Senior Project Manager

Vertiv; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv is hiring for a Project Manager to oversee multiple complex projects in a manufacturing setting. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across procurement, engineering, production, and quality to ensure on-time, on-budget, and to-spec delivery.

The role emphasizes risk mitigation, cost control, and proactive communication with leadership. In this position you will guide engineering releases and production planning, engage with customers and partners, and apply strong analytical skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering discipline (or equivalent of education and experience).
• Mechanical / manufacturing background is highly desirable.
• Ability to integrate complex engineering and production concepts with project management systems and processes.
• Advanced knowledge of project cost and forecasting concepts (Earned Value, Baseline Change Control).
• Excellent communication, interactive and presentation skills are essential.
• PMP certification is desirable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, determines, and drives project management activities to manage one or more moderate to significantly complex Projects.
• Provides expertise to review and drive execution of innovative solutions to technical issues. Delegates tasks to team members.
• Manages team executing work to ensure successful project execution (procurement, engineering, production, quality, etc.).
• Identify gaps and risks within the project and develop resolutions to mediate them.
• Develops cost, scope, and schedule framework for project elements and ensures delivery within cost, scope, and schedule agreements.
• Notifies Program Management Manager and leadership of escalations that require significant adjustments.
• Provides primary support and guidance to financial planning, monitoring, scheduling, and release of technical/schedule information for project planning.
• Leads financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and communication for project planning and control.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering discipline (or equivalent of education and experience)

Mechanical / manufacturing background

Ability to integrate complex engineering and production concepts and information with project management systems and processes

Advanced knowledge of business concepts and principles associated with project cost and forecasting including Earned Value, Baseline Change Control

Proven excellence in effective communication, interactive and presentation skills

Desired PMP certification is a plus but is not required

Job description

• Evaluates, determines, and drives project management activities to manage one or more moderate to significantly complex Projects.
• Provides expertise to review and drive execution of innovative solutions to technical issues. Delegates task to team members to execute to manage project accordingly.
• Manages team executing work to ensure successful project execution. Which includes procurement, engineering, production, quality, etc.
• Identify gaps and risks within the project. Developing resolutions to mediate those risks and gaps.
• Develops cost, scope, and schedule framework for projects elements; manages and intervenes as necessary to ensure delivery to cost, scope, and schedule agreements.
• To notify the Program Management Manager and upper-level leadership of escalations that will require significant adjustments that may impact the project negatively.
• Provides primary support and guidance to the financial planning, monitoring, scheduling, and preparation and release of technical/schedule information required for project planning.
• Leads multiple aspects of moderate to complex financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and communication required for project planning and control.
• Performs some technical, administrative, and logistical liaison roles with company, customers, sales, design, contractors, and regulatory agencies for one or more projects. May function as lead for one or more elements.
• Defines and establishes engineering/production/project definitions, maintenance of schedules, and engineering releases associated with fulfilling project on time, on cost, on quality and with customer satisfaction.
• Negotiates, evaluates, determines, and executes engineering project management activities to manage one or more significant, complex projects or components.
• Leads, directs, influences and exercises extensive technical and operational knowledge and expertise to evaluate and resolve significant technical issues pertinent for key project(s).
• Acts as primary and first point of contact for technical, administrative, and logistical issues with customers and outside project partners.
• Leads multiple aspects of financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and preparation of technical/schedule information required for project planning, as well as cost out projects.
• Leads teams and matrix managing day-to-day project requirements. Represents project manager as delegated for some management responsibilities. Assists the selection and development of technical project employees.
• Guides the effective use of project resources including personnel, tools, and methods.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, determines, and drives project management activities to manage one or more moderate to significantly complex Projects.
• Provides expertise to review and drive execution of innovative solutions to technical issues. Delegates task to team members to execute to manage project accordingly.
• Manages team executing work to ensure successful project execution. Which includes procurement, engineering, production, quality, etc.
• Identify gaps and risks within the project. Developing resolutions to mediate those risks and gaps.
• Develops cost, scope, and schedule framework for projects elements; manages and intervenes as necessary to ensure delivery to cost, scope, and schedule agreements.
• To notify the Program Management Manager and upper-level leadership of escalations that will require significant adjustments that may impact the project negatively.
• Provides primary support and guidance to the financial planning, monitoring, scheduling, and preparation and release of technical/schedule information required for project planning.
• Leads multiple aspects of moderate to complex financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and communication required for project planning and control.
• Performs some technical, administrative, and logistical liaison roles with company, customers, sales, design, contractors, and regulatory agencies for one or more projects. May function as lead for one or more elements.
• Defines and establishes engineering/production/project definitions, maintenance of schedules, and engineering releases associated with fulfilling project on time, on cost, on quality and with customer satisfaction.
• Negotiates, evaluates, determines, and executes engineering project management activities to manage one or more significant, complex projects or components.
• Leads, directs, influences and exercises extensive technical and operational knowledge and expertise to evaluate and resolve significant technical issues pertinent for key project(s).
• Acts as primary and first point of contact for technical, administrative, and logistical issues with customers and outside project partners.
• Leads multiple aspects of financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and preparation of technical/schedule information required for project planning, as well as cost out projects.
• Leads teams and matrix managing day-to-day project requirements. Represents project manager as delegated for some management responsibilities. Assists the selection and development of technical project employees.
• Guides the effective use of project resources including personnel, tools, and methods.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years’ experience of manufacturing project management experience
• Mechanical / manufacturing background highly desirable.
• Ability to integrate complex engineering and production concepts and information with project management systems and processes.
• Advanced knowledge of business concepts and principles associated with project cost and forecasting including Earned Value, Baseline Change Control.
• Proven excellence in effective communication, interactive and presentation skills
• Desired knowledge of IMS engineering or manufacturing.
• Desired PMP certification is a plus but is not required.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering discipline (or equivalent of education and experience)

Travel Required

• Up to 20%

About Us

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES:

Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

Work Authorization

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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