Project Manager

Summary

The Project Manager oversees the planning, implementation, and tracking of complex projects, which have a beginning, an end and specified deliverables. Focuses on meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors, stakeholders, customers and department personnel.

Essential Functions

• Lead planning and/or implementation of multiple projects simultaneously, while keeping all phases of each project within the parameters of cost estimates and completion schedules.
• Process system projects through the engineering, installation, start-up, debug, customer sign-off, and payment in full from customer.
• Review customer specifications and purchase order for compliance with our proposal.
• Keep all phases of the project within the parameters of our cost estimate and completion schedule.
• Initiate customer invoicing on a timely basis throughout the project.
• Negotiate and transmit engineering requirements to outside suppliers (i.e., PLC supplier, installer, etc.).
• Prepare engineering drawings and related parts load.
• Assist our field supervisor with start-up and debug when required.
• Maintain constant and excellent communication and rapport with the customer.
• Perform other related responsibilities as needed and as assigned.

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree – preferably in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering combined with AUTO-CAD and computer aided design experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of successfully managing various projects or equivalent combination of education and experience. Thorough understanding of project management phases, techniques and tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge of electrostatic painting finishing equipment.

Preferred Qualification

• In depth knowledge of Binks systems products, fundamentals of electrostatics and paint application processes, and general understanding of industrial control systems.
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving – ability to recognize problems, evaluate alternatives and identify solutions using a systematic approach.
• Collaboration – ability to pro-actively engage and build coalitions among various stakeholders, consult and provide advice and build cross-functional relationships to accomplish work objectives.
• Communicate effectively by conveying project goals and objectives in a clear and compelling manner; listen effectively and clarifies information as needed; ensures that project status, issues and successes are communicated and properly documented to project team, stakeholders, customers and all levels of management.
• Self-motivated, energetic, well organized and able to manage multiple priorities.

Travel

Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some projects may require more out of the area and overnight travel.