Position Summary
The Sr. Project Manager leads the delivery of complex warehouse automation and material handling equipment (MHE) implementation projects from initiation through go-live and closeout. This role owns the full project lifecycle for 2-4 concurrent client engagements - spanning design, procurement, robotics and automation integration, installation, commissioning, and transition to operations - while managing budget, schedule, vendor performance, and stakeholder relationships at every level, including executive sponsors. This is a highly visible role suited to a project leader who is equally comfortable in a technical design review, a vendor negotiation, and an executive steering committee meeting.
Key Responsibilities
Warehouse Automation & MHE Project Delivery
• Lead end-to-end delivery of 2-4 assigned client projects involving material handling equipment (MHE), robotics, and warehouse automation systems (e.g., AS/RS, AMR/AGV, conveyor, sortation, goods-to-person, WCS/WES/WMS software).
• Manage the complete project lifecycle - initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/controlling, and closure - for Design-Bid-Build and turnkey systems integration projects.
• Oversee robotics and automation integration and installation phases on-site, coordinating factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, and go-live cutover with minimal disruption to client operations.
• Read, interpret, and apply automated system design drawings and layouts to track scope, sequence installation work, and resolve field-fit issues.
Budget Ownership & Financial Management
• Own project P&L: build and manage project budgets, track costs against forecast, and report financial performance and variances to internal leadership and client stakeholders.
• Manage change orders, scope changes, and commercial impacts, ensuring margin protection and accurate financial forecasting across the project lifecycle.
• Prepare and present project financials, schedules, and status reports in client-facing formats appropriate for executive audiences.
Vendor & Subcontractor Management
• Manage third-party equipment vendors, integrators, and subcontractors - including scheduling, performance, quality, and on-site coordination with both onsite and remote project personnel.
• Hold vendors accountable to contractual scope, schedule, and quality commitments; escalate and resolve vendor performance issues that put project milestones at risk.
• Coordinate procurement timelines for MHE and automation equipment to align with installation and go-live schedules.
Stakeholder & Executive Relationship Management
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for assigned clients, building trust and credibility with stakeholders at all levels - from site operators to executive sponsors.
• Act as a staunch customer advocate internally, translating client priorities into project decisions and surfacing risks proactively rather than reactively.
• Lead steering committee updates, client business reviews, and executive presentations, communicating status, risk, and financial performance clearly to non-technical and executive audiences alike.
• Manage cross-functional internal stakeholders - engineering, controls, software, procurement, and field services - to keep delivery aligned and on schedule.
Risk, Change & Quality Management
• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks throughout the lifecycle; maintain a proactive risk and issue log with clear ownership and resolution paths.
• Manage formal change control processes for scope, schedule, and budget changes.
• Ensure IQ/OQ/PQ and FAT/SAT documentation and quality checkpoints are completed and signed off before go-live.
Requirements
• 5-7+ years of progressive project management and leadership experience delivering large, multi-site projects, with a high level of customer focus and a culture of accountability - preferably in warehouse automation, MHE, robotics, e-commerce/retail distribution & fulfillment, software, or logistics.
• Direct experience managing warehouse automation or MHE implementation projects, including robotics integration and installation, from design through commissioning and go-live.
• Experience managing Design-Bid-Build projects and owning project budgets/P&L, including cost tracking, forecasting, and change order management.
• Demonstrated experience managing third-party vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors, including onsite and remote project personnel.
• Proven high-level stakeholder and executive relationship management - able to build trust, respect, and confidence with customers at all levels, including the executive level.
• Proficiency with MS Office and MS Project.
• Willingness to travel 25-50% to KPI Centers of Excellence (COEs), corporate offices, and project sites as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
• PMP certification.
• Background in warehouse automation, MHE, robotics, e-commerce, retail distribution and fulfillment, software, automation, and/or logistics.
• Familiarity with core automation/controls vocabulary (PLC/SCADA/HMI, ASRS, AMR/AGV, GTP) and systems integrator project environments.
Benefits
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Health Care Concierge Service
401(k) Retirement Plan (Pre-tax & Roth)
Company paid Basic Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance
Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Indemnity Insurance
Pet Insurance
Milk Stork Program
Wellness Program with gift card redemption and wellness challenges
Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & 10 Holidays)
Training & Development
