Project Manager

Warren CAT; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

Job summary

Warren CAT in Oklahoma City seeks a Project Manager to plan, direct, and coordinate activities of designated projects to ensure goals and timelines are met. You will work closely with regional managers and sales teams to optimize schedules and reporting.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 5–10 years of scheduling/PM experience, with strong MS Excel, MS Project, and MS Office skills. Travel up to 10% may be involved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required.
• 5–10 years of experience in scheduling or project management preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong proficiency with MS Excel, MS Project and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Region Service Managers, Product Support Sales, and Shop teams to develop and maintain detailed resource loaded schedules of projects.
• Develop and maintain summary level schedule reports (Gantt, PERT, milestone charts) and other program management tools.
• Support the Service and Sales management team in planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting of projects/programs.
• Collaborate with Service and Sales teams to standardize project scheduling approaches for accurate execution and reporting.
• Schedule estimating through elicitation of stakeholders to capture estimates of new work, updated actuals and remaining work.
• Identify major milestones, decision points, and project life-cycle events.
• Troubleshoot and monitor scheduling problems and maintain project records.
• Facilitate weekly schedule reviews and customer meetings.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Time management

Analytical skills

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering or related major

Tools

MS Excel

MS Project

MS Office

Scheduling software

Job description

TEAM UP WITH US!

The Project Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating activities of designated projects to ensure that goals and objectives of the projects are accomplished within prescribed time frames.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Work closely with Region Service Managers, Product Support Sales, and Shop teams to develop and maintain detailed resource loaded schedules of projects.
• Develop and maintain summary level schedule reports Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, and other program management tools used to support critical path analysis and priority based resource allocations.
• Support the Service and Sales management team in the planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting of projects/programs.
• Work in collaboration with Service and Sales team to drive consistency of the project scheduling approach to facilitate accuracy in project execution and reporting.
• Schedule estimating through elicitation of stakeholders to capture estimations of new work, updated actuals and remaining work.
• Identify major milestones, decision points, project life-cycle and other project events.
• Troubleshoot and monitor potential scheduling problems.
• Maintain accurate records/paperwork/documentation for projects.
• Facilitate and participate in weekly schedule reviews and customer meetings.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university in Business Administration, Engineering or other relevant major with 3 years’ experience; and/or seven (7) years’ related experience and/or training.
• Excellent communication, time-management, and interpersonal skills to facilitate broad-range communications in written, verbal, and/or diagram form.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.
• Ability to interpret, re-structure, and convey complex information according to the comprehension level and relevance of the intended audience.
• 5-10 years’ experience and be extremely proficient in using MS Excel, MS Project and MS Office.
• Creativity and innovation, demonstrated flexibility and adaptability in work style to better respond to multiple requests/tasks and handle sudden changes in priorities.
• Ability to embrace and participate in change initiatives.
• Strong organizational, analytical, verbal & writing skills, to include solid experience in writing functional and technical specifications.
• Experience in managing highly technical product development projects.
• Valid Driver's license and clean driving record.
• Ability to process paperwork and utilize office equipment (including personal computer, phone, copiers, etc.).
• Willingness to commit a large portion of the day to communicating orally in person and by phone.

WHY WORK WITH US?

• We like to take care of business and have fun doing it!
• We offer health, dental, vision, life, and more as a comprehensive benefits package.
• Don’t you want to work with awesome people?

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Normal sight or corrected vision is required to read documents and use standard computer terminals. Ability to move around continuously throughout office and shop environment.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Required travel up to 10%.

This position is not considered a safety sensitive position.

The Job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

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