Junior Project Manager

Overall Project Duties and Responsibilities

• Project Planning:
  • Participate in internal hand-off from sales phase to execution phase. Responsible for developing list of hand-off deliverables from sales team to execution team
  • Create project schedule (software: Microsoft Project). Schedule to encompass tracking total project deliverables, including at minimum hardware and services key dates.
  • Define and prepare project responsibility assignment matrix (RACI matrix).
• Project Execution:
  • Lead conference calls and project meetings as needed.
  • Provide meeting minutes and recap emails for any meetings/conference calls.
  • Coordinate cabinet drawing review and approval with PAS lead and/or panel department lead.
  • Responsible/coordinator for any necessary drawings/documentation needed for projects (system architecture drawings, server cabinet drawings, cable schedule, …) (Software: Visio)
  • Assist in developing hardware FAT procedures.
  • Work with sales personnel to provide change order quotations needed in a timely manner:
    • Sales lead is responsible for final proposal, to be issued to PM.
    • Sales lead / PM, as appropriate, to issue change order to customer.
  • Consultation with sales personnel to place and track orders.
  • Consultation with sales and services departments on project payment schedule.
  • Maintain and update project schedule.
  • Ensure that team members are all on the same page and have up to date documentation.
  • Deliverable, hardware, time and cost management.
  • Resolve, trace and escalate critical issues to minimize project risk factors.
  • Communicating intensively with clients, sub-contractors and vendors to establish cordial/effective working relationship.
  • Reporting on project progress and communicate relevant information to superiors and company management.
  • Work with the Service and Project groups to ensure personnel allocation is assigned per project schedule and tasks.
• Project Completion:
  • Ensure all project deliverables have been provided.
  • Confirm that all documentation is complete and backed up on the server. (Post FAT documentation, Panel Documentation, etc.)
  • Ensure all invoices are issued and paid.
  • Document lessons learned and report to upper management to help mitigate those in the future.
  • Close project in time accounting.
  • Project Closing Surveys.

** This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship/assistance at this time.

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Experience

Preferred

• 2+ years hands on experience in managing control system type projects in the industrial process automation space

Education

Preferred

• Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field
• Bachelors or better in Computer Engineering or related field

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