Manager Project Controls Excellence

CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a recognized leader in the refining industry and operates under the well-known CITGO brand.

CITGO owns and operates three refineries located in Lake Charles, LA.; Lemont, IL.; and Corpus Christi, TX, and wholly and/or jointly owns 43 active terminals, six pipelines and three lubricants blending and packaging plants.

With approximately 3,300 employees and a combined crude capacity of approximately 829,000 barrels-per-day (bpd), positions CITGO as one of the best-branded supplier companies in the industry.

At CITGO our people are our most important resource.

Our core values are Safety, Integrity, Respect, Accountability, and Care.

Job Summary

The Manager, Project Controls Excellence is a Project Controls expert possessing an emphasis on estimating that supports all of CITGO's Project Controls departments at each business unit and provides conceptual estimating for Strategic and Corporate Planning.

This position sets CITGO's estimating expectations and standards and promotes a project excellence culture.

This position reviews estimates developed by other estimating professionals and engineering service providers.

The position is vital to ensuring projects are ready for management approval.

The position reviews projects' history for lessons learned and system improvements.

The position serves as CITGO's benchmarking lead.

The position must be able to set up new Project Controls departments where none exist and provide general Project Controls expertise throughout CITGO, from individual CITGO business units to CITGO Executive Leadership Team.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree plus 15 years of experience.

Demonstrate knowledge of project cost control, scheduling, and estimating.

The employee should also, (a) demonstrate the ability to supervise and coordinate the work of professionals, technical staff, and support personnel to facilitate the achievement of departmental goals; (b) be able to communicate clearly both in written and oral mediums and with audiences ranging from technical support personnel to non-technically oriented senior leaders; and (c) have proficiency in computer skills such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SAP.

Job Duties

Develop, implement, and maintain project controls using standardized CITGO processes to manage project capital and expense projects and portfolios.

Author and maintain CITGO Estimating Standards, Procedures and Job Aids.

Point of contact for estimating related questions.

Perform estimate assurance reviews.

Establish reporting activities of project control services.

Develop and manage estimating databases.

Serve as Projects benchmarking expert for all CITGO Business Units- setting benchmarking expectations and post-benchmarking improvement plans.

Develop conceptual estimates (FEL 0 and Project Study Bases-FEL 1) supporting Strategic and Corporate planning.

Provide independent gate assessments on capital projects.

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