About this role
Overview
We put the unity in "opportunity."
Opportunity Snapshot:
- Compensation: $75-80/hour
- Location: Pasadena, TX
- Work Schedule: M-F / 40 hours+
- Assignment Duration: 12 months+
- Benefits: Comprehensive insurance, 401km 7 holidays and 80 hours of PTO
Responsibilities
- Capturing project request ideas/opportunities from Operations and Maintenance
- Holding monthly meetings with Operations and Maintenance (O&M) teams at each site to capture ideas and requests as they arise (in the long term helps to creates a culture of identifying and elevating potential project requests among O&M groups). Actively involve O&M managers in these monthly meetings to get their feedback on sponsor ideas. Working with O&M groups to determine which project ideas to develop into IPEFs each year
- Maintaining list of project ideas to potentially move forward as capital project requests (Initial Project Evaluation Forms or IPEFs). Developing and tracking project requests (IPEFs) through the region’s Project Request Process
- Prioritizing which ideas move forward into IPEFs will be an ongoing process each month to kickoff new wave of IPEF creation
- Meeting with project sponsor and facilitating project scoping to complete initial IPEF submission (to be performed year-round): Project Development Engineer (PDE) to understand and assist project sponsor to document project background, scope, and justification. Assisting project sponsor to ensure functional reviews are performed. Pulling in assistance from designers to produce marked up drawings
- Lead an annual meeting around January to make sure O&M managers are aware of IPEF list to date and to see if any additional project requests need to be added before March submission deadline
- Stewarding IPEFs through full review, estimation, and scheduling process. Organize and lead projects group review sessions
- Work with cost estimator and scheduler to produce high quality budget and schedule estimates
- Organizing IPEFs for Gulf Coast Leadership Team (GCLT) review and approval. Track IPEF status and update list year-round. Hold quarterly meetings with the GCLT to review the current IPEF list. Present and represent projects in GCLT review. Track GCLT review results, organize and file deferred projects, and communicate GCLT decisions out to project sponsors and projects group. Working with Project Engineering Manager to prep GCLT approved list for capital plan and corporate review
- Upload approved list of projects into capital planning worksheets. Review with Project Engineering Manager and assist to create final capital plan
- Steward creation of ‘one pager’ project summary sheets to use for corporate review
- Handover of approved projects to project engineer for execution. Meet with assigned project engineers to handover documentation for approved projects, attend initial FEL 1 kickoff meetings
Qualifications
- Engineering degree, preference towards chemical engineering or other engineering degrees with demonstrated experience in operations roles
- 5+ years of experience in projects or operations role
- Experience with process/operations engineering
- Projects experience, especially with initial scoping
- Experience in creating capital plans, preferred
- Needed skills: strong with administration and organization, detail oriented, persistence, and communication skills
The Bergaila Way:
The Bergaila Companies is a nationally recognized leader in providing staffing services to all sectors of the energy industry. We continually focus on partnering with talented professionals, engineering the perfect fit between our clients and employees. Choosing a career path with Bergaila grants you immediate access to nationally recognized organizations we partner with. Bergaila consistently attracts and retains its Employees with our dedicated internal service team, top tier benefits programs for contractors and their families, and commitment to place you in the desired career of your choice.
Client Overview:
Our Client operates 36 individual business units across multiple industries including chemical, oil & gas, as well as a number of consumer brands. With a diversified product portfolio, our Client’s products has a wide range of end market applications.
Other facts
About The Bergaila Companies
Since 1987, The Bergaila Companies have been matching talented people with great jobs in oil, gas, and energy. But we're not just another recruiting firm sending out resumes and hoping something sticks.
Our recruiters have worked in energy for decades — over a century of combined experience, actually. That means when a client needs someone who knows their way around upstream operations or renewable infrastructure, we know exactly who to call. We've built relationships with the best companies and candidates in the business, whether they're looking for contract work or permanent positions.
We take the time to get it right. When we place someone, we make sure they'll fit both the technical requirements and the company culture. It's why energy companies keep coming back to us, and why the best candidates trust us with their careers.
But our work doesn't stop at making the match. We handle all the details that turn a job into a successful career. Need specialized training for your role? We'll make sure you get it. Company vehicle for field work? We've got that arranged. From managing payroll to streamlining onboarding, we handle the logistics so our clients and employees can focus on what they do best.
For our contract employees, this means they're set up for success from day one. No scrambling for safety gear or transportation, no wondering about the next paycheck. Each person gets the individualized training they need, along with all the proper PPE for their specific role. For our clients, it means less administrative hassle and more time focused on their core business.
We like to say we put the unity in opportunity, and we mean it. This isn't about making quick placements — it's about bringing the right people together and supporting them every step of the way. That's what we've been doing for over 35 years, and we're pretty good at it.
What you'll do
- The Project Development Engineer will capture project ideas from Operations and Maintenance teams and prioritize them for development into Initial Project Evaluation Forms (IPEFs). They will also facilitate project scoping and ensure that project requests are tracked and reviewed appropriately.
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