Project Manager

Project Manager

Manpower Engineering is partnering with a leader in custom equipment manufacturing for a Project Manager. Job Title : Project Manager Location : Ramsey, MN Pay : $88,000 - $129,000 Direct Hire

The Project Manager will be a critical member of the Engineering team and possess solid project management knowledge, experience, and skills to manage, lead and direct one or more projects from initiation to successful on time completion. Accomplish this by planning, monitoring, and coordinating the job flow within and between each of the manufacturing departments, consistent with customer expectations and company goals, budget, and customer satisfaction objectives. Work with Sales, Engineering, Procurement and Operations to identify potential risks early and develop mitigation actions. Exceptional communication and leadership skills are critical success factors while working with key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities :

• Plans and manages project execution and scope from up front quoting and design engineering through downstream manufacturing and delivery activities, including onsite installation in some cases.
• Plays an active role in project related kick off meetings to assist in the development of project timeline, requirements, and labor resources needed to meet customer delivery schedules.
• Works with engineering, operations and purchasing department to acquire all necessary articles, expedites and arranges for sub-contracting when necessary.
• Identifies workload and critical path; maintains a continual awareness of potential bottlenecks that could negatively impact the achievement of on-schedule completion of in-process operations; recommends and / or implements short term containment actions in order to ensure delivery timeliness (On Time delivery) and workload leveling.
• Coordinates shipping packaging requirements, arrival times, and specified carriers with shipping department as required to meet customer expectations.
• Works with CAD Designers, Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers; and as such is consistently able to communicate clearly and effectively with personnel in an appropriate and understandable manner.
• Conduct regular communications to customers (both internal and external), regarding project status, milestones achieved, progress billing, change orders, etc.
• Coordinates / communicates and plans activities with other personnel, as appropriate, to ensure a coordinated work effort and "team" approach.
• Manage Customer communications by clearly defining project scope, responsibilities (such as drawing approvals), change orders, status updates, FAT and SAT coordination.
• Ensures that a favorable Company image is presented to customers, and that all customer relationships are based on honesty and integrity.
• Coordinates project close meeting to evaluate achievement of estimated versus actual metrics, as well as capture lessons learned.
• Occasional travel to customer site for installation or issue resolution.

Required Qualifications :

Travel : Occasional travel to local customer sites.

Benefits :