Project Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sponsors, stakeholders, subject matter experts, functional area resources, and others to develop project scope, schedule, and budget information.
• Plan, execute, organize, and monitor all aspects of multiple production orders and internal projects in parallel.
• Create and maintain detailed implementation schedules with key milestone plans for assigned projects.
• Identify project risks and issues and lead project teams to develop risk mitigation plans to ensure prompt resolution, keeping projects on track.
• Collect project task information and run project meetings as needed.
• Foster accountability with operations, engineers, and other cross-functional team members to ensure successful and on-time project deliveries.
• Utilize industry standard project management tools on the orders and projects you manage.
• Communicate orders and project status by preparing standard status reports, Line of Balances, and by participating in departmental and cross-functional project status update meetings.
• Proactively escalate projects or orders that are in jeopardy of missing deadlines to Product Management and Operations Leadership to ensure sufficient time is allowed for additional allocation of resources and risk mitigation.
• Work closely with cross functional departments, including Sales, Procurement, Production Planning, and Lab Manager to identify project tasks and ensure milestones are completed on time.
• Prepare capital appropriations requisitions (PAR) and purchase requisitions for internal projects when needed.
• Build and maintain a trusted, cooperative relationship with project team members and create an atmosphere of shared ownership of the success of the project: embrace the servant leader mindset and be a team player.
• Utilize emotional intelligence to influence project team to meet project deadlines.
• Enter pertinent project data, budgets, and schedules into the ITT Microsoft Project database and maintain through project completion.
• Aggressively monitor critical path activities and follow up with team members to ensure project stays on track.
• Work to resolve timing constraints if critical tasks are delayed.
• Provide clear, timely, and accurate project status reports for management.

Requirements

• 3-5 years minimum experience in project management of Engineering or Manufacturing projects.
• Strong knowledge of project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Jira, etc.).
• Ability to manage more than one project simultaneously.
• Ability to identify project risk, scope creep, and missing critical requirements.
• Capable to plan and execute projects to successful completion in engineering and/or manufacturing environment.
• Capacity to work in a high paced, changing environment, and interface effectively with other departments and executive management.
• Ability to create, organize, and manage detailed project documents.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective interaction with stakeholders, project teams, cross functional teams, and managers.
• Facilitating meetings and driving consensus among stakeholders.
• Ability to address and resolve issues during the planning phase to ensure smooth project execution.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues efficiently and effectively.
• Highly self-motivated and a willingness to be effective and learn.
• Working knowledge of MS Office products such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• The ability to travel periodically (up to 10%).

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or technical field.
• Experience in Aerospace and/or Military/Defense industries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or technical field (preferred).

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary and robust total rewards package.
• Health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off.
• Growth and developmental opportunities.
• Other incentive compensation programs.