Project Manager

About the role

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and actively manage project schedules from initiation through closeout.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers throughout assigned projects.
• Coordinate across Engineering and other departments to ensure drawings and submittal documents are accurate, complete and delivered on schedule.
• Partner with Purchasing and Expediting to ensure materials are processed correctly and scheduled for timely delivery.
• Coordinate and motivate internal and external project teams to keep work moving on schedule and on budget.
• Manage consultants, subcontractors, construction managers and project teams to ensure contract plans and specifications are followed.
• Monitor project performance and proactively identify schedule, resource, technical or financial risks.
• Develop and initiate corrective actions when project schedules or expectations are at risk.
• Manage customer changes, including change orders, project accelerations and delays, structural issues, shipping challenges and material concerns.
• Secure appropriate customer change orders when project requirements change.
• Support Billing to help ensure accurate and timely invoicing.
• Provide regular project status updates, including technical and financial performance.
• Escalate significant schedule changes, contract changes, resource constraints, estimating discrepancies and unfamiliar technical issues when appropriate.
• Lead assigned expansions, continuous-improvement initiatives, system integrations and other operational projects.
• Complete project closeout activities and capture lessons learned.
• Analyze project challenges and develop corrective-action plans that can improve future project performance.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve productivity, quality and project execution.
• A bachelor's degree in Project Management, Engineering, Technology or a related field, along with three years of project management experience; OR
• Five years of successful project management experience along with a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in lieu of a formal degree.
• Qualifications that satisfy or exceed PMI guidelines for taking the PMP exam.
• Strong familiarity with project management practices, methods and techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and customer-service skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.
• Ability to effectively organize information, manage priorities and communicate both verbally and in writing.