The Project Manager oversees and directs project execution for material handling systems. Communicates directly with project team, customer, contractors/designers concerning project cost, budget, resources, risk and scheduling. They will prepare project status reports and works to ensure plans adhere to contract specifications.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

Responsibilities:

• Involvement in multiple/concurrent projects individually or as part of a team
• Is the primary contact and liaison between company and partners or customers’ project manager, consultant or team.
• Assist as required in the concept, design and solution(s) proposed and provide final approval prior to submission
• Provide support to the sales department and the customer during the entire project
• Assist with gathering of, or development and assembly of project specification documents, including but not limited to Statements of Work (SOW), Business/Functional Requirements Documents (BRD, FRD), Functional Specification Documents (FSD),
• Coordinates, plans and facilitates project meetings, socialize agendas and meeting minutes including determinations and action items to internal and or external team members
• Facilitates daily stand-up meetings with the engineering team to drive progress and manage deliverables.
• Provide budgetary and or fixed costs for required or specified equipment and services
• Develops plan and schedule for testing and system commissioning
• Develops training materials for end user training
• Coordinates training and associated schedules
• Ensure that all appropriate customer approvals and or sign-off documents are issued and received relative to projects and project close-out
• Hire subcontractors as required and ensure that NDA’s and related contract documents are in place
• Provide on-site technical assistance during system deployment, testing, debug, commissioning, rate test and system acceptance phases
• Collaborate with engineering team or subcontractor(s) to ensure system functionality and schedule meets requirements
• Coordinate project execution and implementation activities
• Coordination and planning of and performing customer training sessions prior to turn-over of system
• Schedule and facilitate project close-out/retrospect meeting to review project performance
• Create and maintain project schedules
• Develop and submit contract change orders to the sales and/or customer in a timely manner
• General information requests and documentation
• Adoption and application standard procedures, forms, templates and software
• Provide project pricing to sales department as necessary
• Negotiate pricing on contracts and vendor equipment orders
• Assists with or completes processing of purchase orders for equipment and or services
• Oversight and monitoring status of equipment shipments
• Assists with the approval and reconciliation of vendor invoices
• Accept financial responsibility for maintaining or improving quoted gross margins within established guidelines
• Performs regular project budgetary review, including current budge status and remaining forecasting, providing timely feedback to management on impacts to profit margin
• Travel to jobsites to as necessary to complete project related tasks or deliverables
• Continually seek to improve project execution process, quality and customer satisfaction

Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to lead and motivate the project team in a positive manner
• Ability to provide discretion and judgment
• Ability to be flexible and reprioritize on a regular basis to accommodate deadlines and workload
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate an ability to analyze and organize assigned work
• Ability to maintain a good working relationship with the customers, vendors, and team members and to use good judgment in recognizing scope of authority
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected
• Ability to plan, schedule, and forecast to avoid delays or budgetary impacts

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical field.
• 3+ years of experience with AS/RS, AGVs, AMRs or other similar technologies
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience with automated material handling systems execution
• Strong knowledge of general material handling and storage systems and associated equipment
• Microsoft Office products – Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint
• Knowledge of Project Management tools
• PMP Certification (or similar) strongly preferred
• Ability to travel for project needs, typically around 30%, but may be as high as 50% during peak

Salary is DOE 85k-130k