Project Manager

Summary:

Principle Project Managers will be capable of handling our largest, highest risk and heavy system integration type projects either on their own or in conjunction with other Project Managers. He or she will supervise and mentor the other Project Managers assigned, thereby helping our Project Managers with less experience or less developed skills to grow.

The Principle Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that our clients have a good overall experience. This mean that the clients will know that issues and concerns were addressed quickly, fairly and professionally and that updates were provided every step of the way.

The Principle Project Manager will use post-sales skills to make sure the client will want to be a DMW&H customer in the future, recognizes DMW&H’s added value, and that a positive relationship between the Principle Project Manager (and Project Manager if assigned) has established or continues to grow. In many cases, the Principle Project Manager will need to assist a Project Manager to establish a presence with a client to attain these goals.

Reports to: Director of Projects

Qualifications:

• Four-year degree in a related field; engineering, operations research or project management preferred, or related job experience
• Senior Project Manager experience with proven exceptional performance of on time and on budget projects for a period of at least 5 years.
• Material Handling background a plus
• Strong interest in software and controls
• Excellent time-management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Comfortable interfacing with customers, consultants and upper management
• Self-motivated
• Superior work ethic
• Creativity a plus
• MS Word, MS Excel and MS Project required. AutoCAD is a plus.
• Travel to job sites and possible extended stays (1 day to 2 weeks) is a required. Average frequency of travel is approximately one to two times per month.

Responsibilities:

• The Principle Project Manager must possess a high degree of efficiency as a Senior Project Manager.
• Understand customer business and operational needs.
• Analyze what has been proposed/sold and compare it to the way the customer does business and make sure we are supplying a system that meets what we sold as well as the customers’ expectations and needs.
• Identify and manage discrepancies between the sales offer and the Functional Requirements Specification (operationally, physically and financially) in the early stages of the project and during the development of the FRS.
• Skillful in managing our customer’s expectations, and building or maintaining a strong professional relationship.
• Capable of managing a project financially. Must understand DMW&H’s financial goals and be able to balance project decisions against the budget.
• Solid understanding of material handling (integration of equipment, individual components, rates, software, controls, etc.).
• Understand DMW&H basic controls concepts and system architecture.
• Should have good post-salesmanship skills to obtain orders for enhancements and follow-up orders.
• Contribute to the major portions of the FRS including system rates, description of operation and product flow.
• Assist system analysis as needed in proposal definition and creation.
• Assist sales activities as required.
• Assist mechanical engineering in checking design drawings from a system point of view and again for field readiness.

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• conveyors: 2 years (Preferred)
• project management: 4 years (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)