Zap Energy is looking for an experienced and self-motivated Technical Project Manager with detailed knowledge and experience with agile innovation project management tools (Jira/Confluence), implementation and execution. Successful candidate will report to the System Engineering department.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Support and oversee parts of the larger project and are primarily responsible for the related tasks and tracking functions that maintain project momentum
• Lead and participate in the implementation of agile methodology tool Jira and Confluence; teach, mentor, coach and facilitate the lean-agile mindset
• Responsibilities include JIRA administration, adding Projects, Users, workflow, reports, permission schemes and troubleshooting
• Facilitate and support the creation of the project charter and examine project related technical documentation for completeness and latest versions and insure availability and distribution to all project team members
• Understand delivery impediments, issues, risks, and changes associated with the product development initiatives; works with responsible owners to address the items on a timely basis; updates the appropriate stakeholders as needed
• Managing, delivering, and presenting project status, timelines, and schedules
• Tracking dependencies and mitigating risks
• Escalate issues early and provide concise issue descriptions to upper-level management coupled with recommended paths for resolution
• Provide recommendations of lessons learned for improvements in process and procedure both within the PM structure as well as across groups
• Provide ideas for using JIRA more efficiently to meet business needs and analyze, review, and document current functionality to determine potential areas of improvement

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Education : B.S. in Mechanical, Civil, Systems or relevant engineering discipline a plus
• PMP and/or CSM certification a plus
• Years of experience: 3 – 5+ years
• Excellent verbal, written and customer service skills.
• Proficiency in Project Management methodologies (Agile, Lean, Waterfall)
• Demonstrated experience in Jira, Confluence and/other Atlassian products as user as well as front end administrator.
• Experience in a broad range of topics throughout a product lifecycle, including conceptual design, final design, construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning

Culture & Fit

Who you are:

• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork
• Candidate must be a self-starter and possess ability to coordinate and lead a design team’s effort with minimal direction
• Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have demonstrated exceptional results through a range of different pursuits.
• Attention to detail and aspiration for technical excellence

Opportunity & Zap Values

• While doing meaningful work is rewarding in itself, Zap Energy also offers the following:Competitive salary and benefits
• Premium health insurance
• Flexible vacation and paid company holidays

Zap Energy Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex/gender, religion/creed, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital or medical status, national origin, military or veteran status, sexual orientation/gender expression or identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Please contact careers@zapenergyinc.com with any questions.