Director of Project Management

Primetals Technologies, a worldwide leading engineering and manufacturer of capital equipment for the steel making industry, known for our strengths in mechanical engineering, electronics, automation, manufacturing, project management and service is hiring for the following position: Director of Project Management

Location: Alpharetta, GA Required Travel: 30%

Required Education: BS/BA in Engineering or related discipline, or advanced degree, where required, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 10+ Years of successful experience in a directly related field and successful demonstration of Key Responsibilities and Knowledge as presented. Training and Certification in tools such as Six Sigma, and PMP considered a plus

Position Overview:

As the Director of Project Management Office, you will hold a key position that is responsible for leading and directing the quality in project execution and drive change initiatives across the business to improve end-to-end processes to promote customer satisfaction, continuous improvement and defect reduction initiatives to meet Primetals quality metrics on large project execution.

Required and Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities (*identifies Essential Functions)

• Provides strategic direction on quality in projects and drives implementation throughout the organization.

• Develop, deploy and execute policies, objectives and plans that align and support the corporate strategic business goals.

• Creates long-range plans for the project execution focusing on the effective development of new systems to ensure project execution.

• Interact effectively and transparently with functional heads within Primetals (Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Project Management, Business Development, Finance, etc.). Establishes key relationships with strategic customer partners.

• Lead project execution support functions like project logistics, scheduling etc.

• Responsible for supporting the bid team with freight cost calculations, developing new freight forwarders to optimize the freight cost during execution, improvement of project scheduling process.

• Creates installation cost calculation tools for turnkey projects and support bid teams with projects installation budget calculations.

• Identify and initiate improvements to the quality management system, ensuring compliance to all relevant quality standards and regulatory requirements. Support implementation of ISO 9000.

• Ensure effective coordination of investigations, root cause analysis, risk assessments and implementation of change control, and corrective and preventive actions to the adhered timelines as appropriate.

• Create system for feedback loops and continuous improvement.

• Implement solutions for corrective actions (non-conformance reports) that cover Supplier NCRs, or Field Service-Generated NCRs.

• Drive the Project Update & Status Reporting Process

• Provide Portfolio Level Status Reports to Management

• Conduct Post Project Reviews and Performance Score Cards

• Assume PM responsibility for particular projects or programs

Required Skills/Knowledge, Education and Experience:

Demonstrates and applies advanced knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures for area managed and good knowledge of other areas in the company and how they interact.

10+ years of Large industrial turnkey project execution experience

Expert-level knowledge of project and change management and associated methodologies, techniques, processes and approaches (e.g. Project and Portfolio Management Methodology – PPM)

Budget, cost and profitability management skills

Strategic Thinking: Ability to juggle multiple goals and deadlines in the context of the big picture

Team Leadership & Development: Ability to mentor, coach and effectively transfer expertise to others

Facilitation, Negotiation & Problem Resolution Skills: Ability to build a strong network and relationships at executive levels with technology and solutions, customers and vendor groups

Resilience and resourcefulness

At Primetals Technologies, we value difference for the benefit of our Employees, our Customers and our Community. Primetals Technologies is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.