Senior Project Manager, Global Automation Deployments

KNAPP North America; Kennesaw (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

2 remote days/week

401k with employer match

Paid vacation & holidays

Profit sharing

Job summary

KNAPP North America is seeking a Project Manager III in Georgia to lead multiple complex projects across North America, coordinating stakeholders, budgets, schedules, and risk management. You will drive documentation, change orders, and subcontracting while ensuring contract terms are met and communication remains clear.

The role requires 50% travel and the ability to manage cross-functional teams, with strong emphasis on meeting deadlines and maintaining project margins.

Qualifications

• Authorization to work in the U.S.
• Passport or ability to obtain passport
• Travel up to 50% including quarterly international travel
• Professional office etiquette is required
• Physical requirements may include: sitting, squatting, walking, reaching out to arm’s length, reaching overhead, lifting between 50-100 pounds

Responsibilities

• Ensure all required communication between project stakeholders, Knapp resources, suppliers, etc., occurs in a time frame and to the level of detail necessary for a successful project
• Steer all project related activities and ensure they occur in a time frame necessary for a project
• Produce, distribute, and file documentation as required to ensure contractual requirements are met and all possible risk to Knapp is mitigated
• Know and understand which issues need to be escalated, when, and to whom, to eliminate negative impact to a project
• Operate and negotiate independently within Knapp policies, procedures, and directives
• Champion a project within the Knapp Group
• Develop and maintain good lines of communication with Knapp team members, stakeholders based at Knapp AG (parent company) or other Knapp subsidiaries
• Ensure all necessary information flows between Knapp AG, other Knapp subsidiaries, and the Customer
• Have overall responsibility for all commercial items
• Create, maintain, and track project schedules, using critical path methodology
• Maintain project budget forecast, in coordination with Project Controlling
• Manage the Customer contract
• Coordinate change order pricing and proposals
• Evaluate RFQs and subcontracts for major buy-out/3rd party components and systems
• Manage sub-contracts for 3rd party equipment and service providers
• Coordinate with resources for the project with managers of internal teams
• Drive resolution of all project-related open issues
• Manage multiple small projects simultaneously
• Manage project teams, which may include a site manager, installation supervisors, and commissioning engineers
• Be the designated process owner for one of Knapp’s core project management tools

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Scheduling

Risk management

Vendor coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Job description

KNAPP North America is seeking a Project Manager III in Georgia to lead multiple complex projects across North America, coordinating stakeholders, budgets, schedules, and risk management. You will drive documentation, change orders, and subcontracting while ensuring contract terms are met and communication remains clear.

The role requires 50% travel and the ability to manage cross-functional teams, with strong emphasis on meeting deadlines and maintaining project margins.