Project Manager

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Company: JP3 Measurement, LLC
Location: Austin, TX

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Expertise: Project Management for Customer System Delivery

Experience: 5+ years

Min. Education: BS in Engineering or related technical field

Location: Austin, TX

Reports to: Director of Project Management

Job Description

Growing high-tech company seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead project life-cycle support programs for customers in the oil and gas industry. JP3 is a rapidly growing data services company that has introduced a revolutionary new optical analysis system that measures natural gas, condensate and crude oil composition and physical properties simultaneously, in-line and in real-time, and reports them via local and cloud-based data information systems. The Project Manager is responsible for the successful planning, execution and customer acceptance of all orders. Keys to success include the ability to deliver a technical product with hardware, software and cloud-based components on-time and on-scope. The Project Manager must pull together the resources needed to ensure that JP3’s customers experience the highest level of customer satisfaction, which is a priority throughout the company.

Responsibilities

  • Execute projects from award to completion:
    • Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables;
    • Establish and maintain the project schedule, while coordinating and controlling all required project management systems;
    • Define customer acceptance criteria and successfully close by meeting those criteria;
    • Create detailed work plans which identify and sequence all activities needed to successfully complete the project;
    • Define project tasks and resource requirements;
    • Analyze project profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilization;
    • Facilitate regular project team and client meetings effectively;
    • Acknowledge and recognize each team member’s contributions;
    • Develop good relationships with clients to foster trust and repeat business;
    • Prepare and share project evaluations and assessment of results;
    • Solve critical issues in a time-sensitive, customer-sensitive environment;
    • Successfully transition customers through project acceptance to aftermarket maintenance and support.
  • Serve as the primary liaison with the customer and be willing to travel for face to face interactions when necessary (approximately 25% of the time).
  • Prepare and present on data performance metrics through the life of the system.
  • Work with Sales to deliver life-cycle support and maintenance programs, ensuring customer satisfaction throughout entire system life.
  • Work effectively with all functional groups within JP3 including Operations, Engineering, R&D, Software Development and Data Solutions to communicate status and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
  • Simultaneously manage multiple projects and teams dispersed in different locations.
  • Learning/Understanding different applications across the industry and their systematic relationship to an analyzer and its critical data outputs back to the customer.


Requirements

  • Track record of successful project management of highly technical products and services in the energy industry (oil and gas experience highly preferred);
  • Willingness and ability to learn the technical aspects of JP3 technologies and data services;
  • PMP Certification (highly preferred);
  • Experience with and ability to use industry standard project management tools and processes;
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively to customers and internal stake holders;
  • Flexibility of schedule and ability to travel as needed;
  • Undergraduate degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or Undergraduate degree in Business with significant experience managing technical projects;
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in customer facing project engineering or project management role within a technical Industry;
  • Valid driver’s license (with no restrictions) and proof of legal right to work in US.

Benefits

  • Medical and dental/vision plans. Company pays 75% of premiums for employee and all dependents;
  • Short term and long term disability plans;
  • $100k of life insurance for employee;
  • 401(k) plan;
  • Bonus plan.