What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Ajax Tocco Magnethermic?
Job description
Project Management Job Description
Overview
Responsible for successfully managing assigned projects from start to finish. Goal is to ensure projects are delivered on time, at or under budget, while keeping customers informed of our progress. Main point of contact between Ajax Tocco and customers. Must be prepared to provide a detail project status to upper management at any given time.
Essential Function
- Good verbal and written communication skill. Be able to work with Microsoft Project to present accurate project detail to customer and management.
- Develop professional and personal relationships with potential and current customers.
- Be able to train other project managers to be organized, efficient, and proficient.
- Review contracts and purchase orders for every assigned project, understand payment terms, job cost estimates, and project schedules to ensure complete understanding of the project.
- Generate and revise project schedules. Communicate changes to customers and internal organizations.
- Understand processes and procedures. Be able to process engineering releases (POR’s and POC’s) in timely manner.
- Monitor project status and provide input when necessary.
- Ensure other functional teams (Sales, Material, Engineering, Production Control, Manufacturing, Test, and Paint) meet their scheduled commitments. Communicate delays to upper managements as soon as possible.
- Monitor projects daily. Identify potential / actual project delays (long lead parts etc.), advise how the delays will affect schedules and present work load.
- As often as necessary, compare actual costs (engineering, material and labor) to budgeted costs. Work with appropriate team members to determine if a lesser cost option can be used to avoid being over budget and maintain quality. Report budget overages to upper management. Must be able to provide specific reason(s) that caused the overage.
- Schedule periodic conference calls and meeting with customers to keep them informed of our progress on their projects. Project Managers, on rare occasions, may be asked to travel to customer’s facility.
- Communicate with sales team in advance when possible delay might occur.
- Work with accounting team to ensure invoices are submitted to customers in advance in accordance with purchase orders / contract terms. Follow up with customers, when necessary, regarding unpaid invoices.
- Provide project updates on a weekly basis or as required.
- Maintain project folders, from start to finish, including pictures of equipment prior to shipping and after it is loaded onto trucks.
- Build relationships with customers that will support our bids for future business. Advise sales team of possible business opportunities.
- Look for opportunities to improve the flow of information and products to minimize waste and improve efficiency through the organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from a college or accredited university preferred.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Strong personal computer skill in Microsoft package including projects.
Job Type: Full-time
License:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) (Preferred)
Work authorization:
- United States (Required)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Compensation Package:
- Double time pay
- Hourly pay
- Overtime pay
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Relocate:
- Warren, OH 44483: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $75,000
