Principal Project Manager - 2 openings

Job Summary: 
Messer Americas runs a strong project management system for implementation of our capital projects.  The Project Manager is accountable for executing the assigned projects, safely, to specification, on time and on budget.  Our Project Managers lead multi-discipline and multi-functional teams to deliver these projects for Messer.  The Principal Project manager is Messer’s most senior project management position, implementing our largest, most complex, and most critical projects. 

 

Why Messer?  

Messer is the world’s largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on. 

The true strength of Messer is our people—at every level and in every role. 

Join us and take pride in the impact you will make by providing solutions essential to our world and lives. Reach your highest potential at our stable, inclusive company with diverse opportunities in a growing industry, supported by people who care. 

Messer stands apart because we put what matters first, and you matter. 

Principal Responsibilities:  

• Oversee proposal development and project execution of major capital projects for Messer LLC. 

• Manage all project activities throughout project cycle; responsible for managing larger and more complex projects. -In addition, responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of up to 2 full time project engineers, plus 2 to 3 contract project managers. 

• Manage project activities, including: coordination of basic and detailed engineering and design, development and maintenance of project schedules and budgets, prepare monthly status reports, provide oversight of construction and commissioning activities, coordinate Operator training and ensure technical and administrative closeout of all project issues. 

• Manage the outsource of discipline engineering. 

• At the direction of the Department Head develop standards and procedures to increase department productivity 

• Provide business with capital estimates with the appropriate level of accuracy for proposed projects especially in the upfront stages where GOM order estimates are required to determine go/no go decisions in the project feasibility phase. 

• Interface with Business Development, Product Management, Production, Reliability, Distribution and all other Messer functions to develop and implement capital projects. 

• Develop an effective Project Definition & Execution Strategy (PDES) that enables a high degree of confidence in the project scope, schedule, and budget. 

• Qualify vendors, negotiate vendor pricing and bidding in conjunction with Procurement. 

• Execute the project safely, to specification, on time and on budget, tracking costs to provide timely updates on spend relative to budget, managing vendors and contractors and tracking schedule to complete on time. 

• Provide a quality project while minimizing unbudgeted change orders. 

• Manage interface with regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with adopted environmental, life safety and technical code references. 

• Organize required internal activities such as safety reviews, Hazops, MOCs and punch lists. 

• Ensure that all internal standards and procedures are followed as well as relevant codes and applicable regulations. 

• Maintain effective communication of progress and issues with formal monthly reports on material variances to scope, schedule or budget or substantial usage of contingency especially prior to the construction phase. 

• Deliver complete project docume