Project Manager

As a Project Manager you will have project ownership from quote hand off to project close, providing customer support & communication, and ultimately responsible for the related activities performed by multi-disciplined cross functional teams.  We take a disciplined approach to project management, clearly defining objectives, timing, and critical elements to ensure success. 

What You’ll Do:

• You will provide leadership for projects including scope, risk, timing, cost, and quality.
• As the customer main point of contact, you will spend most of your time communicating and facilitating the design and build process and ensuring customer satisfaction. 
• During the project you will report status updates.  After project completion you will share best practices and lessons learned utilizing the JR Project Execution Process (PEP).
• Act as the driving force for the team, promoting cooperation, conflict resolution & negotiation.
• Have an in depth understanding of the financial details and budget of each assigned project.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• 5+ years of experience in industrial automation or engineering services industry.  
• 2+ years of experience in Project Management.
• PMP certification preferred. 

Skills You’ll Have

• Comprehensive understanding of Project Management best practices and processes, including but not limited to MS Project, critical path analysis and change management.  
• History of managing customer contracts and relationships as well as indirectly managing teams.  
• Actively listen, probe, and identify concerns.  Develop credibility, loyalty, trust, & commitment.  
• Ability to negotiate, resolve conflict and proactive decision analysis.  

Other Details: 

• Travel to Holland, MI and customer sites up to 50% of the time.  This may include domestic and international travel depending on the project. 
• Lead/Manage engineers and technical trades on project teams. 
• The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 lbs. with or without accommodation.