Technical Project Manager - Americas

Role Overview

As a Technical Project Manager, you will play a key role in the successful implementation of international customer onboarding and rollouts. You will support our customers from project planning and installation to successful go-live and handover into operation. You combine technical implementation expertise with strong project management skills, ensuring that our worldwide customers quickly, reliably, and sustainably derive added value from our software.

Your Tasks

• Performing software installations, configurations and commissioning (remotely and occasionally on-site)
• Conducting training and enablement sessions for administrators, key users, and rollout teams.
• Technical and operational responsibility for international rollout projects at enterprise and corporate clients
• Planning, coordination and control of rollouts across multiple locations, countries and time zones
• Structuring of project phases including schedules, dependencies and milestones
• Technical setup and integration of devices, machines and automation systems
• Integration of common automation and control systems (e.g. Siemens, Schneider Electric, Rockwell)
• Coordination with IT, OT, Engineering and Management on the customer side
• Proactive identification of risks, deviations, and optimization potential during the project.
• Close collaboration with sales, product management and support to ensure sustainable customer success

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, project management or related field
• 2+ years of relevant work experience, with experience in commissioning software, working directly with clients and project management
• Completed vocational training, technician qualification or studies in the field of automation, electrical, information or software engineering, or comparable practical professional experience.
• Experience in technical project management (e.g., rollout planning, technical setup, customer management)
• Knowledge of automation technology, e.g. SIMATIC (S7, TIA Portal, HMI, PCS7) and other control families (Schneider Electric, Rockwell, etc.)  
• Knowledge of industrial communication (Ethernet, PROFINET, PROFIBUS or similar)
• Excellent IT and networking skills, understanding of IT/OT interface
• Experience in the implementation or support of software or automation projects
• Structured, methodical and solution-oriented approach to work
• Strong communication skills, assertiveness, and a confident demeanor when dealing with customers
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Nice to have

• Proficiency in Spanish is preferred
• Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, project management or related field
• Customer-focused mindset with a high attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively at different organizational levels
• Strong critical thinking skills to make sound decisions
• Proven time management and organizational capabilities
• Strong customer and service orientation as well as pronounced teamwork skills
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach to tasks

Reasons to become part of AMDT

Compensation & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)
• Remote-friendly work environment

About us

AMDT is the global market and technology leader for versioning and backup solutions in industrial automation. With its octoplant software platform, the company secures the automation of production processes through strong end-point management, where it consistently records and monitors changes to configurations, programming and project statuses in production. This minimizes downtime, increases efficiency, quality and safety standards, and saves costs as well as resources. As a modular solution, octoplant can be linked to different automation technologies and devices, regardless of the manufacturer.

AMDT was formed in 2022 from the merger of the two established market leaders AUVESY GmbH and MDT Software Inc. The company is headquartered in Landau, Pfalz, Germany, with additional locations in the USA and China. The company works with more than 100 partners on all continents and serves over 3,000 customers worldwide

More information at:   amdt.com  

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. AMDT maintains a drug-free workplace.