IT Project Manager III

Building the people that build the world.

With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world.  Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development.  We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world. 

 

 

How you will make an Impact (Job Summary) 

SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As an IT Project Manager, you will prioritize and deliver key initiatives for SPX providing effective project oversight and project reviews to affect program success. Projects are typically large in scale, high risk, and span organizational and national boundaries including multiple business units and multiple service partners/vendors. 

 

What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities) 

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:  

1. Project Delivery 

• Manage multiple projects throughout various stages of the project life cycle, and collaborate with IT, Business and Vendor resources to deliver expected outcomes 

• Institute appropriate Steering and Operational Governance, and conduct project phase stage-gate reviews with Project Management Office (PMO) 

• Provide leadership to diagnose and overcome barriers to team/project progress, implementing mitigation strategies and contingency plans 

• Resolve internal and external team conflict to ensure adherence to project schedule and budget 

• Identify project uncertainties, alternative resource plans, scope changes, and other risks for both client and the Company 

• Prepare overall (integrated) project management plan in conjunction with Project Sponsor/Customer and report on deliverables, outputs and progress against this plan 

• Manage project scope to ensure that requirements are analyzed, documented and agreed and the impact of any change is formally assessed, evaluated and approved 

• Provide input to the Project Charter and secure Sponsor sign-off, prepare Project Checklist and Compliance Questionnaire 

• Organize and lead the project team to achieve the project objectives, ensuring that team roles, responsibilities and expectations are understood and fulfilled 

• Ensure the collection, generation, distribution, storage, retrieval and timely distribution of project information to all stakeholders and project team members 

• Monitor and control project risks, implementing mechanisms to identify and analyze them as well as plan responses to them 

• Identify people, groups or organizations impacting or impacted by the project and develop strategies for engaging and communicating with them to meet their needs and expectations 

• Contribute to the continued improvement of PMO standards of performance, striving for project execution excellence 

 

1. Planning 

• Assist IT Leadership with scoping and estimating of assigned projects 

• Determine required resources for assigned project 

• Assess, document, communicate, and manage risk for the engagement 

• Maintain program documentation and updates; analyze lessons learned and share with the Project Management Office for utilization on future projects 

 

1. Quality, Time & Cost 

• Define policies, procedures and documentation to create, manage and control the project schedule 

• Assist in the development of the project cost baseline and measure progress