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Project Execution Manager
Infinium
Texas, USA
Posted on Jan 30, 2025
Infinium is a leading provider of gas conversion solutions and developer of eFuels projects. Its offerings include ultra-low carbon synthetic eFuels, technology enabling monetization of flare gas and RNG, and patented technology designed to support the rapidly evolving energy industry. Infinium is a company of “firsts”—the first to produce commercial volumes of power-to-liquid clean eFuels; the first to develop and deploy modular gas conversion technology; and the only clean fuels innovator offering end-to-end solutions to customers at every step in their energy journey. Industry leaders including Amazon, American Airlines, Borealis and IAG are customers of Infinium. Learn more at www.infiniumco.com.
Your Role
Execution Manager will oversee project execution, meeting all project objectives set out by the Steering Team. This role is responsible for the project from the EPC phase through to early operations at which point the project will transition to the O&M team. The role is focused on safe, reliable execution of construction works at the site and major modules in fabrication shops. You will report administratively to the Project Execution Director but will answer to the Project Steering Committee and the Chief Operating Officer. The role will have accountability to ensuring Cost, Quality, and Schedule delivery specifically focused with onsite contractor and subcontractor management. You will be working alongside and building a high functioning team of industry experts enabling the decarbonization of the transportation sector. You will solve issues, manage risks, and recommend solutions while working and building relationships with all project stakeholders and package providers.
In addition to this project, the role has the opportunity to expand into a mixture of large capital projects at brownfield revamp sites all the way up to world class greenfield major projects post project completion.
You Will
You are willing to work either in hybrid environment in West Texas or are an experienced remote worker willing to travel significantly as and when the job demands it. In all cases you will be expected to visit headquarters, the site, critical package vendors, and contractors when needed and travel to the established project site when needed or to oversee critical work stages and milestones. Infinium doesn’t post a percentage of travel, because the amount of travel varies by the individual, the status of the project, and the current issues and risks of the project that the Execution Manager needs to manage.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a seasoned, industry professional who has had exposure to large, complex projects but who thrives in the start-up and entrepreneurial company environment. Essentially, we are looking for the individual who understands the time and place for all the major project management tools and support but who can thrive in the moment of individual execution.
The ideal candidate is someone who has led a project team in a project greater than $100MM dollars from concept to start-up on the Owner’s side with an emphasis on Field Construction. Or a person that was accountable for a smaller project/large vendor packaged unit but has been in a lead or sub-project manager role in a much larger project and whose next opportunity would be Project Manager in a $200MM project. A person who has also had experiences with leaner engineering teams scaling up technology from the demonstration plant phase to the commercial phase would add to the candidates ability to be successful, provided they have the required field experience for construction of a $200MM+ project.
Other good candidates would be Project Managers who have overseen Production System or Refinery Projects involving complex processing equipment of hydrocarbons or someone who has been a Project Manager for larger industrial projects that requires complex interface management, higher pressure or that involves high temperature processing equipment.
Should that person also have some experience in an operating plant environment, that would help them be more successful as they could apply those experiences in this work to create stronger projects.
The ideal candidate is humbly confident in their knowledge and work, able to speak up and advocate for specific decisions in the project, while being flexible enough to internalize the needs and feedback from the project team. The ideal candidate is willing to roll up their sleeves and fill in some of the skill gaps in the team where it is needed and support the team versus delegating everything to a contractor.
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Your Role
Execution Manager will oversee project execution, meeting all project objectives set out by the Steering Team. This role is responsible for the project from the EPC phase through to early operations at which point the project will transition to the O&M team. The role is focused on safe, reliable execution of construction works at the site and major modules in fabrication shops. You will report administratively to the Project Execution Director but will answer to the Project Steering Committee and the Chief Operating Officer. The role will have accountability to ensuring Cost, Quality, and Schedule delivery specifically focused with onsite contractor and subcontractor management. You will be working alongside and building a high functioning team of industry experts enabling the decarbonization of the transportation sector. You will solve issues, manage risks, and recommend solutions while working and building relationships with all project stakeholders and package providers.
In addition to this project, the role has the opportunity to expand into a mixture of large capital projects at brownfield revamp sites all the way up to world class greenfield major projects post project completion.
You Will
- Ensure that safety matters most.
- Steward and lead the field execution team
- Develop and manage interface plan for the various scopes of field execution including the OSBL and ISBL workscopes.
- Engage with EPCM contractor and General Contractor for qualification and selection of General Contractor and management of trades and services at site.
- Provide incident management guidance and support to the site Person in Charge for Operations
- Regularly review plans, schedules, and field services and provide recommendations and corrective actions as needed to meet project objectives, be prepared to be “boots on the ground” for construction management.
- Provide accurate and reliable reporting to the front office and senior executives of the project
- Ensure that earned value is reported correctly versus actual labor hours by engaging directly with the EPCM, contractors, and subcontractors and assessing field work and completion status reports.
- Take on special projects as needed to ensure compliance with specific regulations and investor requirements for field execution.
- Responsible for all facets of project execution from field mobilization to commissioning, startup, and early operations.
- Integrate work from various members of the Project Team to deliver a project that meets specifications, budget, and schedule.
- Oversee critical project activities and equipment packages from third party suppliers, contractors, and process licensors to meet the project objectives cost efficiently.
- Oversee the EPCM and other contractors to meet contract deliverables and activities at the field site.
- Work collaboratively with other contactors, team members, and suppliers to manage the interrelationship of complex interfaces and work to appropriate level of definition for each stage.
- Develop and implement best practices, methods, and tools for project management, construction services, craft and labor, build a culture of project execution excellence.
