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Job Title: Automation Project Manager
Job location: Mexico City (CDMX)
Job type : Full-time / Hybrid
**Project Manager — Engineering Services (EMS Project)**
While you will not be expected to be the most technical person in the room, you will be supported by a strong senior technical team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex, multi-phase engineering projects, understands contract-driven delivery, and can balance client expectations with internal execution discipline.
**Responsibilities — You will do**:
- **Own full contract execution**, ensuring all milestones, deliverables, and acceptance criteria are met per contract schedules (Client Witness Testing, Certifications of Closure)
- **Manage the project work plan**, driving alignment between engineering, software, and client teams to meet schedule, scope, and quality commitments.
- **Control payment milestones and cash flow**, ensuring deliverables are completed and approved in line with the contract payment schedule.
- **Lead Deployment readiness and execution**, ensuring a successful operational validation and managing defect resolution cycles to achieve Final Acceptance (FAC).
- **Drive risk management**, identifying and mitigating risks related to schedule delays, technical performance, and contractual exposure — especially around testing and acceptance phases.
- **Act as primary client interface**, leading status meetings, resolving escalations, and managing expectations throughout FAT, SAT, and Go-Live.
- **Coordinate cross-functional teams**(engineering, modeling, software, QA, training), ensuring deliverables meet contractual and technical requirements.




- **Ensure adherence to acceptance criteria**, validating that all deliverables are complete, documented, and approved before submission for client acceptance.
- **Manage changes and scope control**, ensuring any variations are properly documented, priced, and approved per contract terms.
- **Oversee project reporting**, including schedule tracking, milestone status, financial performance, and executive-level updates.
- **Enforce quality and documentation standards**, ensuring all deliverables meet ETAP and client requirements for audits and acceptance.
**Requirements — You need to have**:
- **5+ years of project management experience**in engineering, power systems, or industrial software delivery
- Proven experience managing **contract-driven projects with milestone-based payments and acceptance criteria**
- Strong understanding of **project lifecycle phases**(design FAT SAT commissioning acceptance)
- Advanced English proficiency (C1 or higher) — you will interact with integral teams and client stakeholders
- Ability to manage **technical teams and client relationships simultaneously**
- Experience with **risk management, change control, and contract interpretation**
- Strong organizational and execution mindset — you are accountable for delivering results, not just tracking them
**A PLUS**:
- Experience with **power systems, SCADA, EMS, or Power Automation solutions**:
- Familiarity with **utility clients and grid operations environments**:
- Experience managing **FAT/SAT/commissioning phases**:
- Knowledge of **contract structures tied to acceptance testing (PAC/FAC, SDT)**:
- JIRA, Power BI, or similar project tracking/reporting
**ETAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.**
**Come and join ETAP to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.

📌 Automation Project Manager (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Etap
📍 Ciudad de México