Project Manager
About the job
- A bachelor's degree is required.
- Three to five or more years of experience managing projects involving pumps, piping systems, or engineered equipment for utility or municipal customers is required.
- The candidate must be able to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and submittals related to piping and pump systems.
- The candidate must be willing and able to provide superior customer support.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
- Excellent problem-solving, negotiation, and organizational skills are required.
- The candidate must be able to collaborate effectively with customers, vendors, and cross-functional internal teams.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently are required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required; enterprise resource planning experience is preferred.
- The role requires intermittent exposure to job site conditions, including gas fields, petrochemical facilities, mills, mines, construction sites, industrial plants, and utility or municipal water and wastewater facilities.
- The role requires a combination of office work and customer or job-site interaction.
- The role requires travel as needed to fulfill project responsibilities.
- The role follows a standard 40-hour work week and includes light lifting of 20–25 pounds and regular physical movement in office and field environments.
- Work with individuals assigned to new projects to organize the project execution team, gather documentation, and develop action plans for project execution.
- Review project documents, including contracts, plans, specifications, and related documentation, and tailor project deliverables accordingly.
- Ensure the Customer Support team enters orders into the enterprise resource planning system.
- Verify purchase order details, including scope, pricing, and commercial terms, and send documentation to the Contract Team for review.
- Host project kick-off meetings and align the project execution team with deliverables, scope, and timelines.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
- Review submittal requirements and technical project specifications for pumps, piping systems, and packaged equipment used in utility and municipal applications.
- Ensure submittals are developed according to project requirements and timelines.
- Work with third-party vendors to ensure buyout equipment submittals meet contract specifications, drawings, and applicable utility and municipal standards.
- Work with the project execution team to release equipment for production after approved technical submittals are received.
- Ensure intercompany purchase orders and documentation are issued to support manufacturing and delivery schedules.
- Ensure the project execution team procures products from appropriate internal and external suppliers, including pumps, piping, valves, and related equipment used in utility and municipal infrastructure projects.
- Partner with Procurement, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to maintain project profitability by managing third-party costs and coordinating internal production and warehouse releases.
- Ensure compliance with project schedules and milestones.
- Work with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to manage customer deadlines and technical requirements while proactively managing risks and expectations.
- Maintain ongoing customer communication regarding schedule updates, delivery timelines, and technical coordination.
- Ensure required factory or field testing approvals are received.
- Coordinate with Engineering and Operations to resolve issues when testing is not approved and determine corrective actions.
- Ensure the project execution team develops Operations and Maintenance manuals aligned with project scope, utility and municipal standards, and contractual requirements.
- Coordinate shipping, delivery, and invoicing activities according to project plans.
- Work with freight forwarders to manage delivery timelines and mitigate delays.
- Coordinate start-up and commissioning activities, ensure customer expectations are met, and achieve proper project close-out.
- Facilitate handover to aftermarket teams for ongoing support.
- Participate in Xylem Watermark volunteer activities.
- A Project Management Professional certification or similar project management designation is preferred.
- Experience supporting water, wastewater, industrial, or municipal infrastructure projects is strongly preferred.
- Enterprise resource planning experience is preferred.
About the company
Xylem is a global water-technology provider serving municipal, industrial, commercial, and residential customers with products, systems, and services for the full water cycle. Its offerings include pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and dispensing equipment, plus smart meters, network devices, and data analytics. The company combines equipment sales with recurring revenue from maintenance, repairs, digital solutions, and consulting. It differentiates itself through a broad, integrated portfolio across water infrastructure, applied water, measurement and control, and services, a global presence in more than 150 countries, and strategic acquisitions (such as Sensus in 2016 and Evoqua in 2023) that expand its metering, data analytics, and treatment capabilities. Xylem’s goal is to help customers collect, move, treat, and return water efficiently and sustainably, enabling better water management and resource stewardship.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Washington DC, District of Columbia
Founded
2011
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 orders jumped 42%, signaling strong demand across water infrastructure and services.
