagues to participate in this effort within the Program Team.
  • Steward a Health and Safety culture through leadership and modeled behavior.
  • Serves as a Project Manager and/or Engineer of Record on key projects and pursuits.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited program
  • 10+ years of direct pipeline design experience
  • 7+ years of experience in project management for an engineering consulting firm
  • Excellent facilitation, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead and manage
  • Strong planning and analytical skills
  • Must demonstrate superb oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients
  • Demonstrated success in project management which includes proposal development, contract negotiations, project planning, team leadership, budgeting, schedule management, and client coordination.
  • Proven ability to develop business and establish relationships with clients.
  • Travel 15-25% depending on project assignment and client needs
Move Forward with KleinfelderKleinfelder 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 110 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 YouKleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, 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. The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the Colorado and Maryland Equal Pay Acts. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience. Salary range: $123,781 - $213,013.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 AGENCIESPlease 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.#LI-SF1

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