Job Description

A supervisory role responsible for managing a team responsible for successfully planning, controlling and managing project deliverables to ensure that customer needs are met. The role is responsible for leading a direct team of project managers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Functional

• May participate in development of business team strategic plan.
• Performs all aspects of project management functions for customer projects, including commercial responsibility as well as technical.
• Manages execution of assigned projects within margin targets.
• Manages and reports all financial aspects of assigned projects.
• May apply complex and advanced project management and scheduling techniques.

Leadership

• Responsible for process improvement activities within assigned business scope.
• Responsible for coaching and development of direct reports.
• Typically manages 5 -10 project management professionals and coordinates activities with support teams and other capabilities.
• Anticipates the need for change and supports and promotes company-wide programs, strategies and initiatives.
• Leads efforts of project personnel on complex projects.
• Coaches and helps develop less-experienced project managers assigned to projects.
• Leads project teams typically employing up to 20 engineering professionals and coordinates activities with support teams and other capabilities.
• May lead internal project process improvement efforts.

Interpersonal

• Responsible for resource planning: assigns project managers to projects
• Works with direct reports to address training needs.
• Creates an environment conducive to successful team interaction.
• Supports an environment conducive to customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for resource scheduling to meet project plan requirements.
• Negotiates change orders with customers.
• Serves as the primary interface with customer, sales and other Rockwell Automation entities for assigned projects.
• Must have excellent negotiation skills.

Business

• Responsible for the plan, budget, structure, schedule and staffing for projects which are of significant and strategic importance to the customer and corporation.
• Acts as Rockwell Automation representative for assigned projects.
• Complete responsibility for successful outcome of projects. Manages single projects roughly $2-5M or multiple project portfolio typically up to 10 projects with a total value up to roughly $10M.
• Responsible for managing subcontracts that include labor and/or fixed price deliverables.
• Responsible for meeting project schedule, margin, and customer satisfaction targets.
• Builds partnerships at the business management level of key customers.
• Often leads efforts to prepare commercial strategy for complex system applications.
• Responsible for following all applicable corporate, company, governmental and regulatory policies and procedures as appropriate for this position.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering discipline or equivalent knowledge; further education in business administration, operations, or project management is a plus.
• Minimum 8-10 years experience in a systems, software, process automation or application engineering capacity with four thousand five hundred hours of documented project management experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Sixty hours of formal PMI based Project Management training is desirable.
• Extensive experience with direct customer contact.
• Typically possesses industry, application or technology knowledge relevant to assigned business or geography.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment where constructive feedback from others is encouraged
• Demonstrated success at simultaneously managing multiple complex customer projects.
• Must have excellent conflict resolution skills.
• Must be available and willing to work overtime, weekends and holidays to meet business commitments.
• Proven ability to manage human resources
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have excellent conflict resolution and people interface skills.
• Must perform duties in the office as part of a project team.
• Must be able and willing to travel and work at customer sites, including industrial plants, ships, etc., which may require climbing, working in confined spaces and other unusual work environments.
• Possess critical competencies as defined in the Project Manager Competency Profile.

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