Project Manager - Amazon

Dematic; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 102,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Competitive Compensation and Benefits

Pay Transparency

Global Opportunities

Job summary

Dematic is seeking a Project Manager in the Grand Rapids area to lead 3–5 projects concurrently, ensuring scope, budget, and schedule alignment. You will coordinate with customers, engineers, manufacturing, and vendors to deliver on time and within constraints.

The role requires strong communication, scheduling, and risk management skills, with travel across US/Canada and a PMP preference. Base pay is competitive with comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional experience in project management.
• 3+ years of successful experience in project management.
• Willingness to travel 35–50% within US and Canada.
• Ability to interpret mechanical/electrical drawings and schematics.
• PMP Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead 3 to 5 projects concurrently at varying scopes across customer locations.
• Develop and maintain customer-valued relationships.
• Manage the transition from Sales to Operations and lead kickoff meetings.
• Review contract requirements and ensure alignment with scope.
• Develop and maintain a project schedule and communicate it widely.
• Meet with Engineering managers to assign resources.
• Coordinate with Procurement to manage vendors and subcontracts.
• Set milestones, billable deliverables and invoicing schedules.
• Maintain regular status updates with the customer and team.
• Conduct design review and status update meetings.
• Identify and mitigate project risks with actionable plans.
• Forecast monthly costs for revenue recognition and profitability analysis.
• Provide direction to project team and subcontractors.
• Coordinate material shipments and ensure verification at sites.
• Secure permits as needed and travel to sites for updates.
• Prepare go-live and acceptance plans and manage change orders.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Degree in Business/Construction Management/Engineering or related

Tools

MS Office Suite

Microsoft Project

Job description

Dematic has an immediate need for a Project Manager to support the continual growth of the Modifications and Upgrades business. The Dematic Project Manager is the primary point of contact for the customer during project execution. This role works directly with customers to ensure deliverables fall within the scope, budget and schedule and meet customer expectations. The Project Manager is responsible for coordination and communication with project teams to complete multiple projects on time, within scope and budget. Project teams include customers, electrical/controls/mechanical/software engineers, manufacturing, vendors, electrical and mechanical installation crews, sub-contractors and integrator partners. Project Managers oversee all aspects of the project, set deadlines, generate and maintain schedules, monitor and report progress to management.

What We Offer:

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $102,400-$156,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

What You Will Do In This Role:

• This role will typically lead 3 to 5 projects at a time of differing scopes of average complexity at various end customer locations
• Develop and maintain customer valued relationships
• Manage the transition from Sales to Operations and lead the Project Kickoff Meetings
• Review project contract requirements
• Develop and maintain a project schedule that is communicated internally and externally to ensure tasks are achieved on time according to plan
• Meet with Engineering managers to assign resources
• Work with Procurement to issue and manage vendors and subcontracts
• Work with customer, project teams and integrator partner to establish project milestones, billable deliverables and invoicing schedule
• Maintain consistent communications with the customer on project status
• Conduct regular project design review and status update meetings
• Identify and manage project risks with actionable mitigation strategies
• Forecast monthly costs for revenue recognition, ensure timely and accurate invoicing, analyze project profitability and report out status on a regular basis
• Provide direction to the project team including assignment of individual responsibilities, tasks and technical functions
• Provide direction to sub-contractors as necessary to coordinate their work along with Dematic team members
• Coordinate the shipment and verification of materials to the project sites
• Secure permits as needed
• Travel to project sites to meet with the customer and project team, get status updates, coordinate activities and provide direction
• Generate implementation, testing, acceptance and go-live plans
• Effectively communicate issues, develop resolution and negotiate Change Orders when necessary
• Manage as built documentation completion and delivery to customer
• Ensure complete project financial closeout and turnover to support organization
• Attend weekly staff meetings and one on one meetings as well as other regularly scheduled department meetings
• Complete annual training and certification requirements

What We Are Looking For:

• Degree in Business, Construction Management, Engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Basic understanding of Mechanical systems of material handling equipment (total facility flow through the sub-systems and operations), basic understanding of Controls
• 5 to 7 years of professional experience and 3+ years of successful experience in project management
• Able to multi-task and work in a high-growth, fast-paced and deadline driven environment successfully.
• Willingness to travel for business within the continental US and Canada from 35% to 50%
• Willingness to travel over weekends
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and verbal and written communication skills.
• High degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite; Proficiency in Microsoft Project.
• Ability to interpret mechanical / electrical drawings and schematics
• PMP Certification Preferred
• Experience in the logistics or manufacturing/automation industries is a plus but not required