Project Manager - Military veterans preferred

Our Client in Portage IN is seeking a Project Manager to join the team

Duties:

- Create project charters.
- Review the system configuration with Application Engineer and lead Project engineer to make sure it aligns with scope and /or assists in development and updates the system configuration.
- Develop and communicate changing instructions for hours and expenses for the entire project team.
- Create T and E summary for all project invoicing templates for use by the business manager.
- Schedules and conducts internal kickoff meetings with key individuals and conducts monthly project status meetings with the project team.
- Conducts customer kickoff meetings.
- Creates Project Execution Plans with input from lead project engineer.
- Facilitates Function Specification with assistance from the project team.
- Manages all project issues, either technical or financial
- Manages and updates the project schedule with all internal departments to ensure all project milestones are met on time.
- Conduct bi-weekly or monthly project team meetings to ensure the team understands current status, technical, and financial issues and the overall project status to deliverables.
- Manage and Report on: Schedule and budget with actuals and forecast to business management.
- Review billable hours on a biweekly basis to ensure that billable hours are accounted for correctly.
- Produce project specific cash flows.
- Initiate all phases of the project per the schedule-hardware design, drafting, purchasing, manufacturing, testing.
- Conducts/attends/leads regular customer status meetings through the design and commissioning process.
- Factory Acceptance Test Plan write up-coordinates and develops documents with team input to ensure overall technical quality and testing.

Job Requirements

Requirements:

- Engineering degree or project management degree, and at least 3 to 5 years of related industrial or automation experience
- Aptitude in electrical and mechanical devices as pertains to metals industry automation (i.e. PLCs, AC/DC drive equipment, high voltage and interface devices
- Can apply basic PLC programming, HMI systems, high voltage equipment and interfaces, and automation techniques as it pertains to the metals industry.
- Understands all product safety and equipment safety in designs and on site.
- Understanding electrical schematics, mechanical, hydraulic and installation documentation would be a highly preferred skill.