Strategic Project Manager – Engineering & Manufacturing

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases is seeking a Project Manager at our Santa Ana, CA site to lead full life cycle project management for diverse customers, ensuring scope, resources, schedule, and budget align to deliver value and on-time results.

You bring five years of engineering project management experience, a Bachelor's degree, and PMP is preferred. This role requires strong communication, risk management, and collaboration across disciplines in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Must possess exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Advanced knowledge of project management standards and best practices
• Must possess data management and problem-solving expertise
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Experience with performance management and ability to evaluate situations quickly and accurately
• Skilled in motivating fellow team members to excel
• Experience resolving conflicts and promoting organizational effectiveness
• Must have change management and customer relations management experience
• Excellent negotiation skills are a must

Responsibilities

• Identifies project stakeholders and determine their needs and expectations
• Coordinates all project management activities on assigned projects with focus on managing schedule, budget, and risks and their mitigations
• Plans, schedules, conducts, and coordinates assigned project work; monitors work to ensure on-time release and delivery
• Performs cost accounting and risk/opportunity management
• Ensures extensive regular contact with assigned project clients and equipment vendors is met
• Participates in client/contractor meetings and resolves project management issues
• Ensures project documentation is complete, current, and stored appropriately
• Ensures effective communication and coordination of project requirements pertaining to assigned projects between all Nikkiso disciplines and all other project participants
• Generates project schedules, project budgets, statement of work, and customer status reports
• Generates project status updates monthly and manages day-to-day project communication to clients
• Implements and tracks project budgets and schedules
• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Effectively applies methodology and enforces project standards
• Creates and executes project work plans
• Communicates with customers and internal team, revising work plans to meet changing needs and/or requirements

Skills

Communication

PM standards

Data management

MS Office

Performance mgmt

Team motivation

Conflict resolution

Change mgmt

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP certification preferred

Job description

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases is seeking a Project Manager at our Santa Ana, CA site to lead full life cycle project management for diverse customers, ensuring scope, resources, schedule, and budget align to deliver value and on-time results.

You bring five years of engineering project management experience, a Bachelor's degree, and PMP is preferred. This role requires strong communication, risk management, and collaboration across disciplines in a manufacturing environment.