Associate Project Manager

Daifuku North America; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Daifuku Airport America Corporation seeks an experienced Associate Project Manager to lead the delivery of Airport Baggage Handling systems. You will coordinate cross-functional teams from mechanical, electrical, and software engineering to design, install and commission customer solutions at major airports.

Reporting to the Executive Manager of Project Management, you will manage scope, schedule and budget, travel as needed, and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in material handling or construction.
• Knowledge of scheduling software (Primavera or MS Project).
• Ability to manage multi-year, multi-million dollar baggage handling projects and travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate deadlines and budget goals for baggage handling systems across multi-year programs.
• Foster trust and communication among sponsors, users, resources and project team members.
• Utilize a flexible toolkit to track tasks and adapt the approach per project requirements.
• Capture lessons learned and drive improvements in project outcomes.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder communication

Adaptability

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Project

Job description

Daifuku Airport America Corporation is a subsidiary of Daifuku North America a group company of Daifuku in Japan - the largest material handling company in the world. Our advanced systems move everything from car bodies at auto plants to luggage at airports to packaged goods at warehouses. We are known as experts in engineering, manufacturing, and servicing innovative automated materials handling systems including conveyors, automatic guided vehicles, automated storage & retrieval systems, and integrated controls.

The company is currently seeking an experienced Associate Project Manager.

Responsibilities

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Position Summary/ Primary Purpose

Reporting to the Executive Manager of Project Management and working closely with a Senior Project Manager, in this role you will ensure the effective development and delivery of Airport Baggage Handling systems to our customers. You will participate in a cross functional team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers as well as subcontractors and other resources, to design, install and commission customer solutions to some of the world's largest airports. You will bring a strategic competence to the organization that is indispensable to the success of our business and the customers we support.

Major Areas of Responsibility

• Coordinate and provide direction to ensure achievement of deadlines and budget goals for multi-year, multi-million dollar baggage handling systems by proactively rallying all necessary resources.
• Cultivate thepeople skillsneeded to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders: its sponsors, those who will make use of the project's results, those who command the resources needed, and the project team members.
• Use a broad and flexible toolkit of techniquesto resolve complex, interdependent activities for tracking tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled; Adaptation of the approach to each project, knowing that not "one size fits all".
• Improve upon business results and seek opportunities to improve uponskills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion.

Qualifications

Desired Skills, Abilities and Experience

• Bachelor degree or equivalent years of work experience in material handling or construction.
• Knowledge of computer scheduling software, preferably Primavera or Microsoft Project.
• Work well under pressure, arecomfortable with change and complexity in dynamic environments;can shift readily between the "big picture" and the small-but-crucial details, knowing when to concentrate on each.
• Successful project execution supported through relationship building will likely necessitate travel and a commitment to support the stakeholders and key contributors of the project, at all costs.

Demonstrated Physical Abilities

• Remain stationary for 50% of the time; move/traverse throughout the office to access file cabinets and office equipment; operate a computer and other productivity machinery; inspect documents; communicate with others through talking/hearing; read/identify/assess forms and correspondence. Capableof maneuvering through an industrial conveyor system requiring climbingaccess ladders, negotiating screen guards and lifting and/or carrying objects up to 40 lbs.

Daifuku Airport America Corporation is an affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled, and federal sub/contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status or medical condition.

Daifuku Airport America Corporation offers an excellent compensation package including great benefits such as excellent medical, vision, and dental insurance, paid vacation time, paid sick time, and paid holidays, 401K, Flexible Spending Programs, and more.

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