- Xylem raised 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $5.55-$5.70 after margin expansion.
- The $1.46 billion Cornell-Roper acquisition deepens industrial pumping exposure and should accrete from 2027.
What critics are saying
- China revenue fell 27% in Q2 2026, exposing Xylem to weak infrastructure demand.
- Electric metering delays cut MCS outlook in 2026, and politicians are slowing utility spending.
- Cornell and Roper add integration risk before Q4 2026 close; execution slips hurt EPS.
What makes Xylem unique
- Xylem spans pumps, treatment, meters, and digital monitoring across the full water cycle.
- Its 2023 Evoqua deal created the largest pure-play water technology platform.
- Long contracts with Dow and GCC partners lock in installed-base services and analytics.
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Professional Development – To advance the capabilities of our people, we offer a wide variety of experiences to support our employees’ professional growth and continuous learning.
Total Rewards – We offer comprehensive programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, work-life integration and corporate citizenship.
Watermark – Watermark is our corporate social responsibility program working to provide education and access to safe water to ensure healthy lives, gender equality, and resilient communities. Employees have the opportunity to learn and volunteer on various water-related projects.
Employee Networks – Our Employee Networks provide a professional, supportive network for employees from diverse backgrounds, including Women’s, LGBT+ and Allies, Veteran’s, People of Color and Allies, Hispanic Origin & Latin Affinity, Emerging Leaders, and Working Parents Networks.
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0%Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a global water solutions company, will take part in two investor conferences this year. Management and Investor Relations will present and join investor meetings at the Baird 2026 Global Industrial Conference in Chicago on November 10. They will also attend investor meetings at the Melius Research Conference in New York City on December 9. Xylem has 22,000 employees and reported revenue of $9 billion in 2025.
FuelCell Energy replaces longtime CFO with Xylem finance executive. October 7, 2026 Danbury-based FuelCell Energy has replaced Michael Bishop, its chief financial officer since 2011, with a former finance executive from water technology company Xylem Inc. in South Windsor. FuelCell's board appointed Matthew Latino, 41, as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, effective Wednesday, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Bishop's tenure as CFO ended Tuesday. He will stay on for six months as a senior adviser to CEO Jason Few, through April 6, 2027, at his annual base salary of $461,591. The filing does not say why Bishop is leaving, but the board deemed his exit a termination without cause, which triggers severance benefits under his employment agreement. When his advisory role ends, Bishop will receive a year of base salary, or $461,591, paid out over 12 months. He will also get accelerated vesting of 68,518 restricted stock units, a prorated share of his performance stock units based on actual results, eligibility for his fiscal 2026 incentive bonus and up to 12 months of paid COBRA health coverage. The benefits are contingent on Bishop signing a release of claims and abiding by his noncompete and confidentiality agreements. Bishop joined FuelCell in 2003 as assistant controller and rose through the company's accounting ranks before being promoted to CFO. Latino most recently served, from November 2025 to June 2026, as senior vice president of finance and segment CFO for Xylem's measurement and control solutions business. He joined Xylem in 2012 and held a series of finance roles there, including vice president of investor relations. He began his career as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche. The leadership change comes as FuelCell retools its business around demand for on-site power from data centers. The company's sales pipeline grew to about 10 gigawatts in its fiscal third quarter, and it landed its first data center power deals, HBJ reported last month. FuelCell is also expanding its Torrington manufacturing plant to 500 megawatts of annual production capacity, a project it estimates will cost $200 million to $275 million. The company posted a third-quarter net loss of $45.3 million on revenue of $33 million, down 29% from a year earlier. Its fiscal year ends Oct. 31.
