Project Manager

Hennig; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) match

Life insurance

Paid holidays (10)

Wellness program

Safety equipment reimbursement

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Hennig is seeking a Project Manager to coordinate all aspects of large-scale industrial projects in the Generator Back-up Power business area. You will oversee engineering, procurement, services and potentially construction to ensure profitability, on-time delivery and customer satisfaction from sale through warranty.

Responsibilities include leading kickoff meetings, coordinating resources, managing risk, and ensuring proper documentation and invoicing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience with increasing responsibility.
• 5+ years in a factory/manufacturing environment with progressive responsibilities.
• Experience planning, organizing and executing large-scale projects with budgets and timelines.
• Familiarity with factory systems, tools and databases; Lean, JIT, Kanban, DFT.
• Experience in welding and assembly; multiple manufacturing processes.
• Experience across manufacturing functions (engineering, quality, operations, material flow).
• Proven ability to summarize risks, issues and mitigation plans; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own full project life cycle from kickoff to completion, including funding, staffing and resource allocation.
• Lead project meetings (engineering kickoff, customer kickoff) and coordination meetings.
• Maintain continuous communication with project team, customer and internal leadership.
• Coordinate with Purchasing for pricing, procurement and delivery of equipment and services.
• May oversee construction, installation, startup and checkout activities as required.
• Distribute customer orders to sub-units and ensure PO issuance per processes.
• Establish early project contacts, define schedules and formal guidelines to follow.
• Create and manage project documentation and ensure timely invoicing.
• Perform risk and opportunity management; manage the main project schedule and inter-unit coordination.
• Lead efforts to maximize financial results and ensure project execution model is followed.
• Ensure customer finished goods are prepared, organized and protocols followed.

Skills

Project management

Manufacturing experience

Planning & scheduling

Communication

Risk management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Procurement coordination

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Excel

Job 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.

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.
• Ensure that the project execution model activities are completed for the project.
• Ensure customer finished good product is organized, planned and customer protocols are followed.

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.
• 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