- Be a working manager, oversee and steward the establishment of the Project Execution Plan, QA/QC Plans, Project Budget and Schedule for field execution and other critical project plans. For many of these key deliverables do the actual work to develop deliverables and solicit input from key stakeholders.
- Interface with the lead design engineer, be familiar with the technical risks and design as it impacts project schedule, budget, and execution but recognize that primary focus area is delivering the project not overseeing the details of the design.
- Interface as needed and represent the project and the company to stakeholders.
- Be a leader in the project management organization to build out a world class project development and execution organization.
- Be supported by others by building positive relationships and successful outcomes.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Become familiar will all aspects of the project, but especially the execution plan, design basis, budget, and schedule.
- Develop a plan with EPCM contractor to qualify and select General Contractor all trades
- Shepherd General Contractor subcontract through development to signature, interface with senior executives as needed for support.
- Be able to integrate corporate, technical, and commercial objectives to create streamlined project deliverables.
- Manage the schedule and field budget, minimize scope change while ensuring that the project equipment and facilities are installed to specification.
- Outline all the tasks along to manage the Construction Management contractor and General Subcontractor to develop the overall activity list and schedule for the project to enable successful completion. Map out gaps and make corrective actions to close gaps.
- Make corrective actions to the project as needed to mitigate risk, issues, schedule, and budget
- Develop, manage, and execute project team coordination system, including report outs as needed to key executives in the company and other external stakeholders. Manage team meetings.
- Develop, manage, and execute project change and change control system incorporating Infinium culture and methods.
- Build a strong relationship with design lead and have clear alignment between design and execution.
- Meet periodically with steering team members to align project with executives and commercial team
- Incorporate lessons learned from other initiatives into project execution plans.
- Driven and completion focused
- Generous of Spirit and Integrous
- Organized and Reliable
- Enthusiastic and Team Orientated
- Cogent and Inquisitive
- Creative and Adaptable
- Resilient and Supportive
- An accredited degree in an appropriate Engineering Discipline, equivalent degree or technical program on Construction Management or the ability to demonstrate equivalence through experience and other education to successfully perform the role.
- Ten plus years of relevant experience in complex major capital projects involving bespoke design, technical designs in oil and gas, chemicals, renewables or other industrial processing facilities.
- At least two plus years of direct project team leadership involving construction and execution in a large complex project totaling over $200MM.
- Have been involved in a large, complex capital project through the entire EPC process.
- Have extensive experience and a proven track record in working with and managing EPC Contractor, and Subcontractor contracts.
- Demonstrated experience field construction including major process equipment and electrical systems.
- Working knowledge of managing projects in an owner’s team and integrating those experiences across different groups, including project management professionals and also those in commercial or design roles lacking direct project experience.
- Demonstrated experience of being able to work in large complex teams, and managing or leading EPC teams of project engineers, construction execution team, crafts and trade superintendents
- Strong understanding of project controls, change control, and project stewardship and reporting for third parties
- Experience with revamps and/or brownfield projects is essential in being successful in this role.
- Have a broad experience to integrate the various parts of a large project (permits, design, execution planning, contract planning, procurement processes and working with vendors, construction, cost estimating, commissioning) will be very helpful in being successful in this role
- Experience in executing First of a kind (FOAK) projects will be very helpful in this role.
- A keen interest in learning, growing and implementing your learning into all aspects of your work
- The ability to work independently, but also communicate and involve others as needed.
- This role is less about specific degrees or years of experience and more about direct relevant experiences. Candidates that can demonstrate that knowledge and experience will be more successful in this exciting opportunity. This role will be highly dependent on how the candidate can form and lead a team while being able to do many of the direct work tasks needed to make the project successful. Knowing which areas need more oversite and which areas benefit from less owner oversight will help the candidate be more successful in this role.
- For candidates willing to work remotely, be able to demonstrate during the interview process how they have been successful in the past in a remote role, or a deep understanding of what they will need to do to be successful in a remote project role.
You are willing to work either in hybrid environment in West Texas or are an experienced remote worker willing to travel significantly as and when the job demands it. In all cases you will be expected to visit headquarters, the site, critical package vendors, and contractors when needed and travel to the established project site when needed or to oversee critical work stages and milestones. Infinium doesn’t post a percentage of travel, because the amount of travel varies by the individual, the status of the project, and the current issues and risks of the project that the Execution Manager needs to manage.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a seasoned, industry professional who has had exposure to large, complex projects but who thrives in the start-up and entrepreneurial company environment. Essentially, we are looking for the individual who understands the time and place for all the major project management tools and support but who can thrive in the moment of individual execution.
The ideal candidate is someone who has led a project team in a project greater than $100MM dollars from concept to start-up on the Owner’s side with an emphasis on Field Construction. Or a person that was accountable for a smaller project/large vendor packaged unit but has been in a lead or sub-project manager role in a much larger project and whose next opportunity would be Project Manager in a $200MM project. A person who has also had experiences with leaner engineering teams scaling up technology from the demonstration plant phase to the commercial phase would add to the candidates ability to be successful, provided they have the required field experience for construction of a $200MM+ project.
Other good candidates would be Project Managers who have overseen Production System or Refinery Projects involving complex processing equipment of hydrocarbons or someone who has been a Project Manager for larger industrial projects that requires complex interface management, higher pressure or that involves high temperature processing equipment.
Should that person also have some experience in an operating plant environment, that would help them be more successful as they could apply those experiences in this work to create stronger projects.
The ideal candidate is humbly confident in their knowledge and work, able to speak up and advocate for specific decisions in the project, while being flexible enough to internalize the needs and feedback from the project team. The ideal candidate is willing to roll up their sleeves and fill in some of the skill gaps in the team where it is needed and support the team versus delegating everything to a contractor.
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