Senior Project Manager

Job Responsibilities

Evaluates, determines, and drives project management activities to manage one or more moderate to significantly complex projects.

Provides expertise to review and drive execution of innovative solutions to technical issues. Delegates task to team members to execute to manage project accordingly.

Manages team executing work to ensure successful project execution. Which includes procurement, engineering, production, quality, etc.

Identify gaps and risks within the project. Developing resolutions to mediate those risks and gaps.

Develops cost, scope, and schedule framework for projects elements; manages and intervenes as necessary to ensure delivery to cost, scope, and schedule agreements.

To notify the Program Management Manager and upper-level leadership of escalations that will require significant adjustments that may impact the project negatively.

Provides primary support and guidance to the financial planning, monitoring, scheduling, and preparation and release of technical/schedule information required for project planning.

Leads multiple aspects of moderate to complex financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and communication required for project planning and control.

Performs some technical, administrative, and logistical liaison roles with company, customers, sales, design, contractors, and regulatory agencies for one or more projects. May function as lead for one or more elements.

Defines and establishes engineering/production/project definitions, maintenance of schedules, and engineering releases associated with fulfilling project on time, on cost, on quality and with customer satisfaction.

Negotiates, evaluates, determines, and executes engineering project management activities to manage one or more significant, complex projects or components.

Leads, directs, influences and exercises extensive technical and operational knowledge and expertise to evaluate and resolve significant technical issues pertinent for key project(s).

Acts as primary and first point of contact for technical, administrative, and logistical issues with customers and outside project partners.

Leads multiple aspects of financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and preparation of technical/schedule information required for project planning, as well as cost out projects.

Leads teams and matrix managing day-to-day project requirements. Represents project manager as delegated for some management responsibilities. Assists the selection and development of technical project employees.

Guides the effective use of project resources including personnel, tools, and methods.

Qualifications

5-7 years' experience of manufacturing project management experience

Mechanical / manufacturing background highly desirable.

Ability to integrate complex engineering and production concepts and information with project management systems and processes.

Advanced knowledge of business concepts and principles associated with project cost and forecasting including Earned Value, Baseline Change Control.

Proven excellence in effective communication, interactive and presentation skills

Desired knowledge of IMS engineering or manufacturing.

Desired PMP certification is a plus but is not required.

Education and Certifications

Bachelor's degree in business or engineering discipline (or equivalent of education and experience)

Travel Required

Up to 20%

About Us

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture

• Customer Focus

• Operational Excellence

• Innovation

• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it

• Act with urgency

• Foster a customer-first mindset

• Think big and execute

• Lead by example

• Drive continuous improvement

• Learn and seek out development

• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

Job Info

Job Identification 20282954

Job Category Products and Solutions - Engineering Project Mgmt.

Locations Greenville, SC, United States