Assistant Project Manager
Listed on 2026-10-10
-
Engineering
Operations Management
Axial designs and manufacture highly engineered solar trackers and structures, equipped with advanced locking systems to ensure maximum stability in any weather. With roots in Valencia, Spain, and a solid global presence, we are now bringing our innovation and technical expertise to the United States market.
POSITION GOALThe Associate Project Manager's role is to act as a liaison between the client and the company throughout the project's development, ensuring that the project is executed within the established time frames and budgets, in accordance with quality standards, and guaranteeing maximum client satisfaction. To achieve this, the Project Manager must lead the project and maintain contact with the various departments within the company to communicate the client's requirements at every stage and ensure that their objectives are met.
If you have been working such as Project Engineer, Assistant Project Manager, Field Engineer, Project Coordinator OR Solar Project Engineer this position is for you!
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:Contract Management
- Send the contract to the relevant departments for review.
- Conduct a specific review of the project scope to clarify points open to negotiation and define red lines.
- Negotiate the contract with the client through scheduled meetings.
- Finalize contract closure and signing.
- Develop the contractual project schedule.
- Create the In-Out Control log to integrate the manufacturing and delivery schedules.
- Upload the delivery schedule to Navision to trigger and launch production orders.
- Define the certification milestones when the Project Manager sends the project launch email, ensuring they are uploaded to Navision.
- Establish the expected dates for the client to sign off on each milestone.
- Prepare the progress certification document upon milestone completion and send it to the client.
- Forward the signed certification to the finance department for invoicing.
- Hold weekly follow-up meetings with the department head.
- Ensure strict compliance with the contractually established delivery schedule.
- Communicate any schedule deviations or non-compliance to upper management and the responsible departments to find and implement immediate solutions.
- Coordinate Acceptance (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Commissioning with the client and the respective internal departments.
- Manage Production Orders (OP) and Manufacturing/Maintenance Orders (OM).
- Supervise project expenditures to ensure costs remain within the established budget.
- Manage cost overruns (NOC) and/or contractual penalties.
- Attend scheduled weekly internal meetings (covering operations, certifications, and priorities) as well as external meetings with clients.
- Manage any technical or operational issues arising throughout the project lifecycle and report them in weekly follow-up meetings to coordinate solutions with the affected areas.
- Notify the quality department to distribute the customer satisfaction survey.
- Send the signed warranty documentation to the client.
- Issue the commissioning confirmation document for tracker projects.
- Complete the formal project handover to the After-Sales Department.
- Comfortable managing multiple work streams simultaneously
- Technically and managerially competent.
- Spanish as a second language (medium level)
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid maternity leave
- Paid paternity leave
- Disability insurance
- Because it allows you to work in a multicultural environment with people from different countries around the world.
- Because it will allow you to be one of the pioneers of our headquarters in the US. Because it is an excellent opportunity to work with a highly prestigious and rapidly growing company in Europe in an exciting sector.
- High-impact role with room to grow and expand responsibilities
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. The Company does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).