Job description
The Big Picture
Howden is a global engineering business who focuses on providing clients with industrial products that help multiple sectors improve their everyday processes. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling, and have over a century of experience in doing so.
As we continue to manufacture industrial fans for critical industries such as defense, mining, and infrastructure, we are now searching for a Project Manager (PM). Under minimal supervision, the Project Manager is responsible for managing large projects for the industrial segment (Department of Defense, Tunnel & Metro, Garden City, and other large-scale projects) of our business. The Project Manager will work autonomously as well as lead many cross-functionalteams in the management of a significant portion of Howden American Fan’s revenue. The Project Manager will be the single point of contact for customers after a project has been awarded to Howden Americas Fans.
What needs to be done?
- Review and understanding of technical documents and specification to understand what the customer requires
- Prepares and owns project schedule with key stake holders and keeps customer up to date with plan
- Identifies potential schedule impacts and facilitates mitigation plan to eliminate/minimize impacts
- Own budget of project and tracks costs against budget
- Own project milestone plan, invoicing, and cash collection
- Identifies potential budget impacts and facilitates mitigation plan to eliminate/minimize impacts
- Over communicate with customer on project schedule progress
- Establishes and drives process improvements to ensure common KPI’s, documented process and change controls, and skill knowledge transfer.
- Thoroughly review project specifications and direct the internal project.
- Review, edit, and approve major purchase equipment specifications.
- Lead and ensure the technical package remains within the utilities, controls, and logic planning for the overall system scope.
- Receive and review any submittals or returned documents from the customer to ensure any marks, comments, or questions from the customer are within technical and commercial of the contract scope.
- Manage all commercial effects. Manage technical interface effects. Identify and disseminate detailed design actions / changes to design engineering and sub supplier partners.
- Manage change requests from the customer, and investigate to determine technical and commercial effects of a change to the project, prepare a change order offer to the customer, and implement any agreed contract changes.
- Receive, review, and approve sub supplier partner document submittals. Identify and disseminate critical technical information between internal design engineering and other sub supplier partners.
- Document and provide monthly operating reports with KPI’s and other relevant materialsin a timely manner.
- Partner with all central functions such as Quality, Engineering, Finance, IT, and HR to ensure that cross functional collaboration occurs, as necessary.
What do I need to bring?
Essential:
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering or related field.
- In lieu of the above requirement, equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
- 5 plus years of project management experience.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to understand mechanical and electrical equipment design and interface concepts, as well as the ability to understand instrument and control functions.
- Experienced in project management and delivery of technical, highly engineered systems through EPC and AE’s to end-users.
- Experienced in the financial aspects of project management, i.e., delivering within project margin, variance and cash flow projections.
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office Software including; Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Desirable:
- Project management certification.
- Experience in air and gas handling and movement industry.
- Experience working in a matrix organization where influence, indirect leadership and compelling ideas are used to accomplish organizational objectives.
What will you get in return?
- The role comes with a highly competitive compensation package
- Excellent benefits package that starts on the first day of the month after you are hired with over 30 offerings
- Vacation, 401(k) with company match, company paid holidays
- Many other perks such as tuition and health club reimbursement(s) to name a few
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