Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in industrial automation or engineering services
5+ years of experience in Project Management
Comprehensive understanding of Project Management best practices
Experience managing customer contracts and relationships
Ability to lead technical teams and resolve conflicts
Willingness to travel up to 30% for project needs
Responsibilities
Provide leadership for project scope, risk, timing, cost, and quality
Act as main point of contact for customer communication and satisfaction
Report project status updates to customers and internal teams
Promote team cooperation and facilitate conflict resolution
Manage project budgets and alert management on financial concerns
Develop Milestone Timelines and initiate project kick-offs
Track issues and drive resolution to keep the project on schedule
Benefits
Opportunities for professional development
Travel opportunities for site visits
Collaborative work environment
Engagement with diverse teams and projects
Potential for leadership advancement
Full Job Description
Automation Project Manager - Novi, MI
What you will get to do:
You will provide leadership for projects including scope, risk, timing, cost, and quality.
As the customer main point of contact, you will spend most of your time communicating and facilitating the design and build process and ensuring customer satisfaction. This will include weekly updates and direct communication with the customer to resolve open issues.
During the project you will report status updates, to both the customer and in house teams. After project completion you will share best practices and lessons learned in monthly BP review.
Act as the driving force for the team, promoting cooperation, conflict resolution & negotiation.
Understand the financial details and budget of each assigned project. Ensure that the projects stay within budget and alert management when the job approaches 80% of budget.
Create RFQ's.
Track purchased with all ASI departments.
Reiterate scope in the quote to match SOW or line up from team requesting the quote.
Develop Milestone Timeline and kickoff the job with a meeting with all leaders and Automation Team.
Develop & manage issues lists. Communicate the issues list weekly and strive daily to close open issues. PM's focus at this point of the job is to drive resolution & manage schedule to allow the team to complete the job.
Communicate to the customer timing for FAT and any shipping arrangements that need to be made.
What will make you successful:
Comprehensive understanding of Project Management best practices and processes, including but not limited to MS Project, Excel, critical path analysis and change management.
History of managing customer contracts and relationships as well as indirectly managing teams.
