Technical Project Manager

Company Overview

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases

is a leading provider of cryogenic pumps, heat exchangers, process systems, services, and solutions for the LNG and industrial gases industry. We are a subsidiary of Nikkiso Company Ltd, a leading industrial manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with over $1.5 B in annual revenue, 8000 + employees worldwide, and publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Job Overview

Position Summary

The Technical Project Manager is responsible for leading the technical and commercial execution of complex engineered projects from contract award through design, manufacturing, testing, delivery, and project closeout. This role serves as a primary point of contact for assigned customers and provides overall project leadership to ensure contractual requirements, technical specifications, schedule commitments, quality expectations, and financial objectives are achieved.

The Technical Project Manager works closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Sales, and other functional teams to coordinate project execution, resolve technical and operational challenges, manage project risk, and drive timely decision-making.

As a senior-level project professional, this position is expected to operate with a high degree of independence, exercise sound technical and commercial judgment, manage multiple priorities, and provide leadership across highly complex or strategically important projects.

Salary

$99,000/yr - $143,000/yr

Responsibilities

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful completion of complex engineering and manufacturing projects.
• Serve as the primary customer contact for assigned projects, maintaining effective communication regarding technical requirements, schedules, deliverables, documentation, project status, and commercial matters.
• Manage customer change orders, scope changes, technical clarifications, and required project documentation while evaluating impacts to cost, schedule, and contractual commitments.
• Establish project objectives, budgets, schedules, milestones, and deliverables by reviewing contracts, proposals, technical specifications, customer requirements, and project plans.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project schedules by defining project phases, activities, dependencies, resource requirements, milestones, and critical-path activities.
• Monitor project performance against established schedules and proactively identify delays, risks, constraints, and recovery actions necessary to support on-time delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional project activities involving Engineering, Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Sales, and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead project meetings and ensure responsibilities, priorities, deliverables, decisions, and action items are clearly communicated and followed through to completion.
• Maintain financial oversight of assigned projects by monitoring budgets, actual costs, commitments, forecasts, and potential cost exposures.
• Evaluate the cost and schedule impact of engineering changes, customer requests, manufacturing constraints, and other changes to project scope.
• Identify and manage technical, commercial, schedule, and execution risks and develop appropriate mitigation and recovery plans.
• Prepare and communicate project status reports, including schedule performance, financial performance, technical issues, risks, customer concerns, and recommended actions.
• Review product designs, technical specifications, customer requirements, applicable standards, and performance requirements to ensure alignment with project scope.
• Provide technical leadership and coordination for the system engineering and packaging of pumping, vaporizing, and other complex engineered systems.
• Prepare, review, and/or coordinate Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), technical documentation, and engineering deliverables as required.
• Select mechanical components and prepare or coordinate supporting technical documentation and engineering justification.
• Create, review, and modify bills of materials (BOMs) for complex systems and engineered equipment.
• Coordinate technical interfaces between mechanical, process, piping, instrumentation, electrical, controls, manufacturing, and other engineering disciplines.
• Provide technical support to Sales, Manufacturing, field/site personnel, and customers regarding existing equipment, project requirements, and technical issues.
• Facilitate resolution of complex technical and project execution issues, escalating critical matters when appropriate while providing recommended solutions.
• Maintain accurate project records, documentation, schedules, cost information, correspondence, and other project data.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to project execution, engineering processes, cost control, scheduling, and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure project activities comply with applicable company policies, quality requirements, safety procedures, contractual requirements, and federal, state, and industry regulations.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with individuals at all levels of the organization, from shop-floor personnel and technical specialists to customers and senior executives.
• Provide guidance and technical/project leadership to less experienced project managers, engineers, and project team members as appropriate.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position provides mentorship to fellow departments which work in collaboration.

Work Environment

This job operates in both a professional office and an industrial manufacturing environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, scanners, filing cabinets, etc… as well as exposure to small to large scale manufacturing equipment within the facility. The role will not be expected to operate manufacturing machinery.

Physical Demands

This job operates in both a professional office and an industrial manufacturing environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, scanners, filing cabinets, etc… as well as exposure to small to large scale manufacturing equipment within the facility. The role will not be expected to operate manufacturing machinery. Travel to customer and job sites, both domestically and internationally is required, approximately 10% and as needed.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline preferred. Equivalent combination of education and extensive relevant experience may be considered.
• Typically 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in engineering, technical project management, manufacturing, or a related industrial environment.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing complex, high-value, or technically challenging engineered projects through multiple phases of execution.
• Experience in the cryogenic, industrial gas, natural gas, energy, process equipment, or related industry highly preferred.
• Experience working within large manufacturing operations, engineered-to-order environments, construction sites, or industrial facilities preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, schedules, change orders, technical requirements, customer relationships, and cross-functional project teams.
• Working knowledge of engineered equipment, mechanical systems, piping systems, instrumentation, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and/or packaged process systems highly desired.
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, PFDs, P&IDs, technical specifications, contracts, and customer requirements.
• Experience with engineering/design software such as AutoCAD 2D