Project Manager

Summary

Join Sand Cherry Associates as a Project Manager overseeing Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) projects. This remote position requires strong project management skills, technical expertise across various engineering disciplines, and the ability to lead and communicate effectively within distributed teams. The role involves planning, executing, and completing CCUS projects, ensuring adherence to safety standards, cost-effectiveness, and timely delivery. Successful candidates will possess extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, proven leadership capabilities, and a strong understanding of project management methodologies. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for professional growth within a supportive and communicative team environment.

Requirements

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field along with business acumen
• Have experience managing tens of millions of dollars’ worth of capital management experience, particularly in O&G projects and have 8+ years of experience
• Be fully authorized to work in the United States, without requiring visa sponsorship or C2C status

Responsibilities

• Possess strong project management skills and good knowledge of contract types and project strategies involving the design and construction of industrial facilities
• Understand and integrate work done by specialists in subsurface, wells, land, surface facilities engineering, stakeholder relations, construction, operations, health, safety, environment, regulatory and commercial partner interfaces
• Utilize strong integration and communication skills to deliver results through distributed teams and without direct authority over many of the key resources
• Lead safe, cost-effective, and timely delivery of CCUS capital projects
• Understand complex problems and ensure efficient use of resources to deliver project results
• Demonstrate safety leadership, integrity, accountability, and transparency while upholding standards, values, and culture
• Work to achieve operational targets under general supervision. Requires the ability to influence others by explaining facts, policies, and practices
• Ensure project team follows established project management processes
• Develop, implement, and help manage robust and fit-for-purpose processes for identifying, screening, appraising, selecting, designing, and executing economic risk
• Establish robust, effective, and fit-for-purpose project management processes
• Document and apply lessons learned for continuous process improvement
• Ensure scope, schedule and cost controls are implemented at each project phase
• Ensure the project’s economic model is accurate weighing risks and validating input
• Collaborate across functions such as Geology, Land, Business Development
• Develop and apply the project playbook and best practices tool kit
• Assist in managing vendor, supplier, and service providers

Preferred Qualifications

• Have an MBA
• Have PMP or PMI certification
• Have proven Project and/or Program Management experience utilizing PM methodology and tools. This includes project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, risk management, stakeholder management and/or procurement
• Have minimum of 8-10 years in oil and gas industry in project, program management or consulting capacity
• Have leadership experience to manage and drive projects through full life cycle from scope to delivery
• Have strong individual contributor experience in an oil and gas environment
• Have exposure to carbon injections or carbon capture utilization and storage
• Understand safe design principles, process safety concepts, and exhibit personal safety leadership
• Have the ability to integrate, align and motivate a team of people across a common project mission
• Possess communication skills, setting of priorities, delegation, performance management of both internal and external resources
• Be comfortable with pace and with managing multiple competing priorities with confidence and professionalism
• Have the ability to develop and then deliver a complex set of competing objectives. Sets high standards and leads the team to deliver results
• Be comfortable with complexity and evolving situations. The PM must be capable of managing multiple variables and developing plans with multiple courses of action
• Have an ability to align internal stakeholders on project objectives and choices
• Possess strong knowledge of the stages of project development from concept definition to design and planning processes to EPC work
• Have knowledge of use of stage gates, budgets and FID decision making processes
• Have the ability to incorporate many factors in value-based project choices
• Understand the value of interfacing and engaging Operations in project design and delivery
• Have basic to moderate subsurface and wells knowledge and an understanding of engineering design processes
• Have experience in contract development, Contractor management and project contract strategies
• Have experience in construction planning and execution, project completions and commissioning process
• Understand natural gas industry standards, market trends, emerging issues, and regulatory requirements
• Have experience working at a public company in multiple areas of the project management function
• Have experience identifying, assessing, and addressing key risks; understand the risk/reward picture
• Possess financial management skills and experience utilizing economic models to make informed project decisions. Experience assessing the costs, benefits and risks associated with a project to determine its financial feasibility and potential return on investment
• Be proficient in Excel, PPT, MS Project and able to use digital tools to improve project performance
• Have the ability to thrive in a dynamic fast-paced environment and work independently or as part of a team
• Possess advanced interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills, as well as attention to detail and problem-solving skills

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $110,000-145,000 for a 6+ month consulting contract (Colorado)
• Opportunity for professional career growth
• Friendly and communicative team culture
• Opportunity to be part of a digital workforce
• Self-responsibility in the workplace