OTTO Motors by Rockwell Automation Careers

Description

Position:              Senior Project Manager (Mngd Srv)           
Location:             Kitchener, ON
Job Type:             Full Time Permanent          
Experience:         7+Years relevant experience
Education:           BS or MSc Degree in Engineering, or similar technical Engineering discipline   

• Active support to the Sales team to detail out proposals and Scope of Work in collaboration with the System Engineers.     
• Contract, Scope and Requirements management: Define project scope, establishing and managing requirements, prepare Statement of work with customers as well as vendors; create and manage large and complex change orders.    
• Project Planning: create and manage project timelines / schedule as well as cost and revenue, to ensure timelines are met, develop and manage detailed work plans. create project estimates and resource plans.    
• Project Staffing: identify resource needs and plans, Lead, organize, manage and motivate the project team and ensure tasks are assigned and completed, allocate and optimize resources, while controlling project expenditures     
• Stakeholder management: Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels internally and externally: manage  and develop effective relationships with internal (f.e. Sales and Product) and external stakeholders (f.e. customers and vendors). Act as the primary interface with Customer project as well as operations management; build close cooperative relationships with Customers     
• Financial management: establish budget estimates and cost, manage cost and revenue including change orders, accurate financial reporting (EAC, budget, reconciliation)  and manage to achieve targeted project margins and look for savings opportunities.     
• Risk & Opportunity management: identify and assess RYO’s, manage risk budget; mitigate risks and realize opportunities through Change Orders. Identify and pursue opportunities.     
• Project reporting: provide periodic updates including project status reports, financial reports (EACs, budget, revenue, cashflow, reconciliation), steady state performance/SLA reports and other regular KPIs.     
• Communication: Conduct internal and external project meetings and take responsibility for documentation, project tracking, analysis and delivery and involve internal stakeholders when needed. Communicate vital information to the internal departments (f.e. Sales, Product) and management. Act as the point person for changes, updates, questions, and issues     
• Subcontractors and Vendor management: Manage subcontractors and vendors to ensure on time delivery in line with agreed scope of work within agreed budget.     
• Solution Steady State Operations: Ensure management of the operational steady state phase of our solutions in use at our Customer to ensure our customers business objectives and service levels agreements are achieved through operating our solution, including management of operational escalations.     
• Conduct project meetings and take responsibility for project tracking and analysis.     
• Continuous Improvement: Shape and impact processes; implement best practices and lessons learned.     
• Problem Solving and Effective Communication: Analyze project issues and develop solutions, anticipate potential problems and proactively address them, communicate project objectives and status, while resolving conflict and issues through open communication     

• BS or MSc Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar technical field  in an Engineering discipline. Additional education in business administration, finance, operations, or project management is an asset.     
• 10+ years of project management experience in a dynamic environment with multi-disciplined technical team members, demonstrating increasing levels of project value and complexity in automated material handling industry     
• Experience managing complex groups of stakeholders, including large customer organizations as well as subcontractors and vendors.      
• Leadership capability to create and manage a unified and motivated multidisciplinary project team     
• Unusually strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to handle large complex projects and multiple tasks at once, while still paying attention to detail.     
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project and other project management tools     
• A strong work ethic and self-starter attitude, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment     
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to build long term relationships/partnerships     
• Drive for continuous improvement     

• 3+ years Mechanical / Mechatronics / Controls background and experience with Automated Controls Systems and software solutions.      
• Experience within the field of automated material handling.      
• Experience in managing operations and maintenance of mission critical manufacturing or material handling environments with mechanical, electrical, software and IT components.     
• experience with close collaboration with the sales team to provide input such as schedules and budget estimates, along with experience with sales processes.      
• PMP certification/accreditation or working towards designation     
• Experience with RaaS, BPO or managed services type of contracts.     
• Proficiency in Epicor, Jira,      
• 1-2 years of engineering design experience     
• knowledge of contract law, along with negotiation skills     
• strong understanding of financial management..      
• Willing and able to travel internationally (especially US).