Project Manager (On-Site)

Rockwell Automation; Tennessee; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k

Paid Time Off

Parental and Caregiver Leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Job summary

Rockwell Automation is seeking a Project Manager to oversee multiple on-site lifecycle projects in the Greater Nashville area. You will coordinate with customer teams, manage scope, schedule, and resources, and drive successful deployment and handoff.

Applicants should have 3+ years of project management experience, a BS in Engineering or CS, and be proficient with MS Project and Excel pivot data. Hybrid/onsite work expectations apply.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project management experience
• Experience aggregating data in Excel with pivot tables or LOOKUPs

Responsibilities

• On-site Project Leadership: primary Rockwell Automation point of contact at the customer site for deployment, commissioning, issue resolution, and coordination
• Daily Site Coordination: lead daily site meetings and track actions across teams
• Project Planning & Execution: define scope, deliverables, site schedule, resources and execution plans
• Site Readiness & Deployment Support: coordinate site readiness, safety, layout, infrastructure, training, and deployment logistics
• Issue, Risk & Escalation Management: identify risks and blockers, drive containment, escalate when required
• Project Reporting: provide regular updates including milestones, risks, and financials
• Stakeholder & Customer Management: build relationships with operations, engineering, safety, and leadership
• Budget & Resource Management: support cost control, resource planning, travel coordination, and budget tracking
• Change Management: manage scope changes and communicate impacts
• Problem Solving & Communication: analyze challenges and coordinate cross-functional solutions
• Continuous Improvement: capture lessons learned and propose deployment improvements

Skills

Project management

JIRA

Excel (pivot tables/LOOKUPs)

PMP (working towards)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better. We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us.

Job Description As a Project Manager, you will perform a crucial role in managing several projects through all phases of the development lifecycle, observing generally accepted engineering principles. You will manage partner communications, project requirements, work breakdown, development engineering, testing and release. Your work directly impacts the strategic goals of Lifecycle Services. You will report to the Team Lead, Project Management and work on-site from our customer facilities in the Greater Nashville area.

Your Responsibilities:

On-site Project Leadership: Serve as the primary Rockwell Automation point of contact at the customer site, providing day-to-day leadership for deployment, commissioning, issue resolution, and customer coordination activities.

Daily Site Coordination: Lead daily site meetings, align priorities with the customer project team, track open actions, and ensure follow-up across internal teams, field service, systems engineering, manufacturing, and customer stakeholders.

Project Planning & Execution involves defining and managing project scope and goals. It also includes defining deliverables, site schedule, resource needs, and execution plans. The purpose of these efforts is to support safe, timely, and successful delivery of on-site project milestones.

Site Readiness & Deployment Support: Coordinate customer site readiness requirements including access, safety expectations, layout readiness, infrastructure dependencies, training needs, equipment availability, and deployment logistics.

Issue, Risk & Escalation Management: Identify project risks, blockers, technical issues, and customer concerns; drive containment actions, elevate when required, and maintain clear ownership through resolution.

Project Reporting: Provide regular customer and internal updates including site progress, milestone status, action registers, risks, issue logs, financial updates, schedule impacts, and key performance indicators.

Stakeholder & Customer Management: Build strong working relationships with customer operations, engineering, maintenance, safety, and leadership teams while managing expectations and maintaining alignment on project priorities.

Budget & Resource Management: Support project cost control, resource planning, travel coordination, field support planning, and budget tracking to ensure on-site execution remains aligned with approved scope and financial targets.

Change Management: Act as the site-level point person for scope changes, schedule impacts, customer requests, technical updates, and commercial implications; document and communicate changes appropriately.

Problem Solving & Communication: Proactively analyze project challenges, coordinate cross-functional solutions, resolve conflicts, and communicate project objectives, status, and priorities clearly to internal and customer teams.

Continuous Improvement: Capture lessons learned from on-site execution, identify opportunities to improve deployment processes, and support the adoption of best practices across future customer projects.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Field Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

Bachelor of Science Degree in an Engineering discipline or Computer Science. Ability to be on-site at our customers' facilities. 3+ years of project management experience Additional education in business administration, operations, or project management. Proficiency with Microsoft Project Project Management Professional (PMP) or working towards PMP designation JIRA Experience Experience aggregating data in Excel with pivot tables or LOOKUPs

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans. If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at [phone].

Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 28,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!