Senior Project Manager

Description

The company has built fluid-handling equipment since 1892. Its products include loading and unloading systems for bulk products, railcar and tank-truck valves, gauging and tank-monitoring systems, automated storage-terminal controls, and regulators, valves and piping for cryogenics and industrial gases. It employs more than 2,000 people, runs manufacturing in North America, Europe and China, and has sales offices worldwide. It sits within the Clean Energy & Fueling segment of a publicly listed parent.

This is a senior project manager role for an experienced project manager who wants to join a growing team. The job is based at the Ball Ground, GA Center of Excellence and reports to the Senior Director of Program Management. You will run assigned projects, including administering, tracking and improving how they are delivered.

Responsibilities

• Own the profit and loss for your projects.
• Act as the main contact for demanding external customers, keeping to agreed expectations and holding regular check-ins.
• Take responsibility and accountability for delivering project scope on time, on budget, to technical specification and to quality standards. Define project objectives and deliverables and get them approved.
• Write the business case and plan the resources, budget and schedule needed to meet objectives.
• Own the project deliverables. Bring the team in on problems so they get solved quickly. Coach people and give feedback and recognition based on performance indicators.
• Set objectives and goals and guide program and project teams on customer concerns, scope changes and risk assessment. Help put project management processes into practice.
• Improve how quickly the organisation responds to customer needs. Set and manage internal and external customer expectations.
• Make sure teams follow standard project management processes with proper support, and prepare and publish project metrics and reports.
• Track cost, quality, technical performance and delivery across every project phase.
• Keep all stakeholders informed about schedule, budget and project performance.
• Give senior executives and business and plant leaders periodic program status updates (Green/Yellow/Red) covering milestones and high-risk areas such as technical, cost and schedule issues.
• Move project tasks smoothly between functional teams.
• Support integration work and the initiatives set by local and corporate leaders, helping to improve the company's overall structure.
• Handle the items for the monthly business review and pass them on to smaller teams and the wider team.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• At least 5 years of project management experience, or a mix of project management with some engineering or product development management.
• Proven leadership, including leading change across multiple sites and customers worldwide.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to write status reports and give technical presentations to management and customers.
• Experience with risk management.
• Experience with new product development (NPD) projects.
• Experience with the stage gate development process.
• Strong analytical skills and business acumen.
• Preferred: an engineering degree.
• Preferred: PMP certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Conditions

Pay rate is set by factors including the role's responsibilities, your work experience, your education and training, the job location, and the key skills the role needs.

Equal opportunity: the company does not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic.

Benefits

• Eligible for a discretionary bonus based on performance metrics and other criteria in the applicable bonus plan.
• Pay is part of the total rewards the company offers to recognise your work.