Project Manager – Lighting

Banner Engineering is a world-leading manufacturer of photoelectric, ultrasonic, and vision sensors, LED lights and indicators, connectivity and monitoring solutions, and safety products. Our industrial automation technologies are fueling some of the biggest trends in the industry, including the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). We’re a global company whose products are used by industry leaders on the Fortune 500 list. Our customers have honored us with their business and rely on us to help solve their challenging automation problems, including reducing costs, increasing efficiency, ensuring quality, monitoring and controlling processes and safeguarding employees. We are committed to developing new and innovation solutions, delivering products of the highest quality, fulfilling the needs of each of our customers and operating with honesty and integrity.

Banner Engineering is proud to have been named a 2018 and 2019 Top Workplace by the Star Tribune.

Position Summary

The Project Manager is a key contributor to Banner’s Lighting team and will be responsible for project management; you’ll also prioritize those projects to improve the profitability, efficiency and success rates of special and derivative projects within the business unit. In this role you’ll collaborate with customers and the engineering, sales and operations teams to create customized products that are then delivered on time and within resource constraints.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management oversight and determine project priorities for multiple and continually changing products, including specials and derivatives
• Improve and implement processes to positively impact our revenue growth, customer satisfaction and time of concept to sale
• Rapidly create and process business cases that include the product specification, the planned scope, cost and schedule, the product’s value to customers, and opportunity cost impact
• Guide project teams in the delivery of prototypes and final products to meet customer expectations
• Contribute directly to engineering and manufacturing efforts, with a focus on special products
• Manage project management processes with an emphasis on continuous improvement, documentation, training and governance
• Participate in quarterly Product Development Project Management Focus Team meetings, and present to peers
• Evaluate customer product requests, and work with the engineering team to determine which products to pursue