Project Manager
Summary
Project Manager at USA DeBusk overseeing industrial field-service projects (chemical cleaning, hydro blasting, tank cleaning, etc.) at refinery and plant sites in Signal Hill, CA. Owns project safety, quality, scheduling, and client communication from kickoff through completion — a hands-on, on-site role focused on crew utilization and plant operations.
USA DeBusk offers the industrial infrastructure sector a technologically advanced and complementary suite of high-value traditional and specialty services for turnarounds, routine maintenance, and unplanned outages. We help customers save time, reduce costs, and optimize their processes while assuring best-in-class safety and compliance. Primary service lines include chemical cleaning; emission controls; fabrication services; FCCU hot catalyst handling; hydro blasting; hydro excavation; hydro cutting; inert catalyst handling; inspection; mechanical rental; nitrogen; pigging, decoking & filtration; pipeline integrity and field services; reactor cleaning; tank cleaning; transportation; unit decontamination; vacuum services; and waste solutions. USA DeBusk was founded in 2012 and our headquarters is in Deer Park, TX. We operate numerous offices, service centers, and customer-site-based locations across North America. Visit www.usadebusk.com for more information.
Summary/Objective:
The Project Manager is responsible for the overall safety, quality, and success of the projects assigned. The Project Manager is the USAD representative to the client and leads all facets of projects from kickoff to completion and lessons learned.
Responsibilities:
May include, but are not limited to, the following
- Has overall responsibility for projects completed and the supporting team members.
- Motivates and builds trust with customers and teammates through open and consistent communications, constructive feedback, sound decision making, demonstrating technical aptitude, timely follow-up, and leading by example.
- Reviews drawings, plans and procedures for anomalies or errors and drives correction.
- Demonstrates commitment to safety and health excellence through strong personal engagement. Recognizing and stopping unsafe behavior, recognizing, and eliminating safety hazards, following safe practices and procedures, and striving for continuous improvement of safety and reliability in the refinery.
- Cultivates employee development and mentorship in the department.
- Adapts to difficult situations at the spur of the moment.
- Communicates, presents, and interacts effectively with other functional teams, management, corporate network resources, contract and vendor resources, and hourly workforce.
- Ensures daily work schedules are effective, achievable, provide full crew utilization, and are understood by both supervisors and craft workers.
- Directs and sets expectations for supervisors and operators/technicians.
- Promoting open communications throughout the department and with other workgroups.
- Has working knowledge of all aspects of field auditing including personnel, equipment, JSA, project plans, etc.
- Has some mechanical knowledge and troubleshooting skills of commonly used equipment.
- Has good understanding of water volumes, pressures and flows and other technical aspects of plant operations.
- Partner with customer to understand ongoing business needs and objectives.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Can handle tense situations with customers.