Senior Project Manager, Rail & Manufacturing Programs

Wabtec Corporation; City of Plattsburgh (NY); On-site; USD 79,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation benefits

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Retirement plan

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation in Plattsburgh, NY is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead contract performance, ensure timely delivery and budget compliance across multiple stakeholders. You will coordinate master schedules, manage risk registers, and provide regular progress reports to customers and leadership.

The role emphasizes building strong customer relationships, guiding project teams through lifecycle processes, and maintaining quality standards while staying compliant with contractual

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in project or program management.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in the manufacturing industry or rail transit.
• Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite and contract administration.
• Be a strong motivator and team player, know how to rally a team, share his experience and expertise.
• Demonstrates an exemplary leadership, by respecting others, openness, honesty, mentoring, positive influence and flexibility.
• Available to travel to the United States occasionally.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Develops the project documentation, including master schedules and project plan.
• Develops the project specific schedules based on the schedules of the various departments to ensure appropriate transmission of the various milestones of the project and allow stakeholders to understand critical paths.
• Is responsible for attaining project goals and objectives through a sound relationship with all stakeholders.
• Is responsible to ensure that the projects follow the standard processes, ensuring that all projects go through the stages on time and with the quality level expected.
• Is responsible for managing and controlling the relationship with the customers through appropriate reporting, regular meetings, and conference calls.
• Clarifies, with the internal teams, the scope of the work before obtaining customer buy-in. The incumbent is responsible to explain and justify scope changes and ensures they are well defined with the customer.
• Addresses customer dissatisfactions with the teams and with management in the organization to find solutions while respecting scope, budget and schedule.
• Develops an effective communication plan for each of the projects under his responsibility, allowing all stakeholders to share progress and issues, understand and address risks, respond to customer requests in a timely manner, and share knowledge and expertise in problem-solving exercises.
• In collaboration with the project teams, ensures potential risks related to the projects are clearly identified and quantified (impact, probability, costs, mitigation, etc.).
• Leads project reporting meetings with management to report on progress, problems and opportunities for improvement, risks status, ongoing and future action plans, specific needs and objectives, financial status, etc.
• With the project team, ensures effective management and the respect of the different budget items associated with the project.
• When items on the schedule are late, works with the team to identify variances and their causes, develops action plans to minimize impacts and to avoid repeated delays, and finds and implements permanent solutions.

Skills

MS Office

Contract administration

Leadership

Team player

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience

Job description

Wabtec Corporation in Plattsburgh, NY is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead contract performance, ensure timely delivery and budget compliance across multiple stakeholders. You will coordinate master schedules, manage risk registers, and provide regular progress reports to customers and leadership.

The role emphasizes building strong customer relationships, guiding project teams through lifecycle processes, and maintaining quality standards while staying compliant with contractual