Six Sigma Quality Program Manager jobs in Louisiana

WHAT WE NEED:

Project Manager

Sigma Engineers and Constructors is seeking a Project Manager that is responsible for the planning, directing, and the execution of engineering projects to ensure that projects are completed in a timely manner, within budget, and to the satisfaction of the client by coordinating efforts of all discipline design groups assigned to the project. The project manager, as a company leader, is required to provide feedback directly to other project team members and management on their performance.

Responsibilities:

• Attend bid walks and lead the preparation of proposals. Prepare scopes of work and clarifications for projects.
• Prepare Project Initiation Forms
• Maintain project budget and track budget changes. Issue internal budget status reports to key design team members for budget control.
• Organize and lead project meetings including scheduling conference room resources. Prepare and maintain project memorandums of discussion and action logs, decision logs and risk registers.
• Maintain project schedule and establish milestones and deadlines for projects.
• Manage subcontractors and vendors.
• Review drawing packages for quality, completeness, and inter-discipline coordination.
• Coordinate the efforts of the different groups to facilitate inter-discipline communication and teamwork.
• Track changes, estimates, deviations and send change requests to client to obtain approval for additional work.
• Review and sign project invoices. Work with accounting to ensure that any project invoicing issues requiring client project manager interface are resolved.
• Attend weekly project manager meetings to provide input to department managers on resource allocation, project schedule, and project budgets.
• Field Visits - may go onsite at client location to collect data for project, meet with clients for potential projects or discuss current projects, or for any other project related reason.
• Direct the document control group regarding drawing package issues, filing, and correspondence.
• Prepare status reports for client's project manager. (Format will vary depending on client requirements)
• Identify and communicate personnel issues which affect project performance to project team member's supervisors when necessary.
• Supervise and ensure that client standards are being followed on all engineering projects.
• Make recommendations to the Director of Projects (DOP) or upper management on changes in procedures which may be necessary to implement to improve the performance of the project team.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Support and participate in client meetings including dashboard/portfolio updates to discuss new opportunities, proposed, and active projects.
• Lead, host, and formally document lessons learned.

• Perform business development efforts including scheduling and attending golf tournaments, client lunches, client outings, client functions, professional organization functions, fishing expeditions, etc.
• Attend development and networking opportunities.
• Assist in placing contract personnel at client sites.
• Coordinate the development of Total Installed Cost (TIC) Estimates
• Manage Larger "Multi-Discipline" Engineering Projects. (Usually, an individual with 10 years plus experience)
• Assist the project effort in a technical role in their engineering discipline by performing design engineering tasks.
• Assist in maintaining the company's library of engineering standards, develop or integrate new standards when necessary.
• Implement safety measures in work designed as well as attend safety meetings as scheduled. Ability to perform all safety training requirements such as maintaining and having a valid TWIC card, OSHA basic safety, onsite training, etc. as required of position or client.

WHO WE NEED:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, project management, business, or related field, from an accredited four-year college or university. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or other relevant certifications is highly desirable.
• Minimum 11 years' experience in engineering and 10 years Project Management experience. Professional Engineering license preferred. 15 years' experience in lieu of degree.
• Excellent knowledge of material management processes across all accounts and all phases of the project life cycle and of construction execution and interfaces with engineering and procurement.
• Understand and have excellent knowledge across multiple disciplines to facilitate flow of information; and analyze project documents with extensive knowledge for a diversity of projects.

WHO WE ARE:

Founded in 1987, Sigma is a professional multi-discipline engineering and design company that serves the petrochemical, fertilizer, and refining industries. Privately owned and operated by Engineers, Sigma's culture empowers employees and clients to choose relationships and projects that fit our values and ultimately act as an extension of our clients. Our technical resources provide unmatched quality in multi-discipline engineering and design, in-plant services, supplier quality inspections, field services, automation, procurement and expediting, construction management, and leadership training.

If you would like to see more of what Sigma is about visit our website at www.sigmaec.com.

• Ability to pass pre-employment drug/alcohol screening.


• Ability to pass background screening.


• Must be authorized to work in the United States