Associate Project Manager- Strategic Programs

Siemens•Raleigh, NC

2d•$61,547 - $105,509•Onsite

About The Position

The Siemens Project Management Office is seeking an Associate Project Manager to support the Project Management team within Electrification and Automation. The role supports projects from initiation through final closeout for products including medium-voltage and low-voltage switchgear, transformers, and e-houses. The position is associated with Siemens SI EA and is based in the Raleigh/Wendell, North Carolina area. The posting prefers candidates willing to work hybrid in Wendell, while the listed work mode is Office/Site only. Relocation assistance can be discussed. The Associate Project Manager supports project execution, customer acceptance, scheduling, resource tracking, financial closeout, and coordination among project managers, customers, field service technicians, factory personnel, vendors, and other teams. The role also coordinates commissioning preparation and documentation, tracks site punch-list completion, and supports project quality gates and timely closeout.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 1 year of project management or engineering internship experience.
At least 1 year of experience in the power distribution industry, including reading and understanding basic electrical drawings and customer specifications.
Ability to travel 20% nationally, with international travel possible when applicable to resolve high-profile customer issues.
PMP certification required within 1 year of employment.
Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
At least 1 year of experience managing medium-voltage/high-voltage projects and portfolios.
Ability to work in a team environment providing dedicated support to customers.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project.
Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
PMP certification.

Responsibilities

Support the project manager throughout all project phases, including milestone deliverables, documentation, case management, and financial aspects.
Support the Customer Care team in creating use cases to help ensure project acceptance and customer satisfaction.
Prepare and deliver monthly status reports, customer progress reports, customer change proposals, and presentations to management and internal and external stakeholders as needed.
Drive the final customer acceptance milestone, including required documentation, gear acceptance, and financial closeout documentation.
Coordinate development and maintenance of project schedules with project and site teams, and identify time-sensitive project needs.
Manage factory ship-short cases and subsequent ship-short cases with the global care team as required.
Track resources and project progress; participate in customer meetings, lead them on behalf of project managers when needed, and capture notes throughout the project lifecycle.
Capture site-commissioning punch lists and drive their closure with Siemens field service technicians, Customer Care, project managers, factory personnel, and vendors; attend meetings to update customers and the Siemens site team on progress.
Document events affecting acceptance schedules, scope, or project efficiency; identify solutions and review them with the project manager to drive actions that minimize schedule and cost impacts.
Orient project field service technicians in coordination with Customer Care and provide project documentation, including scope of work, drawings, specifications, application-engineered drawings, and project contacts.
Schedule project-specific commissioning resources and provide commissioning documentation; ensure field service personnel review project documentation before site visits.
Expedite the return of project-specific mark-ups during project development.
Support project-specific closeout documentation and own and drive close-milestone processing to achieve timely, clean project quality gates.