Project Manager- Service

Dürr AG; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dürr AG in Michigan seeks an experienced Project Manager to own service and modification projects from initial sales handoff through closeout, coordinating teams across engineering, purchasing, and field service.

You will develop schedules, manage budgets, and serve as the primary customer contact, ensuring timely changes, quotes, and communications. Willingness to travel is required to support kickoffs and installations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering, business, or related field.
• Experience leading industrial automation or manufacturing equipment projects.
• Strong communication and customer-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, budgets, and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Own service and modification projects from sales handoff through project closeout.
• Develop and manage project schedules, milestones, manpower plans, and resource requirements.
• Serve as the primary customer contact throughout project execution.
• Review customer requests for modifications, retrofits, upgrades, and additional work; coordinate quotations for changes outside scope.
• Track project budgets, forecast costs, and manage financial performance against targets.
• Coordinate engineering, purchasing, suppliers, field service, and installation resources.
• Manage project changes, risks, priorities, and customer expectations throughout lifecycle.
• Plan and support work during shutdowns and compressed installation windows.
• Travel to manufacturing sites for kickoffs, installation, commissioning, and closeout.
• Maintain clear project documentation and communicate status, risks, and actions to customers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Industrial automation

Customer communication

Budget management

Scheduling

Travel readiness

SAP

Microsoft Project

Salesforce

Outlook

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Project

Salesforce

Outlook

Microsoft Office

Job description

Your Tasks:

• Own service and modification projects from sales handoff through project closeout.
• Develop and manage project schedules, milestones, manpower plans, and resource requirements.
• Serve as the primary customer contact throughout project execution.
• Review customer requests for modifications, retrofits, upgrades, and additional work; develop scopes and coordinate quotations for changes outside the original project scope.
• Track project budgets, forecast costs, and manage financial performance against established targets.
• Coordinate engineering, purchasing, suppliers, field service, installation, and other resources required for successful execution.
• Manage project changes, risks, priorities, and customer expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Plan and support work performed during customer shutdowns and compressed installation windows.
• Travel to manufacturing sites for project kickoffs, installation activities, commissioning support, and project closeout.
• Maintain clear project documentation and communicate status, risks, schedule changes, and required actions to customers and internal stakeholders.

Your Skills:

• Strong project management experience supporting industrial automation, manufacturing equipment, process systems, or similar technical equipment.
• Experience managing service, retrofit, modification, upgrade, or aftermarket projects strongly preferred.
• Ability to develop and manage project schedules, resources, budgets, and customer deliverables.
• Experience working directly with customers in a technical/project environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, including urgent customer needs and short shutdown windows.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and customer-management skills.
• Experience with SAP, Microsoft Project, Salesforce, Outlook, and Microsoft Office preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, a technical discipline, business, or project management preferred; equivalent relevant technical/project experience will also be considered.
• Experience with industrial paint automation, process systems, final assembly systems, or comparable automotive/industrial manufacturing equipment is preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel to customer manufacturing sites as required.