Senior Plant-Expansion Project Manager

Mercedes-Benz Group

North Charleston (SC)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in North Charleston, SC is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex plant infrastructure and expansion projects from concept through closeout. You will serve as the owner-side PM across cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring safety, cost, schedule, and quality targets are met while maintaining live manufacturing operations.

You will coordinate with production, maintenance, facilities, logistics, IT, safety, and external partners; manage contracts,

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or a closely related discipline.

Responsibilities

Lead and oversee multiple complex construction and infrastructure projects, including plant expansions, energy and utility systems, warehouse, civil/site work, process foundations, parking and traffic improvements, and modifications to operating facilities.
Develop internal project scope of works for internal buyoff and acceptance, strategic planning, execution strategies, scope boundaries, work breakdown structures, milestone schedules, budgets, cash-flow and funding forecasts, risk registers, decision logs, and governance reporting from feasibility through handover.
Coordinate internal customers and technical disciplines, including production, maintenance, facilities, logistics, IT, safety, environmental, fire protection, electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, architectural, controls, and quality teams, as well as design firms, general contractors, and specialty subcontractors.
Define and reconcile technical requirements; review basis-of-design documents, drawings, specifications, calculations, layouts, models, submittals, RFIs, shop drawings, commissioning plans, and contractor schedules for constructability, completeness, compliance, interfaces, and operational impacts.
Prepare and manage RFP/RFQ packages, technical bid evaluations, contractor qualifications, procurement requests, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, contract intake packages, and recommendations for award in coordination with Procurement and Legal.
Administer owner-side contracts and commercial controls, including GMP/cost-plus, and lump sum arrangements, invoices, payment applications, commitments, forecasts, contingencies, allowances, value engineering, proposed change documents, request/owner change orders, claims, notices, and audit support.
Control project schedules and critical paths; validate contractor baseline and recovery schedules, long-lead equipment dates, permitting milestones, shutdown windows, process-equipment interfaces, commissioning readiness, and substantial completion commitments.
Lead construction governance and stakeholder forums, including infrastructure/building change management boards, contractor steering committees, design reviews, award committees, funding reviews, site coordination meetings, and executive project updates.
Coordinate permitting, zoning, environmental and authority approvals with design partners and local agencies; ensure permits are obtained and posted before work begins.
Monitor field execution through site walks and construction reviews; enforce safety, quality, logistics controls, and safeguarding of operations.
Manage testing, inspections, commissioning, punch lists, defect remediation, training, acceptance, warranty follow-up, as-built documentation, turnover packages, and auditable project closeout.
Maintain plant planning standards, templates, checklists, technical specifications, lessons learned, reporting tools, document repositories, and project controls; mentor project engineers and coordinate resources.