Oil & Gas Midstream Engineering Manager

Step into Your New Role

Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Our Oil & Gas Midstream Team is looking for an Engineering Manager to grow our practice and lead our team.  Could this be you?! You can be a part of an exciting and diverse group of professionals that are committed to being the best at what they do. Kleinfelder is looking for a dynamic leader to join our Oil & Gas Midstream Team in Denver CO, Houston TX or Concord CA.  The Oil & Gas Midstream Engineering Manager will lead our engineering practice that supports our Oil & Gas Midstream client programs.  The ideal candidate will apply their extensive knowledge and skills in various natural gas and liquids pipeline infrastructure projects and independently evaluates, selects and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria to lead project execution. Projects range in size and complexity from small to large, including both natural gas transmission; liquids pipelines; terminals, stations, and facility Infrastructure projects.  

Key Responsibilities include:

• Team and engineering practice leadership
• Prepare pipeline and facility designs, including the review of designs and documentation to ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards and design criteria and mitigate client risk
• Construction specification and bid package preparation 
• Alternative/Feasibility studies and route studies
• Develop status reports with task completion, progress, challenges, risks, and recommended solutions
• Oversee pursuits, designate the appropriate resources to projects, define client needs, address client concerns and manage engineering resources within budget
• Lead and participate in technical, cost, and scheduling decisions for interdisciplinary teams ensuring company quality standards and driving customer value
• Nurture and grow client relationships and contracts that include complex, multi-disciplinary projects
• Leading, growing and mentoring staff – supporting the achievement of professional career goals
• Devise new approaches to problems encountered
• Manage all phases of project execution including project organization, subcontractor management, scheduling, financial management, health and safety stewardship, and reporting
• Collaborate on a program of design and construction management projects striving for continuous improvement in process development and execution
• Develop technical training and best practice tools for project execution and standardization by practitioners
• Build relationships on technical and client service teams and within client organizations
• Communicate effectively with internal and external teams of clients and stakeholders

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical or Process Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) in multiple states
• 10+ years of direct pipeline and energy infrastructure design experience
• Experienced in project planning activities with a background in utilizing standard tools and information to make tactical course corrections regarding budgeting, scheduling, and scope changes
• Ability to assess and resolve issues and conflicts internally and externally
• Experienced leading a team of technical practitioners and providing, coaching, mentoring, career and practice development
• Valid Driver’s license

Move Forward with Kleinfelder 

Kleinfelder 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 85 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 You 

Kleinfelder 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 California & Colorado Equal Pay Acts.  Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience. Salary range: $104,042 - 182,320.

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 AGENCIES  

Please 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.  

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