Project Manager

Hennig; Machesney Park (IL); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

401(k) match

Company-paid life insurance

10 paid holidays

Wellness program & health club reimb.

Safety shoe & glasses reimbursement

Discretionary annual bonus

Zusammenfassung

Hennig is seeking a Project Manager to coordinate all project elements from sale to warranty, ensuring profitability, on-time delivery, and customer satisfaction for heavy industrial generator back-up power equipment. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Procurement, Services and possibly construction to align objectives across departments.

The role emphasizes scheduling, risk management, and seamless communication to meet deadlines at customer sites, with focus on

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field; 5+ years in applicable roles is preferred.
• Strong project management and scheduling experience across full lifecycle of projects.
• Familiarity with factory systems, Lean Manufacturing, Kanban, JIT, DFM.
• Experience with multiple manufacturing processes (stamping, machining, weld, paint, assembly).
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Aufgaben

• Coordinate all elements of projects to meet deadlines for installation and start-up at customer sites.
• Lead project meetings and coordinate with engineering, procurement, services, and construction as needed.
• Maintain project schedules, budgets, and resource allocation; manage risks and opportunities.
• Oversee procurement activities and ensure timely delivery of equipment and services.
• Manage testing, installation, start-up, and customer acceptance activities.

Kenntnisse

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Adaptability

Ausbildung

Bachelor's in mechanical engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Excel

Jobbeschreibung

Description

In this role as a Project Manager, you will coordinate the effort to bring all elements of the project together and provide oversight and communication channels necessary to meet deadlines for timely installation and start up at the customer site. You will work internally with our Hennig experts in functional areas such as Engineering, Product Management, Procurement, Services and possibly construction, to ensure profitability, performance, on time delivery, and customer satisfaction from the time of the sale to the end of the warranty period. This project management position will entail heavy industrial machinery for the Generator Back-up Power business area.

In this role as a Project Manager, you will coordinate the effort to bring all elements of the project together and provide oversight and communication channels necessary to meet deadlines for timely installation and start up at the customer site. You will work internally with our Hennig experts in functional areas such as Engineering, Product Management, Procurement, Services and possibly construction, to ensure profitability, performance, on time delivery, and customer satisfaction from the time of the sale to the end of the warranty period. This project management position will entail heavy industrial machinery for the Generator Back-up Power business area.

Job Description

• Responsible for the full life cycle of projects including project reviews, establishing time frames, determining funding limitations, project staffing requirements, and allocation of available resources to various phases of the project.
• Lead project meetings, including but not limited to project engineering kickoff and customer kickoff, and any project coordination meetings.
• Pivotal role ensuring continuous communication with the project team, the customer, other key internal Management.
• Coordinate with our Purchasing team to ensure pricing, procurement and delivery of equipment, materials, and services.
• May oversee or participate in construction management, equipment installation, start-up, and check-out activities as required.
• Distribute the customer order as needed to various sub-units within Hennig and ensure PO's or order notifications are issued according to the processes.
• Work with participating parties early in the project, establishing contact between the project groups, creating good cooperation, and establishing the formal guidelines and schedules to be followed throughout the project.
• Create and manage SO documents and ensure Lines are invoiced in a timely matter.
• Perform project and product risk and opportunity management within the project.
• Responsibility for project main schedule and coordination of schedules (Hennig units and partners).
• Lead activities to maximize the financial result.
• Maintain project forecast.
• Ensure that the project execution model activities are completed for the project.
• Manage testing (load bank rental, fuel, fuel tanks, communication cable, 480V power, safety, etc.).
• Ensure customer finished good product is organized, planned and customer protocols are followed.

Requirements

Requirements: Bachelors in mechanical engineering desired. Experience of 5 years or more with advancing levels of responsibility may be substituted in lieu of the degree or considered an asset when accompanied by a degree; Experience in the Back-up Power, desired.

• 3 or more years in a factory manufacturing role
• Proven experience in planning, organizing, and implementing large scale projects utilizing tools such as charter, budgets, and timelines.
• Knowledge and experience with factory systems, tools, and databases
• Understanding of production systems; Lean Manufacturing, Just-in-Time, Kanban, Demand Flow Technology, etc.
• Experience in welding and assembly
• Experience in business planning and/or strategy development
• Experience with multiple manufacturing processes; stamping, machining, weld, paint, or assembly.
• Experience in 2 or more functions; manufacturing engineering, product engineering, quality, operations, material flow, etc.
• Experience in line design and factory layout\
• Expert knowledge of prominent project management and task management tools (Microsoft Project, Smartsheet. Excel)
• Expert project governance and escalation management skills
• Ability to quickly summarize key risks and issues and develop mitigation plans.
• High emotional intelligence and situational awareness
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate business plans and recommendations to internal teams and external customers.
• Excellent active listening skills
• Highly adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity, and the ability to work autonomously.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Medical, dental & vision

• 401(k) with company match
• company-paid life insurance
• 10 paid holidays
• wellness program & health club reimbursement
• safety shoe & glasses reimbursement
• discretionary annual bonus