Engineering Project Manager - Wright Technical Services

Wright Technical Services is currently recruiting for a top integrator client in the steel industry. The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing all technical and financial aspects of a project, collaborating closely with internal departments and customers to guarantee timely completion of all project deliverables. The role is focused on achieving high technical standards and ensuring the project is financially successful.

Duties:

• Create project charters.

• Work closely with all internal departments and customers to ensure completion of all project deliverables to schedule.

• Ensure total project technical excellence and deliver profitable project financial results.

• Review the system configuration with Application Engineer and lead Project engineer to make sure it aligns with scope and /or assists in development and updates the system configuration.

• Develop and communicate changing instructions for hours and expenses for the entire project team.

• Create T and E summary for all project invoicing templates for use by the business manager.

• Conducts customer kickoff meetings.

• Creates Project Execution Plans with input from lead project engineer.

• Schedules and conducts internal kickoff meetings with key individuals and conducts monthly project status meetings with the project team.

• Facilitates Function Specification with assistance from the project team.

• Manages all project issues, either technical or financial.

• Manages and updates the project schedule with all internal departments to ensure all project milestones are met on time.

• Conduct bi-weekly or monthly project team meetings to ensure the team understands current status, technical, and financial issues and the overall project status to deliverables.

• Manage and Report on: Schedule and budget with actuals and forecast to business management.

• Review billable hours on a biweekly basis to ensure that billable hours are accounted for correctly.

• Produce project specific cash flows.

• Initiate all phases of the project per the schedule—hardware design, drafting, purchasing, manufacturing, testing.

• Conducts/attends/leads regular customer status meetings through the design and commissioning process.

• Factory Acceptance Test Plan write up—coordinates and develops documents with team input to ensure overall technical quality and testing.

• Formal Customer Factory Test—Project Manager will coordinate and lead customers through the test.

Education:

• Engineering degree or project management degree. (Or relevant experience)

Experience:

• At least 3 to 5 years of related industrial or automation experience.

Skills:

• Aptitude in electrical and mechanical devices as pertains to metals industry automation (i.e. PLCs, AC/DC drive equipment, high voltage and interface devices.

• Can apply basic PLC programming, HMI systems, high voltage equipment and interfaces, and automation techniques as it pertains to the metals industry.

• Understands all product safety and equipment safety in designs and on site.

• Understanding electrical schematics, mechanical, hydraulic and installation documentation would be a highly preferred skill.

• Must have leadership qualities.

• Knowledge of leading a team and managing individuals to ensure project goals.

• An understanding of customer relationships and the interaction within the project

• A dedication to producing a technical and financially excellent project for company and the end customer.

• Be a flexible and adaptive member of the team, occasionally shifting focus to augment or help other projects or teams outside the primary scope of duties.

• A desire to continue to learn and adapt to new skills.

• Continually improve skills and knowledge to advance within the organization.

• Bring new information, ideas, and practices to the team, but also being capable of following direction and orders from management and leadership.

• Being receptive to knowledge, ideas, experiences, and problem solving of other members assigned to your project, but also being able to decide and stand behind it.