Associate Project Manager

Daifuku•Novi, MI

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Daifuku Airport America Corporation is a subsidiary of Daifuku North America, a group company of Daifuku in Japan, which is the largest material handling company in the world. They specialize in advanced systems for various industries, including automotive plants, airports, and warehouses, and are known for engineering, manufacturing, and servicing innovative automated materials handling systems. The company is currently seeking an experienced Associate Project Manager for their Airport Technologies division. This role involves ensuring the effective development and delivery of Airport Baggage Handling systems to customers, working within a cross-functional team of engineers, subcontractors, and other resources to design, install, and commission customer solutions for major airports. The position requires strategic competence to contribute to the success of the business and its customers.

Requirements

Bachelor degree or equivalent years of work experience in material handling or construction.
Knowledge of computer scheduling software, preferably Primavera or Microsoft Project.
Work well under pressure, are comfortable with change and complexity in dynamic environments; can shift readily between the "big picture" and the small-but-crucial details, knowing when to concentrate on each.
Successful project execution supported through relationship building will likely necessitate travel and a commitment to support the stakeholders and key contributors of the project, at all costs.
Remain stationary for 50% of the time; move/traverse throughout the office to access file cabinets and office equipment; operate a computer and other productivity machinery; inspect documents; communicate with others through talking/hearing; read/identify/assess forms and correspondence.
Capable of maneuvering through an industrial conveyor system requiring climbing access ladders, negotiating screen guards and lifting and/or carrying objects up to 40 lbs.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and provide direction to ensure achievement of deadlines and budget goals for multi-year, multi-million dollar baggage handling systems by proactively rallying all necessary resources.
Cultivate the people skills needed to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders: its sponsors, those who will make use of the project's results, those who command the resources needed, and the project team members.
Use a broad and flexible toolkit of techniques to resolve complex, interdependent activities for tracking tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled; Adaptation of the approach to each project, knowing that not "one size fits all".
Improve upon business results and seek opportunities to improve upon skills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion.