Sr. Process Project Manager

About Stratus Stratus® is an integrated, multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, interior design, and consulting firm. Consistently ranking among the Top 500 Design Firms in Engineering News-Record, the firm offers a deep bench of industry experts through a highly collaborative approach, delivering innovative solutions across the full project lifecycle. Operating coast to coast, Stratus® serves clients nationwide while maintaining a strategic commitment to supporting high-growth economies and building vibrant communities that foster the professional growth of its team. Serving public- and private-sector clients, the firm is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality service wherever projects take shape. Across the Civic, Commercial, Industrial, Transportation, Education, Water Resources, and Government sectors, we bring precision, insight, and purpose to every project, from targeted renovations to large-scale infrastructure. Stratus® designs spaces, systems, and solutions that perform, endure, and make an impact, delivering on our promise of Better Plans. Better Places. The Role Stratus has recently partnered with Kestrel Engineering and is hiring Sr. Process Project Manager for our Industrial team. This role will require both hands-on process engineering and project management skills. It will be responsible for planning, organizing, monitoring, and managing process-led engineering activities and resources to execute front-end phases of small- to mid-cap retrofit projects, from initial scope development with our clients through closeout. This role is focused on efficient development of front-end engineering packages (with a focus on FEL 1 and FEL 2) that require a high degree of collaboration with client stakeholders and Kestrel’s process engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain efficient and effective interaction with the client and project stakeholders, defining and managing expectations.
• Develop the project proposal/execution plan addressing the project scope, approach, cost, schedule, and risks, as well as client expectations.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, identifying and managing project dependencies, critical path, and deliverables issuance. Develop Work Breakdown Structures for projects.
• Identify and manage project risks, developing and implementing risk response strategies. Ensure proper documentation and communication of project risks, actions, issues, decisions, and interfaces.
• May function as the lead process engineer on projects, responsible for development of the process design and associated deliverables, including process design basis, process flow diagrams, of mass and energy balances, and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
• Clearly and concisely communicate the results of various analyses in technical memoranda, technical reports, and other form of written communication.
• Develop and implement management of change within projects, proactively forecasting and documenting changes to clients, developing project change requests/orders and subsequently modifying project budgets, schedules, and scopes of services in accordance with approved changes.
• Express ideas clearly and concisely. Seek to understand other’s perspectives. Keep accurate and organized records.
• Routinely monitor and report on project progress, cost, risks, and quality in accordance with client’s requirements, identifying trends and allowing for timely corrective actions. Provide forecasts of status and progress as required.
• Plan, manage and facilitate timely submittal of deliverables/work packages provided to clients and return of client review comments or approvals.
• Bring the project to an orderly completion, ensuring handover of appropriate project documentation and data.
• Plan, organize and manage resources to achieve the project goals and objectives. Has a good working knowledge of all key project processes, including engineering, with a focus on process engineering.

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Qualifications

Required

• BS in chemical engineering, with experience in the refining, petrochemical, oil & gas, or specialty chemical industries working as a process engineer and a preference for a licensed Professional Engineer.
• Minimum of 10 or more years’ experience; previous plant and consulting engineering experience is strongly preferred.
• Possess a solid grasp of interdisciplinary engineering practices in a project phase/stage-gated work process for heavy industry (e.g., Front-End Loading).
• Background in facility process engineering and developing retrofit projects through FEL 1 and FEL 2 phases is strongly preferred. Demonstrated background in options analysis and evaluation, process optimization, and process engineering.
• Experience with project work sharing, working with resources in locations remote from the project manager’s office.
• Travel to domestic job sites may be required on a routine basis.
• Eligibility to obtain or currently hold a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).

Preferred

• Minimum 4 years’ experience as project manager on capital projects, with a preference for small- to medium-cap retrofit projects experience.
• Prior experience in managing detailed engineering projects.

Why you’ll love Stratus

• A team-oriented environment that values transparency, creativity, and shared success
• Meaningful career paths, leadership opportunities, and space to specialize
• Learning & Development – Education and Professional Licensing
• We believe flexible, hybrid work supports the balance and well-being our team deserves
• Excellent Health Care Programs – Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance options for employees, spouses, and dependents
• 401k Retirement Plan with employer match
• Paid Holidays & Competitive PTO plans

Interested in learning more about Stratus, please visit https://www.stratusteam.com/.

Equal Opportunity Statement Stratus is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions, and lactation), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Stratus Team’s management Team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and general treatment during employment.