Senior Project Manager, Airport

Company Description

BEUMER Group is an international leader in intralogistics, specializing in conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, sortation, and distribution technology across a wide range of industries, including airports, e-commerce, warehousing & distribution, and bulk material handling. We offer the right solution for nearly every logistics challenge.
As a family-owned company, BEUMER combines tradition with innovation. We are proud of what our employees create each day. Integrity, Inspiration, Quality and Teamwork!

Job Description

The Sr. Project Manager is a high-visibility, high-impact role for the BEUMER Group in North America responsible for leading and managing large scale Airport baggage handling system (ICS) projects. This experienced Project Manager must possess well-developed people and project management skills and sound business judgment coupled with demonstrable record of success on medium to large scale projects, strong leadership/management skills and effective decision-making capabilities. This role will support San Francisco Airport (SFO) project. 

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a project strategy that meets the project’s required performance, schedule, and profitability targets and work diligently to meet or exceed those targets.
• Maintain customer focus. As the primary customer contact for BEUMER, maintain a positive relationship, understand the customer needs and challenges, and support development of solutions to meet those needs and challenges for the success of the customer and BEUMER.
• Integrated part of the PM team (PM, SW PM, and Sub-PMs) who, as a team, are responsible for the fulfilment of the customer contract and (internal and external) commercial requirements.
• Serve as Global PM, responsible for execution of the project scope locally and with our supporting Group Companies.
• Lead a multi-disciplined project team throughout the complete project life cycle.
• Develop and maintain detailed schedule and cost planning.
• Manage key project management processes such as Scope management, Supply chain management, change management, Risk management, Claim Management, etc.
• Coordinate and develop scope and price for change order opportunities.  Negotiate acceptance with the customer.
• Serve as a proactive leader/problem solver addressing complex issues and situations as they arise.
• Solve multicomplex technical issues - and manage and direct multi-discipline, highly specialized design teams, working in cross border organizational networks (during the project execution phase.)
• Active support of Procurement in creation and reviewing of detailed technical specification for sub-contract and supplier work packages.
• Project risk management together with the PM team - identify and assess technical project risks, mitigate threats, and capitalize on opportunities.
• Manage and enhance relationships with the Customer, Consultants, Suppliers and Trades.
• Track project progress, variances, and recovery; identify trends; mitigate potential cost overruns and provide accurate revenue forecasts.
• Ensure project health, safety and environmental standards meet or exceed legislated requirements and company policy.
• Direct involvement in the specification approval, design, production, installation, and commissioning of project execution
• Technical support to the site during installation, commissioning, and final testing

Range of compensation: $129,000.00 - $139,000.00 Annually

Qualifications

Requirements / Skills / Abilities

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or similar technical field including PMP certification.
• Overall minimum of 10 years progressive Project Management experience coupled with 5 to 10 years managing project $30,000,000+
• Experience with a variety of project delivery methods including Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build.
• Able to travel to job sites, as required and in line with given project scope – on average 35% per year.
• Essential skills include planning and budgeting, estimating, contract management, project administration, and decision-making / creative problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills along with demonstrable leadership capabilities in creating unified and motivated project teams
• Work closely with team members and decision makers to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective project delivery.
• Process oriented and able to implement project management processes based on Group Company and PMI standards.
• Able to interface with all members of the organization in a professional, calm, helpful and courteous manner-including Senior Executive Management, Project Ma