Lead Automation Project Manager | Drive Complex Projects

Convergix; White Hall (AR); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401K with match

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off & holidays

Profit Sharing

Job summary

Convergix is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex automation projects for diverse clients in the United States and Canada. You will direct cross-functional teams, manage scope, schedule, and budget, and drive on-time delivery with a focus on value for the customer.

The role requires experience supervising teams, PMP preferred, and a strong engineering background. Expect travel to customer sites and collaboration with engineering and supply chain teams to finalize designs and tests.

Qualifications

• Six-plus years in engineering design and machine building.
• Two years in project management or related field.
• Two years from an accredited university with a degree in engineering or related field.
• Progressively responsible engineering experience or equivalent training.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver a variety of projects to customer satisfaction, on time delivery with a “beat the budget” mindset while managing and mentoring the project team resources.
• Strictly adhere to and coach team members on Convergix’s project management fundamentals.
• Initiate and sustain project related documentation consistent with Convergix Project workbook including Budget management, Labor forecasts, Risk Register, Schedule, Open Issues list, Change Management/ECO tracker, Lessons learned and Final acceptance testing.
• Facilitate internal and customer attended design reviews with special attention given to avoid scope creep while applying pre-determined risk mitigation plans.
• Maintain a detailed schedule (MS Project for complex jobs) with a clearly identified Critical Path, ensuring the customer and project team are aware of related constraints.
• Help the team identify un-planned costs and their associated root causes that feed into Convergix’s systemic problem-solving efforts
• Work closely with Engineering and Supply Chain management to ensure timely design release, ordering of materials and help develop Supplier Statements of Work for outsourcing of custom sub systems.
• Control all project changes that impact scope, schedule, budget or FAT/SAT Acceptance testing by using Convergix tools and systems to log initial change requests from the Customer or the project team. After requests are logged, follow Convergix change management process to ensure proper resolution.
• Look for opportunities to document lessons learned during all project phases and document per Convergix standards
• Lead customer review meetings for project proposals and initiate regular project updates to customers consistent with the Project Execution Map while interacting with all levels of management, clients, contractors and vendors
• Travel to customer site and oversee the Site Acceptance Testing and final buy-off
• Perform any additional reasonable tasks as required

Skills

Team leadership

Travel readiness

Project management

PMP certification

Engineering background

Problem solving

Facility proficiency

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Convergix is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex automation projects for diverse clients in the United States and Canada. You will direct cross-functional teams, manage scope, schedule, and budget, and drive on-time delivery with a focus on value for the customer.

The role requires experience supervising teams, PMP preferred, and a strong engineering background. Expect travel to customer sites and collaboration with engineering and supply chain teams to finalize designs and tests.