Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Project Manager / Senior Project Manager

Type: 12‐month contract‐to‐hire

Schedule: 40‐hour work week with flexibility (4x10s or 5x8s). Overtime may be available with prior approval.

Work Location: Onsite, 5 days per week

45-52/hour

Travel: Approximately 15% travel to project sites. All projects are located in Indiana and/or Michigan. Travel is primarily day trips; however, some projects—particularly those in Michigan or farther areas of Indiana—may require overnight stays due to drive time.

Additional Requirements:

• Valid state driver’s license required
• Preference for local candidates; relocation may be considered at the candidate’s expense

Role Overview

Manage intermediate or complex projects, within a matrix team environment. Provide leadership, direction, training, coordination, and effective communication to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close projects in a safe, efficient, economical, risk-balanced approach to achieve short and long range goals and to obtain maximum customer satisfaction. Develop relationships and effectively communicate with all stakeholders including internal customers, external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers.

Essential Job Functions & Tasks:

Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and supervise assigned project activities becoming proficient in all aspects.

Support and hold employees and contractors accountable for the System Safety Process, ensuring a safe working environment focused on Zero Harm.

Manage, develop, review and coordinate the project/outage plan, schedule, and budget becoming proficient in all aspects.

Manage cost and timely reallocation of funding.

Effectively communicate project details and status updates.

Lead planning meetings and project updates including typical stakeholder presentations.

Provide clear and concise written and oral reports and other communications.

Develop and actively manage working relationships with the project team, plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers.

Foster teamwork and actively pursue customer satisfaction.

Provide specific guidance, instruction, and training to improve design, systems, procedures, processes, schedules, and costs.

Confidently challenge others at a level of informed understanding in all project work.

Ensure maximum customer satisfaction and demonstrate effective and efficient performance of project work activities on intermediate project level at a minimum.

Mentor other project managers.

Qualified experience includes work in project management, major construction field experience, project estimating, project controls, project engineering, and/or comparable internal or external experience in a competitive production environment. Experience must exhibit progressively increasing project management and business acumen and responsibility for most of the PMI PMBOK knowledge areas. Demonstrated preparedness for journey level PM knowledge capability in areas of construction safety, negotiations, scope development and control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls and reporting, quality control, risk management, etc.

Licenses/Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred.

Company Description

Notes/work environment:
-\tFlexible scheduling (generally ~7:00 AM – 3:30 PM, but adaptable)
-\tExpect long hours and high workload, especially as production ramps
-\tWeekend work may be required as operations scale
-\tFast-paced environment with evolving priorities

Team Culture:
This team is very intentional about hiring people who fit the culture and thrive in a startup environment:
-\tOwnership mentality – you take responsibility and drive your work forward
-\tSelf-sufficient – minimal hand-holding, strong initiative
-\tFlexible & adaptable – comfortable with changing priorities and ambiguity
-\tProcess-driven – able to follow and improve processes while documenting work
-\tPassionate & motivated – genuinely excited about the mission and technology
-\tTeam-oriented – wants to build something long-term, not just “another job”