Senior Project Manager

Dover Manufacturing Corporation; Ball Ground (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OPW Clean Energy Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex manufacturing projects from conception to completion. You will own project deliverables, manage budgets and schedules, and ensure alignment with customer expectations across multiple sites.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of project management experience; Engineering background and PMI PMP certification are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Engineering degree preferred.
• PMP Certification from PMI preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Management; or a combination with Engineering/Product Development.
• Proven leadership across multiple sites and customers globally.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to present to management and customers.
• Experience in Risk Management and NPD projects.
• Experience with Stage Gate development processes.
• Strong analytical skills and business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Profit and Loss of projects and customer-facing responsibilities.
• Meet customer expectations with timely check-ins for external customers.
• Define project objectives and deliverables; document and gain approvals.
• Identify resources, budget, and schedule to achieve project objectives.
• Own project deliverables; guide teams and provide feedback on performance metrics.
• Establish goals; direct program teams on scope changes and risk assessment.
• Facilitate project management processes and publish project metrics.
• Maintain project status updates for milestones and risk areas to executives.
• Coordinate transitions between functional teams and support management tasks for improvements.

Skills

Project Management

PMP Certification

Leadership

Communication

Risk Management

New Product Development (NPD)

Stage Gate development

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Engineering degree preferred

Job description

If you are an experienced Project Manager interested in joining a growing dynamic organization, OPW Clean Energy Solutions has an exciting opportunity for you. This role will be based in our Ball Ground, GA Center of Excellence reporting to the Senior Director Program Management. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the successful execution of assigned projects with responsibility for administering, tracking, and improving the execution of projects.What You’ll DoManages the Profit and Loss of the projects.Customer facing. Will meet customer expectations, including timely check-ins scheduled for demanding external customers.Responsibility, Authority, and Accountability for project scope delivery and successful execution within technical, schedule, cost, and quality commitments. This includes establishing, documenting, and gaining approval of project objectives and deliverables.Prepares business case and identifies resources, budget, and schedule to achieve project objectives.Owns the deliverables for the project(s). Seeks team input to promote rapid resolution to issues. Coaches and provides feedback/rewards on performance indicators.Establishes objectives and goals; and provides direction to the program and project teams in areas of customer concerns, potential changes in scope, and risk assessment. Facilitates the implementation of project management processes.Improve organization responsiveness to customer requirements. Communicate and manage internal and external customer expectations.Ensure standard project management processes are utilized with adequate support by the project teams, and prepares & publishes project metrics and reports.Maintain metrics for projects including cost, quality, technical performance, and delivery through all of the phases.Ensures all stakeholders are kept informed on project(s) performance to schedule, budget, and project performance.Provides periodic program updates (Program Status Report – Green/Yellow/Red) of current situation relating to milestones and problem/high risk areas (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule) to senior executives as well as business/plant leaders.Facilitate efficient transition of project tasks between functional teams.Support management tasks as it relates to integration functions, pushing forward to initiatives set forth by local and corporate leaders, and assisting in obtaining results for the overall improvement of the company structure.Manage monthly business review items, communicating these items internally to smaller teams as well as the overall team.What You’ll BringBachelor’s degree from an accredited institution is required; Engineering degree preferredPMP Certification from Project Management Institute (PMI) preferredMinimum of 5 years of experience in Project Management; or a combination of Project Management with some Engineering and/or Product Development ManagementProven Leadership skills - capability to lead changes across multiple sites and customers globally.Excellent communication and presentation skills – both verbal and written with ability to make necessary status reports and technical presentations to management and customersExperience in Risk ManagementExperienced in New Product Development (NPD) projectsExperience in Stage Gate development processStrong analytical skills and business acumenYou should be proficient in:Project Management