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Kent

Designs, constructs, and maintains energy assets

Construction Manager

Part-Time
No salary listed
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's
Houston, TX, USA
In PersonTravel is required according to project needs.

About the job

Requirements
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in industrial electrical and instrumentation construction, including heavy industrial or process facility projects.
  • Proven experience with electrical demolition, equipment relocation, distributed control system migration, and control room cutover projects.
  • Strong knowledge of industrial electrical systems, instrumentation, controls, cabling, grounding, and equipment installation.
  • Experience managing contractors and coordinating multi-discipline construction work.
  • Familiarity with commissioning, startup, loop checks, and turnover processes.
  • Working knowledge of the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70E, and other applicable safety and electrical standards.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and listening skills.
  • Strong leadership, planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Compliance with the company's, clients', and host country's Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules.
Responsibilities
  • Lead and coordinate all instrument and electrical construction activities for demolition, relocation, and new installation scopes.
  • Oversee demolition of existing electrical equipment, panels, cabling, conduits, instruments, and associated systems in accordance with site safety and environmental requirements.
  • Plan and manage facility siting activities, including coordination of equipment layout, access, utility tie-ins, temporary facilities, and construction sequencing.
  • Direct migration of electrical equipment, instrumentation, programmable logic controller and distributed control system hardware, network components, and associated control systems from existing areas to the new control room.
  • Supervise installation of new electrical equipment, switchgear, motor control centers, transformers, panels, cable tray, conduit, grounding, and instrumentation systems.
  • Coordinate control room cutover activities, including commissioning support, loop checks, functional testing, and startup planning.
  • Work closely with engineering, operations, maintenance, and vendors to resolve field issues and maintain project alignment.
  • Review drawings, specifications, one-lines, piping and instrumentation diagrams, control narratives, and installation details for constructability and field execution.
  • Ensure all work complies with applicable codes, standards, company procedures, and regulatory requirements.
  • Manage contractor performance, including schedule tracking, progress reporting, productivity, safety compliance, and quality assurance.
  • Support pre-commissioning, commissioning, and turnover documentation for new and relocated systems.
  • Identify and mitigate construction risks, operational impacts, and tie-in conflicts during execution.
  • Maintain accurate field records, redlines, punch lists, as-builts, and closeout documentation.
  • Perform constructability reviews as required.
  • Provide coordination and planning for the facilities site plan and lead related discussions and meetings.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent field experience.
  • Control room facility migration experience.
  • Prior work in refinery, petrochemical, power, manufacturing, or similar industrial facilities.
  • Experience with distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, supervisory control and data acquisition, and control room infrastructure migrations.
  • Familiarity with brownfield construction and tie-in execution in operating facilities.
  • Experience with outage planning, shutdown coordination, and energization procedures.

About the company

Kent PLC is a global engineering firm that designs, constructs, and maintains energy assets for the oil, gas, and renewable-energy sectors. Its offerings cover the full project lifecycle—from initial engineering and construction through ongoing maintenance—delivered via a mix of project-based contracts and long-term service agreements. The company differentiates itself through a strong emphasis on safety and sustainability, supported by a track record that includes industry awards such as the Gold award at the ExxonMobil Safety Excellence Awards, and a large, skilled workforce of about 13,000 people capable of delivering complex projects worldwide. Kent’s goal is to meet today’s energy needs while preparing for the future by applying advanced technologies and best practices to deliver reliable, safe, and efficient energy assets.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Founded

1919

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What believers are saying

  • Kent Data Centres entered the UK market in 2026, expanding into AI infrastructure demand.
  • Kent won the Prinos Carbon Storage FEED and Orica hydrogen hub mandate in 2026.
  • Jaime Sedano’s May 2026 Colombia appointment strengthens Latin America growth and regional delivery.

What critics are saying

  • Aramco LTAs only place Kent on bid panels, not guaranteed revenue, into 2027.
  • Exceed integration and Sudlows execution strain management while Kent pursues Saudi, UK, and Americas expansion.
  • Nesma & Partners owns Kent outright; any Saudi capital allocation shock threatens strategic independence.

What makes Kent unique

  • Kent spans advisory, EPC, commissioning, O&M, and decommissioning across the energy lifecycle.
  • Kent closed 2025 with a record backlog exceeding $3 billion.
  • Kent won Aramco brownfield EPC and PMC LTAs on July 13, 2026.

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