Project Director Chicago Atlanta or Grand Rapids
Project Director Chicago Atlanta or Grand Rapids
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05-04-2025
Job Description
The Project Director is fully accountable for project scope quality schedule and financial (profit and loss) performance.
The Project Director is the focal contact for both the external stakeholders (e.g. customers authorities etc. and internal stakeholders (e.g. management steering committees etc. and manages all project commitments and deliverables from kickoff through customer acceptance and handover to Customer Service.
This role must be located in Chicago Dallas or Atlanta.
The Project Director is the focal contact for both the external stakeholders (e.g. customers authorities etc. and internal stakeholders (e.g. management steering committees etc. and manages all project commitments and deliverables from kickoff through customer acceptance and handover to Customer Service.
This role must be located in Chicago Dallas or Atlanta.
What we offer:
Job Description
- Career Development
- Competitive Compensation and Benefits
- Pay Transparency
- Global Opportunities
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Tasks and Qualifications:
What You Will Do In This Role:
- Partner closely with the Contract Manager Project Controller Project Lead Engineer and the project core team to translate the Customers requirements into defined scope and tasks for the project and ensures they are completed on time on budget and in good quality.
- Accountable for all Customer communication documentation and deliverables (e.g. Functional Design Specification drawings Acceptance Test Plan etc.
- Review interpret and manage the contract and any subsequent changes after sales turnover with the support and counsel of the Contract Manager
- Monitor and manage overall project budget schedule and any changes or variances that arise during the project lifecycle
- Ensure smooth handover to Customer Service and the external Customer with clearly defined and agreed upon actions for project closeout.
- Cooperate with the Site Manager and the EHS&S Group on the safety of people systems and environment as per company or legislative requirements.
- Conduct project assessments capture LLs and prepare final close out reports
- Accountable for project Risk and Opportunity management including any risk mitigation strategies and actions with appropriate risk owners
- Responsible for the organization and management of the project team and resources.
- Responsible and accountable for any issues escalation to the line organizations.
- Conduct all required project team meetings (kickoffs periodic or adhoc reviews) critical & steering committee meetings and maintain a list of action items in the established project management system.
- Report project status to program portfolio business unit regional and/or global Management.
- Maintain control over the cost development of the contract against budget and provide accurate forecast of future cost expenditure
- Develop and maintain the Project Plan throughout the project lifecycle
- Ensure completion of all necessary specifications for thirdparty components resale etc. are accurate and complete; liaising with ME/CE Leads as needed to ensure completion; support Resale with communication and negotiation with suppliers as required
- Translate the project contractual technical requirements into deliverables and tasks for the engineering teams (including design/layout emulation order entry drawings and commissioning)
- Identifies and resolves issues that affect engineering procurement manufacturing or installation tasks to avoid negative impact on the project
- Ensures high degree of quality of output for all deliverables and the entire solution via adherence to established standards for processes engineering quality and standard work
- Act as main point of contact for project management installation procurement external suppliers manufacturing etc. regarding all engineering deliverables
- May be assigned to other critical projects as needed
- Supports continuous improvement initiatives to enhance or refine project process standards methods and tools.
- Supports building or maintaining customer relationships and sales opportunities when appropriate
What Were Looking For:
- 10 years of successful experience in related field and successful demonstration of key responsibilities and knowledge as presented above. Advanced degree MAY be substituted for experience where applicable
- Typically BS/BA in related discipline or advanced degree. Certification may be required in some areas.
- Substantial and extensive experience with planning management and of highly complex material handling systems
- Experience with managing processes associated with change control approvals and information exchange involving several stake holders both internal and external
- Exceptional customer focus and ability to deliver results
- Demonstrated problem solver with excellent communication skills
- Ability to navigate and operate in a highly matrixed global organization
- Ability to apply influence on project team and functional departments to take actions to mitigate risks in scope cost and schedule internally and eternally
- Ability to take the initiative and ownership to make things happen for assigned project
- Ability to learn and adapt to work with new processes methods and tools
- **Candidate must be in or willing to relocate to Chicago Atlanta or Grand Rapids Michigan
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
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