Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the review of project RFQ’s and provide input to project estimating as required.
• Attend project “kick off” meetings and ensure handover of all information from Sales to project management.
• Distribute customers specifications, standards, buy off protocols, and other supporting documentation to team members.
• Create and maintain project timing plan in MS project.
• Establish project budget plan and manage spend within agreed item values.
• Report budget and timing, actual and forecast to complete, and identify any areas of risk in a timely manner.
• Together with the sales manager, manage PO amendments and change requests.
• With input from engineering write specifications for third party services or scope of supply.
• Review supplier quotations against specification and make recommendations for selection
• Arrange and manage; project review meetings, buy off meetings, site visits and other meetings with the project team, customers, suppliers and affiliates.
• Take meeting minutes, create open issues lists and follow up on actions to get resolution.
• Act as the single point of communication between the customer and the project team.
• Distribute all current or relevant information to interested parties and maintain issue control.
• Provide manpower plan and regular updates to SIC field service coordinator and lease with affiliates and sub-contractors for additional manpower as required.
• Coordinate site set up, delivery and start of installation with customer, Schuler site manager and logistics dept.
• Attend site regularly to monitor progress and provide support to SIC site manager, following up on any open issues as required.
• Manage buy off process and obtain customer sign off.
• Create and punch list and close out open items in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all training, documentation, spare parts lists, warranty details etc. are complete and handed over to SIC service.
• At the conclusion of each project conduct a TGR/TGW review and capture the learning

#1ANDRITZway Core Behaviors

Customer Focus:

• Resolve issues with colleagues and other business organizations in a way that appears seamless to the customer
• Listen and fully understand the customer needs
• Bring the voice of the customer into all our conversations and actions
• Check whether the customer is also a customer of other business organizations and team up to ensure a seamless customer experience
• Foster strong partnerships with stakeholders to maximize customer value

Ownership for Performance

• Keep promises
• Focus on fixing the problem without blaming others
• Take responsible action rather than waiting
• Focus on outcomes while respecting compliance, safety, and processes
• Look for the simplest way to do what we want to do

Share Commitment

• Align the interests of the Group with own or those of our team / business organization
• Adopt other people's good ideas or initiatives, rather than "reinventing the wheel"
• Encourage collaboration
• Give, accept, and ask for feedback and help
• learnings from successes and mistakes and share them with other business organizations
• Offer resources to others outside my team or business organization to help them resolve their challenges

Openness

• Listen to others to fully understand their ideas
• Openly share knowledge with others
• Show trust in the ability of others by encouraging them to deliver or to make prompt decisions
• Walk the talk

Job Specific Competencies

• Experience with corporate business operations software is a must; SAP knowledge is highly preferred.
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Experience in Capital Equipment, such as presses.

Education and Professional Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in Project Management, Engineering, or related discipline and 5+ years of related experience.
• PMP, PgMP, CAPM, and/or comparable project management certifications highly desirable.

Other Valued Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must demonstrate ability to develop documents/tools meant to bring organization of a department.
• Able to facilitate discussions and give presentations with highly technical content. Presents clearly and informatively.
• Possess strong analytical aptitude
• Proficient computer skills with the ability to learn new software
• Customer focused
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and to work in dynamic business environment; Adaptable to change
• Teamwork oriented to resolve problems and achieve goals
• Ability to multi-task and to work in dynamic business environment; Adaptable to change
• Self-motivated and results oriented; Ability to use judgement and make decisions independently
• Teamwork oriented to resolve problems and achieve goals

miscellaneous

• Performs other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably within the scope of the duties in this job classification.
• Reports to the Manager Project Management and Estimating, Working closely with Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Field Service, Accounting, Customers and Affiliates.
• German Language skills would be a plus.
• Visa holders/English as Second Language (ESL) individuals must take TOEFL exam and score above passing grade.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.