IT Project Manager - Military veterans preferred

48forty Solutions is the largest pallet management services company in North America. We provide end-to-end pallet solutions, from supply to retrieval, on-site services, reverse logistics, and packaging materials. 48forty Solutions is truly Pallet Management Made Simple. Our operations workforce is the heart and soul of our business. We are currently looking for an IT Project Manager
The Project Manager is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering projects that provide exceptional business value to users. The PM will be responsible for managing high visibility projects in a fast-paced environment and will work with all 48forty business units to deliver IT services.

Responsibilities and Expectations

Manages internal resources and third parties/vendors for the execution of IT projects.
Track the progress of Projects and deliverables.
Plans and coordinates all tasks and manages project deliverables, ensuring that they adhere to quality standards.
Analyze risks and opportunities and act as the point of contact and communication, relaying project status information to all relevant parties.
Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable.
Ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution.
Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders, technical leads, developers, business analysts and third parties/vendors from project scope definition through implementation.
Develop Work Breakdown Structure, project plan, communications plan, testing and implementation with the input from the project team
Provide a significant level of competence to project teams by leveraging technical background and strong project management experience to provide clear communications
Hold regular meetings with project teams including project kick off and close out meetings, set agendas, document, and communicate meeting notes and action items.
Present weekly status defining project progress, problems, and solutions.
Provides direction and support to the project team
Use and continually develop leadership skills

Required Skills:

Strong analytical, strategic, and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and successfully drive projects to meet defined budgets and timelines.
Proficient in project management tools
Proficiency in Microsoft Office
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Experience managing project financials and scheduling internal resources
Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills
Ability to translate business needs into specific requirements
Organized, efficient, detail oriented and self-motivated
Highly adaptable, flexible and willing to accept new ideas, processes and procedures in a rapidly evolving business and technical environment

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience
5+ years of related experience in managing Technology Projects (Network, Server, Storage, Security)
PMP certification preferred

Benefitsâ?¯

Competitive Pay
Holiday Pay
Referral Bonuses
Long-Term Career Advancement â?¯
Great Team Environment
PTO
Full-time employees eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, AD&D and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability insurance on the 1st of the month following 60 days of employmentâ?¯

48forty Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.