Associate Project Manager

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Full Time Professional Houston, TX, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $28.00 To $32.00 Annually

Job Title:

Associate Project Manager

Department:

Program / Project Management

Reports To:

General Manager

Location:

7865 Northcourt Rd, Suite #100, Houston, Texas 77040

Effective/Revision Date:

9/2026

The Associate Project Manager is an entry-level role that supports the planning, coordination, execution, and tracking of projects across UPG. Reporting to the Business Unit Director and collaborating with cross-functional teams, this position helps maintain project schedules, documentation, action items, milestones, and status reports. The role is designed for a recent or soon-to-be college graduate who wants to build practical project management experience in a technical and manufacturing environment.

• Perform assigned duties in accordance with documented procedures and work instructions.
• Project Planning & Coordination:
  Assist with developing and maintaining project plans, scope, objectives, timelines, milestones, resources, and deliverables. Help coordinate project activities to support business goals and stakeholder expectations.
• Cross-Functional Coordination:
  Work with engineering, manufacturing, quality, sales, supply chain, and other internal teams to coordinate tasks, follow up on action items, and help keep projects moving forward.
• Budget & Cost Tracking:
  Assist with tracking project costs, purchase requirements, and budget information. Identify potential variances or concerns and escalated them to the appropriate project or business leader.
• Timeline & Milestone Tracking:
  Maintain project schedules and trackers, monitor due dates and milestones, follow up with responsible team members, and communicate potential delays or roadblocks.
• Risk & Issue Tracking:
  Help identify and document project risks, issues, and dependencies. Maintain risk and action logs and escalated concerns for review and resolution.
• Stakeholder Communication:
  Support clear and timely communication with internal and external stakeholders. Prepare meeting agendas, notes, action-item lists, and project status updates as assigned.
• Quality & Compliance Support:
  Help ensure project activities and deliverables follow applicable quality standards, customer requirements, documented procedures, and internal processes.
• Export Control / ITAR Compliance:
  Follow UPG export-control procedures and access-control requirements applicable to ITAR-controlled technical data, defense articles, systems, records, and restricted areas. Protect controlled information from unauthorized access or disclosure and promptly report compliance concerns.
• Change Management Support:
  Document changes to project scope, timing, resources, or deliverables and help ensure changes are communicated, reviewed, and tracked appropriately.
• Documentation & Reporting:
  Maintain accurate project documentation, including schedules, trackers, meeting notes, status reports, budgets, action items, and other project records.
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Participate in cross-functional project meetings, support team communication, and help ensure responsibilities, deadlines, and next steps are clearly understood.
• Continuous Improvement & Project Closeout:
  Support post-project reviews, document lessons learned, and identify opportunities to improve project management processes and future project execution.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related…