Job Details

Project Manager (Remote)

We are seeking a Project Manager to support one of our client sites. This is a 12?month contract position and is fully remote.

What We Need

The ideal candidate will have strong project planning and scheduling skills and be capable of managinga high volume of small, concurrent technical projects. In this role, the Project Manager will function as a Project Manager, Planner, and Scheduler, coordinating efforts across multiple stakeholders, ensuring proper prioritization, and supporting effective workforce utilization within the clients' operations research team.

Responsibilities

• Receive and document customer requests.
• Determine level of effort (LOE), resource needs, dependencies, and expected deliverables.
• Create and update a master schedule of active OR prioritized deliverables using MS Project or Primavera P6.
• Break down work into detailed tasks within Azure DevOps or similar tools.
• Identify resource constraints and optimize allocations.
• Assess competing priorities across multiple LP support tasks.
• Model the impact of break?in work, shifting priorities, or urgent customer needs on overall timelines.
• Communicate impacts and options to stakeholders.
• Monitor progress and provide recurring status updates to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Track scope, schedule changes, and risks; escalate issues as needed.
• Maintain request tracking within tools like IPS (Integrated Project Management System) or equivalent.
• Support transition from Excel?based tracking to integrated project management systems.
• Help develop standard procedures, templates, dashboards, KPIs, and analytics to improve productivity and predictability.
• Work with team members to ensure consistent usage of tools and adherence to processes.

Who We Need

• Experience in project planning, scheduling, or project management in a technical or engineering environment.
• Proficiency with at least one of the following: Primavera P6, MS Project, Azure DevOps, IPS, or similar project management systems.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple small projects concurrently.
• Excellent communication skills for interfacing with diverse internal customers.
• Experience supporting engineering, optimization, or operations technology teams.
• Familiarity with Linear Programming models or refinery planning (nice to have, not required).
• Experience designing or implementing resource?loading workflows or capacity?planning methodologies.
• Knowledge of Agile, waterfall, or hybrid project methodologies.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits & Qualifications

• Ability to pass pre?employment drug/alcohol screening.
• Ability to pass background screening.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.