Project Manager

Summary

Join Sand Cherry Associates as a Project Manager overseeing the planning, execution, and completion of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) projects. This remote position, primarily based in the Mountain or Central Time zones, requires strong project management skills, technical competencies, and experience across various engineering disciplines. You will lead safe, cost-effective, and timely delivery of CCUS capital projects, integrating work from specialists and managing distributed teams. The role demands strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills to achieve operational targets and ensure project success. You will develop and implement robust project management processes, manage economic risk, and collaborate across various functions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the oil and gas industry and a proven track record of managing multi-million dollar projects.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8-10 years in oil and gas industry in project, program management or consulting capacity
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field along with business acumen
• Must have experience managing tens of millions of dollars’ worth of capital management experience, particularly in O&G projects and has 8+ years of experience

Responsibilities

• Strong project management skills and good knowledge of contract types and project strategies involving the design and construction of industrial facilities
• Ability to 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
• Strong integration and communication skills allowing result delivery through distributed teams and without direct authority over many of the key resources
• Lead safe, cost effective and timely delivery of CCUS capital projects
• Ability to 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. Problems faced may be difficult but generally not complex. Demonstrates integrity, accountability, and transparency; upholds standards, values, and culture
• 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

• 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
• Leadership experience to manage and drive projects through full life cycle from scope to delivery
• Strong individual contributor experience in an oil and gas environment
• Exposure to carbon injections or carbon capture utilization and storage is highly desired
• Safety . Understand safe design principles, process safety concepts, and exhibit personal safety leadership
• Leadership . Ability to integrate, align and motivate a team of people across a common project mission
• Management . Communication skills, setting of priorities, delegation, performance management of both internal and external resources
• Comfort with pace and with managing multiple competing priorities with confidence and professionalism
• Results orientation . Ability to develop and then deliver a complex set of competing objectives. Sets high standards and leads the team to deliver results
• Comfortable with complexity and evolving situations. The PM must be capable of managing multiple variables and developing plans with multiple courses of action
• Inclusion . An ability to align internal stakeholders on project objectives and choices
• Project Capital Value Processes. Strong knowledge of the stages of project development from concept definition to design and planning processes to EPC work
• Knowledge of use of stage gates, budgets and FID decision making processes
• Decisiveness . Ability to incorporate many factors in value-based project choices
• Understand the value of interfacing and engaging Operations in project design and delivery
• Basic to moderate subsurface and wells knowledge and an understanding of engineering design processes
• Contract development, Contractor management and project contract strategies
• Construction planning and execution, project completions and commissioning process
• Understanding of natural gas industry standards, market trends, emerging issues, and regulatory requirements
• Experience working at a public company in multiple areas of the project management function
• Experience identifying, assessing, and addressing key risks; understand the risk/reward picture
• 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
• Proficient in Excel, PPT, MS Project and able to use digital tools to improve project performance
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic fast-paced environment and work independently or as part of a team
• Advanced interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills, as well as attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• MBA is helpful, but not required
• PMP or PMI certification is preferred

Benefits

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in Colorado, Sand Cherry Associates is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to the State of Colorado and takes into account a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and delivery model. This role is a 6+ month consulting contract and the hourly range is $75 - $95. Years of experience, level of education, geographic location, unique skills/qualifications for the specific role and potential certifications can be key factors in the final compensation for this role