Job Title: New Units Business (NUB) Project Manager
Location: Pearland, TX
Employee Type: Full Time/Exempt
Reports To: Manager- NUB Project Management;
Manages: Execution team for Packaging Projects related to the New Unit Business Projects
Roles and Responsibilities- Lead assigned MCO-I projects from handover through manufacturing, packaging, shipment, commissioning support, and warranty transition.
- Serve as the primary customer interface for MCO-I project scope and maintain effective relationships with customers, MCO Japan, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Lead cross-functional project teams involving Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Manufacturing, Production Planning, Logistics, Cost Control/Finance, Commercial, and Customer Service.
- Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, action registers, and execution plans; identify risks and drive corrective or recovery actions when required.
- Monitor engineering, procurement, supplier, manufacturing, testing, documentation, packaging, and shipment activities to support contractual delivery commitments.
- Lead customer and internal project meetings, including kick-off, progress, project review, and lessons-learned meetings.
- Manage project financial performance, including revenue, cost, margin, cash flow, forecasts, and milestone invoicing in coordination with Cost Control and Finance.
- Identify and manage project scope changes, commercial exposure, cost overruns, and recoverable costs; coordinate contract modifications and change orders with Commercial Management.
- Coordinate and resolve technical, commercial, quality, schedule, supplier, and customer issues affecting project execution.
- Support customer documentation submittals, reviews, comment resolution, and approvals in coordination with MCO Japan and MCO-I stakeholders.
- Provide routine project performance reporting to NUB Project Management leadership and MCO Japan, including schedule, financial performance, risks, and required actions.
- Promote compliance with company Safety, Quality, Environmental, Information Security, and departmental requirements.
- Support continuous improvement of NUB Project Management processes, procedures, KPIs, reporting tools, and lessons learned.
Requirements- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Project Management, Business, or related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- 5+ years of relevant project management or project execution experience in engineered equipment, industrial manufacturing, energy, petrochemical, LNG, or oil & gas.
- Experience leading cross functional teams involving Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Manufacturing, Expediting, Finance/Cost Control, and Commercial functions.
- Experience managing project schedules, budgets, forecasts, risks, contractual milestones, and customer deliverables.
- Working knowledge of industrial manufacturing processes and engineered to order equipment project execution.
- Experience with customer contracts, scope changes, change orders, and commercial project issues.
- Strong leadership, customer management, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project planning/reporting applications.
- Ability to work effectively with international organizations, customers, and suppliers.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 10-15% and regularly support international communication outside normal business hours.
Preferred Skills- Experience with centrifugal compressors, steam turbines, auxiliary systems, or API rotating equipment.
- Knowledge of applicable API and other relevant industry standards.
- Experience with SAP ERP, MS Project, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Power BI, or similar.
- PMP or equivalent project management certification.
- Experience managing international projects and working with global engineering and manufacturing organizations.
Physical Demands- Ability to sit and work in front of a computer for majority of the day.
- Minor lifting of files and/or boxes < 5 lbs.
Work environment- Primarily office-based work requiring extended computer use, with periodic access to manufacturing, assembly, testing, warehouse, and industrial work areas.
- Must be able to comply with applicable site safety and PPE requirements and travel as required by project needs.
- Responsibilities may be modified or additional duties assigned based on business and project requirements.
