Project Manager Team Lead (Industrial Manufacturing)

Position Summary

Responsible for overseeing a Project Management team to ensure its proper functioning; mentoring and development of Project Management resources; and facilitating interdepartmental communication & cooperation.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ability to perform all duties and responsibilities of the Project Manager job description
• Supervise the activities of the Project Management Team.
• Support the Project Management Team by providing training and development of Project Managers, including performance reviews
• Assign work based on capacity and workload of each individual team member
• Oversee VMB to ensure that communication flows through the company to achieve on-time completion of all necessary work
• Negotiate and influence other departments to work through problems with the customer or internally that may inhibit our ability to meet customer needs
• Hiring, disciplinary actions, and terminations within the Project Management department
• Negotiate contract terms & conditions directly with the customer; including scope of work, payment terms, warranty & other commercial terms.
• Fiscal responsibility and accountability to secure credible revenue targets are met for the primary Plant
• Work with accounting to make sure that billings (invoices) for work completed are submitted to the customer in a timely manner. Also assist Accounting in collection activities as required.
• Participate in project Kick Off Meetings as needed on a project-to-project basis.
• Work through conflicts with the customer, with the goal of resolving issues so that the customer is satisfied AND so that CST is not financially disadvantaged by the resolution.
• Assist Sales & Account management with review of plans & specs for jobs they are bidding.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Four-year college degree in a technical discipline. PMP certification is desirable.
• Must have experience project managing industrial and/or construction type projects.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Organizational skills necessary to manage multiple construction projects simultaneously while maintaining or improving each project’s profitability.
• Interpersonal skills commensurate with the need to interface effectively with external customers and to lead internal project teams to successful and profitable project completion.
• Experience in managing sizeable construction projects as a Prime Contractor, a subcontractor, and/or as a vendor.
• Familiarity with construction equipment and tools

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and interpret technical plans and specifications
• Ability to understand and advantageously negotiate contract terms and conditions

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole, fractional and decimal numbers.

 

REASONING ABILITY

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Handle problems involving variables in a standardized situation.
• Ability to make decisions and know when/where to make concessions.

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Advanced level of knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.