Project Manager

Job Description

Short Description for Internal Candidates 

Project Managers provide oversight and direction to their assigned projects.  The Project Manager I is accountable for planning, managing, and monitoring the project lifecycle to ensure projects are executed within their scope, schedule, budget, quality level, and targeted benefit realization — the project lifecycle includes, from the requirement phase through project retirement closeout. Posted position does not provide visa sponsorship or relocation.

Essential Responsibilities

• Drive positive customer experience during project execution

• Provides consultation on proposal development as required

• Ensures integration of the project activities to meet project cost, schedule, deliverables, and manages scope changes to achieve customer requirements

• Acts as meeting chair for internal/external Kick-Off meetings yes

• Flows down contract requirements to the project team to ensure each team member is aware of his/her obligations

• Develops and manages the project schedule with input from various departments to ensure alignment with both internal and contractual delivery commitments

• Conducts project-specific meetings with project stakeholders

• Responsible for project commercial and contract management

• Effectively work within a multi-organizational/divisional project environment.

• Develops and manages Project Management Plans

• Proactively manages risk (threats and opportunities) and regularly communicates to stakeholders

• The key point of contact for all communications between the customer and Powell

• Responsible for the Management of the project’s financials, including revenue budgets, cost budgets and forecasts to ensure the project’s P&L objectives are realized none

• Responsible for progress reporting

• Ensures project alignment between customer requirements and company objectives to maximize benefit realization

• Effectively communicate with project stakeholder to ensure timely and transparent information flow

• Make sound decisions and provide project direction that is well thought out to achieve predictable outcomes

• Lead and or participate in continuous improvement initiatives

• Responsible for the adherence to project and company quality levels

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in business, engineering or other related fields from an accredited institution or be a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or have a management level certification from the Association of Project Management (APM) 

Effective abilities with project management, engineering, and accounting software (Primavera, MS Project, ERP system, Agile) 

• Expected Competencies to include:

  • Business Acumen (Business Strategy, Contract Management) 

  • Leadership (Inclusiveness, Critical Thinking) 

  • Technical Project Management (Professional Execution within a formal framework)

  • Demonstrated ability to lead and influence a matrix-organized team through the lifecycle of a project 

  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate with all stakeholders

  • Detail-oriented and results-driven 

  • Demonstrated ability to make decisions based on limited information 

  • Established ability to negotiate with and influence customers, subcontractors and other key stakeholders

  • Strong focus on customer satisfaction

  • Technically astute

Working Conditions

The employee typically perf