Lead Project Manager - Project Execution

**This role can be based in Bridgewater, NJ, Bethlehem, PA, or Houston, TX**

Job Summary:

Lead Project Managers work in a supervisor position with day-to-day responsibility for mentoring/coaching/monitoring other project managers regarding all project activities throughout the project cycle. Lead project Managers are typically responsible for managing more complex projects and providing the business with capital estimates with the appropriate level of accuracy for proposed projects in the upfront stages where GOM order estimates are required in the project feasibility phase.

Why Messer?

Messer is the world’s largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on.

The true strength of Messer is our people—at every level and in every role.

Join us and take pride in the impact you will make by providing solutions essential to our world and lives. Reach your highest potential at our stable, inclusive company with diverse opportunities in a growing industry, supported by people who care.

Messer stands apart because we put what matters first, and you matter.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day activities of full-time project managers and contract project managers.
• Interface with stakeholders to determine the project scope.
• Develop an effective Project Definition & Execution Strategy that instills a high degree of confidence in the project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Deliver comprehensive project documentation upon project conclusion.
• Serve as a technical resource to plants, aiding in the development of problem solutions or necessary improvements.
• Complete both paper and electronic documentation.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Knowledge of engineering rules-of-thumb, scaling factors, and equipment lead times.
• Knowledge of codes and regulations as they pertain to industrial gas projects, i.e. ASME particularly B31.1, NEC, building codes, permitting experience
• Effective verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in mechanical or chemical engineering
• Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in project management, preferably in the industrial gases industry with demonstrated ability to develop a complicated technical scope, schedule and budget and consistently deliver to it.

The salary range for this position is $118,000-$157,000. Messer provides medical, dental, vision, short term disability, life insurance and paid time off as well as other voluntary benefits, such as, long term disability in accordance with the terms and conditions of these Plans. Employees are eligible to enroll in Messer’s 401(k) Plan. Employees may be eligible to participate in the company’s bonus program.

About Messer:

Messer’s safety culture, commitment to providing dependable supply and innovative gas technology solutions help customers unlock opportunities to be safer, more sustainable, more productive and more efficient, so their business thrives. We nurture lasting, meaningful relationships with customers, our communities, and with one another.

We offer comprehensive benefits and appreciable pay, with steady schedules and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression. We prioritize and invest in our people at every level of our organization – the dedication, knowledge, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit of our employees is what make Messer refreshingly different.

If you need assistance with the application or would like to request accommodation, call (877) 243-1030.

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