Project Manager (Cary, NC, US, 27511)

Bühler Group

Experience: 3+ yrs
Location: Cary, North Carolina, United States
Job type: Full-time

Required skills

SAP
Engineering drawings
Electrical schematics

About the role

Summary

Managing and leading the project team including internal partners, engineering subcontractors as well as external interfaces. (Type C and D projects)

Profit and loss responsibility for the allocated project by delivering the project within time, budget and cash targets in the required quality whilst optimizing the margin.

Ensuring compliance with Bühler related directives and EHS standards.

Job Responsibilities

Ensures that the project schedule baseline is agreed upon the involved parties at the start of the project
Manage and lead the project team to achieve and further improve the cost, schedule, quality and EHS targets
Perform proper risk and opportunity management
Ensure proper deviation management within the project. Assess, approve and expedite technical aspects of change orders and define effective claim strategies towards clients, partners, subcontractors, etc.
Prepare and perform Project Reviews as requested, report according to Bühler Project Management process
Responsible for the site briefing meeting; Ensures that all site relevant documents are handed over to site personnel.
Develop and maintain corresponding relationships with clients, partners and main subcontractors to ensure smooth operation of projects and smooth dispute resolution
Establish, implement and maintain operating standards to ensure quality project results and customer satisfaction
Capture return of experience and best practice, apply lessons learned. Organizes and accomplish a debriefing meeting
Supervise, support and coach the Project Team Members, provide input to project people performance reviews to functions
Supervise the final negotiations for the allocated project and provides an execution strategy

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Strong project management skills
Strong teamwork and leadership skills
Customer focus
Strong planning and organizing skills
Sound judgment and decision-making skills
Ability to anticipate, identify and manage risk
Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
Ability to work in a matrix organization
Strong problem-solving skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to interface effectively with people inside and outside of the company
Industry-, as well as general business and financial knowledge
Ability to be detail oriented without losing sight of the big picture
Comfortable working on multiple projects at one time. Able to plan and organize work in order to meet project dates and objectives

Technical Skills (BU/BA specific requirements)

Ability to understand and communicate technical information
Familiarity with reviewing, interpreting, and communicating details from mechanical drawings and electrical schematics

Measurement / Key Performance Indicators

Development of gross margin and provisions on the project
Accuracy of forecasting
Project KPIs SPI and CPI
Development of the number of project related complaints
Development of cost, time schedule and quality on the project
Compliance with processes, procedures and tools
Meeting the time schedule and quality targets of all documentation
Provision of experience feedback to other projects

Educational Requirements

Mandatory

Desirable

Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in Engineering
English level FCE

PMI Certification
Multilingual

Experience

Mandatory

Desirable

Minimum 3 years as Project Engineer or corresponding Project Management experience
Basic commercial knowledge for assessing business risks and opportunities to undertake commercial negotiations
Technical and commercial knowledge covering multiple disciplines

Strong planning, organising and priority setting skills, with a proven ability to manage teams
Planning, organising and coordinating skills in an international environment
Proven ability to build relationships with clients, suppliers and contractors
SAP experience
Experience in industrial manufacturing of OEM equipment

About Bühler Group

Manufacturing industrial equipment for food processing and advanced materials.

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