FuelCell Energy announces Chief Financial Officer transition. Matthew Latino appointed CFO; Michael Bishop to continue as senior advisor. DANBURY, Conn., Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCEL) today announced that Michael Bishop will transition from his role as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Matthew Latino will succeed him as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective October 7, 2026, as part of a planned transition. Bishop, who has served as the Company's CFO for 15 years during an overall tenure with the Company of more than two decades, will remain with FuelCell Energy as a senior advisor through the Company's 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to support continuity and the transition. FuelCell Energy also reaffirmed its previously stated target of achieving positive Adjusted EBITDA results in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2027, subject to the planned increase in annualized production rate, the conversion of awarded capacity backlog into committed backlog, customer delivery schedules and continued execution of the Company's cost reduction initiatives. The Company remains focused on converting its growing commercial pipeline - driven by demand for reliable, always-on power for AI and data center infrastructure - into durable growth, while scaling manufacturing, advancing customer financing structures and maintaining disciplined capital allocation, liquidity and balance sheet strength. "Mike has been a steward of this Company through every stage of its journey," said Jason Few, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Over more than two decades, he led our finance organization through periods that tested our business and our industry while maintaining a clear focus on financial discipline, integrity, the long-term interests of the business, and our commitment to shareholders. His leadership across capital formation, project finance and balance sheet management strengthened our financial foundation and supported the evolution of our strategy. I am grateful for his service and pleased that we will continue to benefit from his perspective during the transition." "Serving as CFO of FuelCell Energy has been one of the great privileges of my career," said Bishop. "I am proud of what our finance team and our colleagues across the Company have accomplished together and of the strong foundation we have built. I have tremendous confidence in Jason, the leadership team, and the Board, and I look forward to supporting a seamless transition and sharing in the Company's success as a continuing shareholder." Latino joins FuelCell Energy from Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), where he served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Segment Chief Financial Officer of its approximately $2 billion Measurement & Control Solutions business. He previously led Xylem's investor relations function, giving him direct experience engaging the investment community and communicating strategy, performance and long-term value creation. Latino began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP. "As we scale, our responsibility to shareholders is to grow with discipline-every megawatt we build and every dollar we deploy must compound value," Few said. "Matt has led finance for a large-scale industrial technology business, partnered with operating leaders to drive performance, and led investor relations for a global public company. He understands how the market measures execution and how to build the operating rhythm that delivers it. We believe he is the right leader to help us convert a significant commercial opportunity into durable shareholder value." "I am honored to join FuelCell Energy at an important point in the Company's evolution," said Latino. "The Company has a differentiated technology platform, a strong financial foundation and clear strategic priorities. I look forward to partnering with Jason, the leadership team and the Board to build on the foundation Mike helped establish, maintain rigorous financial discipline, and support the execution and investment decisions required to scale the business and create sustainable value." FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCEL) is an American clean energy technology company delivering continuous, scalable baseload power for mission-critical applications globally. The company's fuel cell systems generate electricity directly at the point of use, enabling reliable, low-emissions power for data centers, industrial facilities, utilities, and distributed generation customers. FuelCell Energy delivers commercially proven, modular, utility-scale systems - backed by global fuel cell deployments approaching one gigawatt. Learn more at www.FuelCellEnergy.com. Cautionary Language This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding future events or our future financial performance that involve certain contingencies and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements with respect to the Company's anticipated financial results and statements regarding the Company's plans and expectations regarding the continuing development, commercialization and financing of its current and future fuel cell technologies, the Company's business plans and strategies, the Company's plan to reduce operating costs, the capabilities of the Company's products, the Company's plans and ability to achieve positive Adjusted EBITDA, subject to the planned increase in annualized production rate, the conversion of awarded capacity backlog into committed backlog, customer delivery schedules and continued execution of the Company's cost reduction initiatives, the Company's potential sales pipeline, opportunities, and partners, and the markets in which the Company expects to operate. Projected and estimated numbers contained herein are not forecasts and may not reflect actual results. