Sr. Project Manager

Position: Sr. Project Manager

Location: Gallatin, TN

Brand: Engineered Systems Group

Segment: IAF: Industrial Automation & Finishing

RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management

• To take overall ownership of specific projects and project teams as designated and assigned, with the aim of ensuring a project's successful, timely and cost-effective conclusion
• Establishing contact with the client and being the single conduit or communication for the company, including regular monthly reporting on the project in accordance with current company requirements.
• Ensures that organizational quality systems and training are in place and enforced.
• Managing the commercial and contractual requirements of the project
• Communicating to appropriate senior management, any customer, staff or supplier problem encountered by, or within, the project team.
• Manage the commissioning of projects to ensure commissioning is both effective and timely.
• Specific team functions include (to be undertaken, or delegated, by the Project Manager):
• Ensuring that all technical and commercial requirements are understood and complied with as per the specifications and contract documents.
• Establishing schedules for the projects, using critical path planning and monitoring progress against these schedules.
• Arranging sub-contract work on the projects as required.
• Handling all commercial aspects of the project, such as progress claims, duty drawbacks, freight and shipping etc.
• Communicating and scheduling to ensure the project objectives are met.

People Management

• To maintain positive communications with staff, peers, the manufacturing operations, suppliers and customers.
• Building an effective team whereby projects are managed by team consensus and encourage all relevant staff to take ownership and accountability for their areas of responsibility.
• Provide feedback and where appropriate, undertake performance reviews with team members on projects, both during and at the conclusion of the project.

Purchasing/ Budgeting

• Monitoring and controlling the project budgets and leading the project team so that the tasks are planned and coordinated in the most effective manner and budgets are not exceeded.
• To specify and, when required, purchase materials and components constituting part of the equipment designed, always endeavoring to minimize their cost by every means possible.
• Arranging for the efficient cost-effective purchasing of major proprietary components.
• Assessing and reporting on the total costs to complete and sales values at the end of each month.
• Work with relevant staff to continuously refine purchasing processes and reduce lost time and excess costs due to missed or delayed materials orders.
• Develop and conduct various site-specific safety related trainings to drive an improved culture of safety.
• Developing initiatives to improve project performance. Makes recommendations for changes to improve quality and reduce costs.
• Maintains a continuous review of production demands and ensures manpower is properly assigned on a daily basis to reach necessary production output. Investigates any delays and reports findings to the production manager.

Reporting and Documentation

• Keeping accurate and up to date records on all aspect of work done, using existing documents and processes
• Performing Quality Control inspections to ensure project is complete
• Clarifying and bringing immediately to the attention of any member of the Executive group, any issues arising in respect of the project (commercial, technical, financial, schedule etc.).
• Preparing service reports, as necessary.
• Prepare expense reports, as necessary.
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.