Description
ABOUT THE POSITION
The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope. They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members.
LOCATION: This is an onsite position at our Astec-Jerome Avenue facility in Chattanooga, TN
NOTE: This position is not an IT Project Manager role. Projects are focused on manufacturing equipment, automation, capacity and efficiency.
Key Deliverables
• Develop documentation for processes and procedures for projects.
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Develop a detailed project plan
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Communicate, monitor and track progress
Key Activities & Responsibilities
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
To be successful in this role, your experience and competencies are:
• Bachelor's degree or higher or equivalent combination of education and experience and training
• 5+ years of end-to-end project management experience
• Creative problem-solver
• Basic financial planning
• Resource Management
• Effective team-building expertise
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Experience in a matrix-based, marcom organization preferred
• Microsoft Outlook expertise
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suites
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Office
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to risk of injury in an office environment and occasionally a manufacturing shop plant environment. Duties include a typical office setting including extensive computer work, sitting or standing. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
