Project Manager - Structural Integrity

About the role

Akselos delivers Structural Performance Management (SPM) software to energy and industrial assets, combining high-fidelity structural twins with real-time operational data. The Project Manager - Structural Integrity turns new service mandates into active deployments of the SPM solution for global clients, working in cross-functional Strike Teams with Sales, Product and Engineering. The role suits people with a structural or mechanical engineering background who want to combine simulation and structural analysis expertise with project leadership and client engagement. Locations: Houston, Texas or Porto, Portugal.

Key responsibilities

• Define deployment frameworks with Sales and Product, set technical paths and implementation plans, and work with subject matter experts to fix engineering scope and timelines.
• Manage project budgets and milestones, optimise resourcing and prevent scope creep.
• Run the full SPM deployment lifecycle for strategic operator and enterprise accounts, track baselines and milestones, manage financial fulfillment and resolve technical and onboarding issues.
• Work with QA so deployed digital models meet user acceptance and engineering standards, then hand them over to Customer Enablement.
• Post-deployment, manage operations, monitor asset health and drive adoption of Structural Digital Twin use cases.
• Lead AI and Automation Strike Teams to improve blueprinting paths for heavy industry assets such as piping, pipelines, cokers, reactors and SMRs, and embed AI tools in routine deployment.

Required profile

• Fluency in written and spoken Portuguese and English is mandatory; Spanish is a plus.
• Strong mechanical or structural engineering background, with fitness-for-service experience on industrial structures and assets.
• 5+ years in oil and gas, downstream/upstream energy or heavy industrial simulation, delivering complex structural integrity projects.
• Proven ability to negotiate across Sales, Product and Engineering validation gates and manage engineering schedules and milestones.
• Demonstrated interest or experience using AI copilots, agentic scripts or automated frameworks.

Required skills

• Finite element analysis (FEA)
• Structural integrity and fitness-for-service
• Cloud-based data integration