Job description

SUMMARY

This position will manage a portfolio of automation projects ranging from $200,000 to $20 million in value from proposal development, into project kick-off and through customer acceptance.

This individual may have ten or more team members on the project team including company engineers, subcontractors, and other members of a multi-disciplined engineering team.

In addition to implementing traditional project management methodologies, responsibilities include coaching and mentoring the project team to assist them in the problem solving and execution of their roles and technical leadership of the solution design.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES other duties as assigned…

• Project Management essentials: manage the customer, cost, scope, schedule, risk, people, and process.


• Lead in a way that inspires your team members, executes projects with precision, and delivers real results for Concept’s customers.


• Monitor and control project costs and schedules.


• Oversee the technical implementation to ensure that a quality solution that meets the customer requirements is delivered.

JOB DUTIES

• Must be able to complete a major project in a timely manner meeting scope, budget, schedule, and quality goals.


• Must be effective in identifying, analyzing, and mitigating potential technical, financial, and personnel risks to the project.


• Ensure that the company’s Project Methodology is followed at all times.


• Ensure that the definition, design, and integration of the project are completed in a safe manner resulting in zero accidents to personnel, zero unplanned interruptions to plant operations and zero environmental events.


• Lead technical design and engineering of projects to conform with all applicable codes and standards.


• Negotiate changes in scope with customers.


• Keep all project data up to date in Concepts Systems ERP system.


• Prepare periodic management reports and presentations as required for communication within and beyond the project team.


• Facilitate project meetings.


• Define requirements then select materials, equipment, project staff, and contractors including negotiating and managing contracts for external suppliers.


• Work closely in a team atmosphere with various functional roles in the routine and non-routine engineering, design, and integration of automated manufacturing systems.


• Ensure that all aspects of the project comply with all government regulations.

QUALIFICATIONS 

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of employee or others.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field from four-year college or university.


• Two years or more related project management experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.


• Two years or more of broad-based project management and project controls experience with an emphasis on people management and development.


• Two years or more of technical experience in controls and/or automation.


• PMP certification preferred.


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SKILLS

• Excellent customer relationship skills


• Strong Project Management skills managing major projects (>$100K) with a proven track record for safety performance, scope control, cost management, and schedule control.


• Strong desire to work in a leading-edge industrial environment with a focus on controls and automation with knowledge of appropriate design codes and standards.


• Ability to lead a project team ensuring high moral, productivity, and collaboration.


• Ability to manage team conflicts or misunderstandings to ensure smooth project implementation.


• Ability to encourage team members to take ownership of assigned project responsibilities and tasks.


• Ability to work in a team-based environment and with other groups such as Manufacturing, Procurement, Operations and Quality Assurance.


• Ability to learn and become proficient in the use of ERP software.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND TRAVEL

• A valid insurable Driver’s License is required.


• Travel up to 25% to support project requirements


• Ability to obtain a Passport for occasional out of country travel required.


• PMP Certification preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and

fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Job requires specialized computer skills.  Must be adept at using various applications including database, spreadsheet, report writing, project management, graphics, word processing, presentation creation/editing, communicate by e-mail and use scheduling software.

Example applications include but not limited to Microsoft Office tools such as Project, Power Point, Word, Excel, etc.

Ability to learn and use computerized accounting system.

Proficient with PLC and HMI programming.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk and sit.

The employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock.

The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); work in high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outdoor weather conditions; extreme cold (non-weather) and extreme heat (non-weather).

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Required Skill Profession

Operations Specialties Managers