Project Manager - Design Engineering

Rittal LLC; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Health & Wellness Benefits

Paid Volunteer Time

Tuition Reimbursement

Pet Insurance

EAP

Job summary

Rittal LLC seeks a Project Manager - Mechanical Design Engineering for the IT Hyperscale unit to direct and supervise project delivery across planning, resourcing, execution, and closure. You will drive budgets, schedules, and risk management while aligning with client and internal teams to achieve on‑time, compliant outcomes.

The role requires coordination of remote teams, strong stakeholder communication, and adherence to standardized PM processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business-related field preferred.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Project Management experience in manufacturing desirable.
• Experience coordinating remote teams across locations.
• Knowledge of MS Project and PM tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams with clear guidelines, tasks, and milestones.
• Establish standardized PM processes including tracking and reporting.
• Oversee project plans for scope, budget, schedule, and risk.
• Monitor cost control, resource efficiency, and safety practices.
• Identify risks and share lessons learned regularly.
• Negotiate contracts and claims with customers with Supply Chain and Legal input.
• Build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders to meet contract requirements.
• Define project scope and deliverables with management and customers.

Skills

Project leadership

Remote team leadership

MS Office

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

PM tools

Job description

Project Manager - Mechanical Design Engineering - IT Hyperscale

Rittal LLC has built a strong tradition of innovation and takes pride in a progressive approach to engineering. We design and manufacture the world’s leading industrial and IT enclosures, racks, and accessories, including high efficiency, high-density power management, and climate control systems for industrial, data center, outdoor and hybrid applications.

As the Project Manager you will direct/manage/supervise the delivery of projects/programs within the IT Hyperscale business unit. Develop and enforce project delivery standards and establish the organization’s approach to the full life cycle of projects, from planning, initiation, resourcing, execution, monitoring, control, and completion. Oversee project teams, drive resources, budgets, and schedules. Track and provide project status and audit reports; manage the risk, issue, and change resolution process and work with other leaders to take corrective action, as necessary. Work across teams to define project priorities and implementation opportunities and challenges.

Why Work at Rittal & Eplan LLC

Great Place To Work Certified, Rittal & Eplan LLC offers a workplace culture focused on employee experience, teamwork, and collaborative innovation in a thriving environment.

• Competitive compensation - starting at $95,000 + bonus
• Above‑average benefits available on the 1st of the month after you start
• 401(k) with company match
• Health & Wellness Benefits, including:
  • Paid Volunteer Time
  • Fitness Reimbursement
  • Pet Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Additional benefits may apply based on role and location

Responsibilities:

• Leading project teams, with clear guidelines, tasks, and milestones, while assuring compliance to a standardized process and identifying and implementing best practices

• Collaborating with the staff, establish a standardized PM process including standardized tracking and reporting, escalation, change manage, management and issue resolution.

• Overseeing the development of project plan documents in relation to scope, budget, schedule, and risk management.

• Monitoring project implementation to ensure best practices in cost control, resource efficiency, risk management and health, safety, and the environment.

• Identifying, analyzing, and addressing project risks, with the regular sharing of lessons learned

• Oversees contract negotiation and claims with customers, in collaboration with the Supply Chain and Legal functions as required to critical projects.

• Building strong relationships with customers and stakeholders, and achieving overall project deliverables and compliance with contract requirements

• Possessing tact, empathy, diplomacy, and efficiency in communicating effectively, and requires decision making ability with ability to work independently and on own initiative.

• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with customers and management.

• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and customers in a timely and clear fashion.

• Set and continually manage project team expectations.

• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.

• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, required documentation and presentations for the executive team. Document the quality concerns of customers and provide follow-up communication.

• Drive on-time performance based on customer requirement consistent with production availability.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and/or business-related field is preferred.
• General knowledge of IT and/or electrical enclosure systems and applications.
• Minimum of 4-6 years of relevant experience
• A PMP certification is preferred.
• Project Management experience in a manufacturing environment is highly desired.
• Proven capacity to coordinate and lead remote teams, working in different geographic locations.
• Demonstrated experience in management of project scope, cost, schedules, and vendors/subcontractors.
• Knowledge and experience in MS Office, including Microsoft Project, and other PM tools
  What we offer is an opportunity to be a part of a team that increases the optimization and efficiency of our Global Company. Our goal is to create a safe work environment so that our customers can trust us to deliver quality products. We enjoy all the benefits of an international company quickly growing in the US.

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Rittal LLC and Eplan are proud to be an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. EEO, including Disability/Vets.