Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the review of project RFQ’s and provide input to project estimating as required.
• Attend project “kick off” meetings and ensure handover of all information from Sales to project management.
• Distribute customers specifications, standards, buy off protocols, and other supporting documentation to team members.
• Create and maintain project timing plan in MS project.
• Establish project budget plan and manage spend within agreed item values.
• Report budget and timing, actual and forecast to complete, and identify any areas of risk in a timely manner.
• Together with the sales manager, manage PO amendments and change requests.
• With input from engineering write specifications for third party services or scope of supply.
• Review supplier quotations against specification and make recommendations for selection
• Arrange and manage; project review meetings, buy off meetings, site visits and other meetings with the project team, customers, suppliers and affiliates.
• Take meeting minutes, create open issues lists and follow up on actions to get resolution.
• Act as the single point of communication between the customer and the project team.
• Distribute all current or relevant information to interested parties and maintain issue control.
• Provide manpower plan and regular updates to SIC field service coordinator and lease with affiliates and sub-contractors for additional manpower as required.
• Coordinate site set up, delivery and start of installation with customer, Schuler site manager and logistics dept.
• Attend site regularly to monitor progress and provide support to SIC site manager, following up on any open issues as required.
• Manage buy off process and obtain customer sign off.
• Create and punch list and close out open items in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all training, documentation, spare parts lists, warranty details etc. are complete and handed over to SIC service.
• At the conclusion of each project conduct a TGR/TGW review and capture the learning

#1ANDRITZway Core Behaviors

Customer Focus:

• Resolve issues with colleagues and other business organizations in a way that appears seamless to the customer
• Listen and fully understand the customer needs
• Bring the voice of the customer into all our conversations and actions
• Check whether the customer is also a customer of other business organizations and team up to ensure a seamless customer experience
• Foster strong partnerships with stakeholders to maximize customer value

Ownership for Performance 

• Keep promises
• Focus on fixing the problem without blaming others
• Take responsible action rather than waiting
• Focus on outcomes while respecting compliance, safety, and processes
• Look for the simplest way to do what we want to do

Share Commitment

• Align the interests of the Group with own or those of our team / business organization
• Adopt other people's good ideas or initiatives, rather than "reinventing the wheel"
• Encourage collaboration
• Give, accept, and ask for feedback and help
• Apply learnings from successes and mistakes and share them with other business organizations
• Offer resources to others outside my team or business organization to help them resolve their challenges

Openness

• Listen to others to fully understand their ideas
• Openly share knowledge with others
• Show trust in the ability of others by encouraging them to deliver or to make prompt decisions
• Walk the talk

Job Specific Competencies

• Experience with corporate business operations software is a must; SAP knowledge is highly preferred.
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Experience in Capital Equipment, such as presses.

Education and Professional Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in Project Management, Engineering, or related discipline and 5+ years of related experience.
• PMP, PgMP, CAPM, and/or comparable project management certifications highly desirable.

Other Valued Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must demonstrate ability to develop documents/tools meant to bring organization of a department.
• Able to facilitate discussions and give presentations with highly technical content. Presents clearly and informatively.
• Possess strong analytical aptitude
• Proficient computer skills with the ability to learn new software
• Customer focused
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and to work in dynamic business environment; Adaptable to change
• Teamwork oriented to resolve problems and achieve goals
• Ability to multi-task and to work in dynamic business environment; Adaptable to change
• Self-motivated and results oriented; Ability to use judgement and make decisions independently
• Teamwork oriented to resolve problems and achieve goals

miscellaneous

• Performs other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably within the scope of the duties in this job classification.
• Reports to the Manager Project Management and Estimating, Working closely with Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Field Service, Accounting, Customers and Affiliates.   
• German Language skills would be a plus.
• Visa holders/English as Second Language (ESL) individuals must take TOEFL exam and score above passing grade.