Project Manager

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

20 days vacation

401(k) plan: upto 6% company matching

Dental and Vision Insurance

FSA/HSA options

Life and AD&D Insurance

Voluntary life insurance

Health & Fitness Reimbursement

Job summary

Gutor is seeking a Customer Project Manager for our UPS production site to oversee international projects from order to commissioning. You will lead project teams, manage budgets, and serve as the primary customer contact, ensuring on‑time, on‑scope delivery with a focus on quality and profitability.

You will collaborate with sales, engineering, and service teams in a dynamic, global environment, coordinating kickoff meetings, progress reporting, and documentation control.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Management.
• Minimum 3 years in the Electrical or Oil & Gas industry.
• Strong communication skills.
• Fluent in English; Spanish optional.
• Ability to manage several projects in parallel.
• Ability to review project specifications and ensure implementation and identify deviations.

Responsibilities

• Primary customer contact for project from order to commissioning and closeout.
• Lead project teams and monitor financial progress and budget.
• Coordinate with sales, planning, engineering, and documentation teams; deliver regular status reports.
• Ensure project milestones per CPP process and optimize non-conformance costs.
• Facilitate customer inspections and regular project reviews.

Skills

Project management

Fluent English

Leadership

Communication skills

Multitasking

Budget control

Education

Technical Engineering Degree (HF)

Job description

Gutor is a leading international manufacturer of UPS systems for industrial applications. The company has been in business for over 75 years and has a proven track record of delivering high-quality products and services. Gutor’s products are designed to meet the demanding needs of industries such as oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical, nuclear, and transportation. The company also has a global presence with over 600 employees in more than 30 countries and branches in Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the U.S.A to name a few.

Gutor is committed to providing its customers with the best possible support. The company has a team of experienced engineers and technicians who are available to help with any problems that may arise.

To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Customer Project Manager (f/m/d) for our UPS production site. In this role you will manage exciting projects in an international industrial environment, lead the respective project teams, monitor, and control financial progress and budget and finally be the main point of contact towards our customers. You will accompany the projects from order to commissioning, support in technical questions and actively contribute to develop our Solution Center Project Management Team at Gutor.

The customer project manager is the permanent and primary customer contact person for the duration of the project contract, from the stage of project transfer from the sales department (P0) through the closure of the project (P3). The Customer Project Manager manages standard ETO customer projects in accordance with the ETO CPP process, with the goal of executing the project to meet the required standard of quality, time, and cost. The goal is to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction while optimizing the profit margin.

Main responsibilities

• Point of contact for Project and Technical Communication (except Customer when Technical Leader/Manager is part of the Project Team) with the customer.
• Involves the customer in decision‑making processes and provides regular information on project progress (progress reports)
• Responsible for customer inspections (PIM/FAT/Packing Inspection)

Project Execution (Planning, Steering & Controlling)

• Ensures that Sales initiates the hand over to execution. Participation at Customer Kick Off Meeting and initiates internal project Kick Off Meeting.
• Handles the planning elements and milestones according Gutor Project Process (ETO CPP) in coordination with the Project Planning, Operation, Engineering (Customer Service teams).
• Identifies and minimizes non-conformance costs
• Leads and organizes status meetings for a regular project status review with the project team if required. Close cooperation with the assigned Application Design Engineer.
• Monitors document submission status in cooperation with documentation teams.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in the Electrical or Oil and Gas industry.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Management.
• Strong communication skills (situational adapted, sensitivity, politeness)
• Project Management skills (Tools, Methods concerning duties and responsibilities, knowledge of projects finance, upselling, knowledge of economics in project business)
• Fluent in English (written and oral), Optional: Spanish.
• Ability to handle several projects in parallel.
• Ability to review and understand the project specifications and ensure implementation and identify deviations (commercial, scope, schedule, inspection, documentation …etc.)

BasicTechnical knowledge.

Knowledge and skills – desired but not essential

• Experience in the O&G Industry
• UPS knowledge.
• Technical Engineering Degree (HF).

Personal attributes

• Leadership Capabilities, e.g. team development, team motivation, coaching, mentoring - Results/Solution Orientation - Motivation and Inspiration - Customer Focus - Decision Making - Organizational and Quality orientation
• Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment
• Initiative to acquire knowledge and skill to improve job performance continuously.

Position Type

Thisisafull-time,salaried/exemptposition. Days and hours of work are Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

What we offer

• The base salary range for this position is $100,000-$120,000 USD , depending on experience and qualifications.
• Paidholidays
• PaidTimeOff:20daysofvacation
• 401(k)plan:upto6%companymatchingcontribution
• CignaDentalandVisionInsurance
• FSAandHSA savingsaccountoptions
• BasicLife andAD&DInsurance
• Voluntarysupplementallifeinsurance
• Health& ; FitnessReimbursement

Physical requirements

Thephysicaldemandsdescribedherearerepresentativeofthosethatmustbemetbyanemployeetosuccessfullyperformtheessentialfunctionsofthisjob. Whileperformingthedutiesofthisjob,theemployeeisregularlyrequiredtousehandsandfingerstohandle,feel,oroperateobjects,toolsorcontrols,andreachwithhandsandarms.Theemployeeisfrequentlyrequiredtositforlongperiods of_time,stand,talkandhear._

Gutor is an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.