Krones Process Group North America designs, builds, installs, and services, turnkey systems for the food, beverage, & pharmacal industry. We are seeking a talented project Manager to join our team of professionals. This interictal position is responsible for the successful outcome of projects from the point of sale through completion. Priorities include excellent customer communication, managing contracts, documents, change orders, schedules, and budgets. The idea candidate must be highly organized, fiscally responsible, and an excellent communicator. Our first preference is an individual who can work a hybrid schedule in our Tampa FL or Franklin WI office, but we will consider a remote option for right candidate.

Project Manager

Department: Project Management

Reports to: Project Manager Lead

Job Purpose or Summary:

A Project Manager will be responsible for managing projects and their project teams from proposal development to project closure. This position requires skilled planning and the ability to communicate clearly across a team of varied technical practices. Projects are not successfully completed by individuals, but rather by an entire team working together – collaboration is key to our success. Project Managers are the core of our project teams, and the conduit of communication between us and our customers. To enable these channels of communication, our Project Managers exhibit a broad range of technical competence combined with a core understanding of Project Management principles.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Management of projects and project teams from proposal development to project closure
• Direct project team for successful completion of project deliverables and encourage their development through positive feedback and support.
• Direct integration of project team technical knowledge across multiple disciplines allows for the creation of successful and complete deliverables.
• Communicate customer requirements to project team to clearly define scope of work.
• Promote a culture of quality within your project team, ensuring process verification and deliverable validation throughout the project life cycle.
• Compile and maintain on a regular basis technical cost estimates created by project team to develop and formalize project budgets and proposals.
• Work with project team to identify project risks and develop plans for mitigation and exploitation to advance project success.
• Broadly provide consultation to project team in technical disciplines, utilizing expert knowledge.
• Capability to direct the project team – understand their requirements, obstacles, and help devise resolutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

*An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’s degree within an Engineering Discipline. Recognized Project Management Certification.

Experience/Training: 5 years managing Project Activities and/or Project Teams. External process/engineering knowledge in our industry.

Professional Skills

• Proficiency with PC and Windows Operating system, Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to understand, organize and manage turn-key projects independently.
• Produces final project deliverables, with review from more senior members or management.

Soft Skills

General social skills, capacity for teamwork, problem-solving competence, general project management, time and self-management, coordination and organizational skills, and communication skills.

Physical / Working Demands

• The work environment is a professional office environment where a conservative business dress code is in effect. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to type, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Equipment use includes computer, calculator, and telephone.
• Ability to understand both spoken and written directions and good vision required.
• Personal protective equipment required includes protective toed safety shoes and safety glasses with side shields (when on the manufacturing floor or on a customer site).
• Maintain a safe working environment and comply with all safety and environmental policies/procedures. Each employee is to place environment, health and safety requirements as the first priority in the performance of their work duties. An employee is responsible for notifying their immediate supervisor of a violation or deficiency in working conditions and for recommending corrective measures, if possible. Additionally, the employee’s immediate supervisor is to be notified of every injury or illness or near miss.

*The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.