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and all forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, that could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those projected. Factors that could cause such a difference include, without limitation: general risks associated with product development and manufacturing; general economic conditions; changes in interest rates, which may impact project financing; supply chain disruptions; changes in the utility regulatory environment; changes in the utility industry and the markets for distributed generation, distributed hydrogen, and fuel cell power plants configured for carbon capture or carbon separation; potential volatility of commodity prices that may adversely affect our projects; availability of government subsidies and economic incentives for alternative energy technologies; our ability to remain in compliance with U.S. federal and state and foreign government laws and regulations; our ability to maintain compliance with the listing rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market; rapid technological change; competition; the risk that our bid awards (or other non-binding commitments) will not convert to contracts or that our contracts will not convert to revenue; market acceptance of our products; changes in accounting policies or practices adopted voluntarily or as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; factors affecting our liquidity position and financial condition; government appropriations; the ability of the government and third parties to terminate their development contracts at any time; the ability of the government to exercise "march-in" rights with respect to certain of our patents; our ability to successfully market and sell our products internationally; delays in our timeline for bringing commercially viable products to market; our ability to develop additional commercially viable products in the future; our ability to implement our strategy; our ability to reduce our levelized cost of energy and deliver on our cost reduction strategy generally; our ability to protect our intellectual property; litigation and other proceedings; the risk that commercialization of our new products will not occur when anticipated or, if it does, that we will not have adequate capacity to satisfy demand; our need for and the availability of additional financing; our ability to generate positive cash flow from operations; our ability to service our long-term debt; our ability to increase the output and longevity of our platforms and to meet the performance requirements of our contracts; our ability to expand our customer base and maintain relationships with our largest customers and strategic business allies; our ability to reduce operating costs; and our ability to achieve positive Adjusted EBITDA in the future, as well as other risks set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Ecocoast integrates YSI and Aanderaa sensors into GCC buoy networks. * 29 September 2026 * Edited By: Haley McQueen Marine solutions specialist Ecocoast has been appointed by Xylem, a global provider of water and environmental monitoring technologies, as its Authorized Systems and Service Partner for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). (Image credit: Ecocoast/Xylem) The partnership strengthens Ecocoast's environmental monitoring solutions portfolio across the GCC through the integration of proven Xylem sensing technologies, including YSI and Aanderaa instruments, into the systems it supplies and services for clients across the UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar. Xylem instruments will be integrated with Ecocoast's configurable data buoy platforms, delivering real-time environmental intelligence for marine and coastal applications. Combining water quality, oceanographic, and meteorological monitoring, the solution supports ports, marinas, coastal developments, offshore operations, environmental compliance programs, and marine research initiatives. Ecocoast has already demonstrated this integration capability through several regional deployments incorporating Xylem technology. At a water and power plant on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, Ecocoast locally assembled, configured, tested, and commissioned a YSI DB1750 Multi Purpose Metocean Buoy, integrating an LDI ROW oil spill sensor and Campbell Scientific logger with cellular telemetry. Live data is streamed to Xylem's YSI HydroSphere platform for remote monitoring. In Dubai, Ecocoast delivered a similar system for a major water utility, applying the same locally assembled, fully commissioned approach. Supported by dedicated facilities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, Ecocoast provides regional integration, deployment, maintenance, and technical support across both its own technologies and partner solutions. This local capability ensures GCC clients receive responsive service and long-term operational support throughout the lifecycle of their environmental monitoring systems. Ecocoast has also provided sensor repair and YSI DB1750 reconfiguration services for a private island development in Umluj, Saudi Arabia, alongside sensor servicing, repairs, and annual maintenance contract calibrations for multiple clients in the UAE. Joachim de Jenlis, Chief Executive Officer of Ecocoast, said: "This partnership strengthens our ability to deliver complete environmental monitoring solutions tailored to the needs of clients across the GCC. By combining Xylem's sensing technology with our field-proven data buoy platforms and regional service capability, we are helping organizations monitor and protect their marine environments with reliable, real-time intelligence backed by teams that understand local operating conditions." Don't miss the headlines. ON&T's Top 10, every week. More in Science & Tech
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