Project Manager Products and Solutions - Engineering Specialist

Vertiv • Delaware, OH

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About The Position

The position is responsible for leading, planning, execution, and completion of large, complex, global projects. The role involves monitoring and controlling project activities from initiation through delivery, ensuring that all aspects of the project are managed effectively. The individual will be accountable for planning and execution tasks, including scope, scheduling, budgeting, costing, resource, risk, and issue management. Continuous assessment of project health is required, anticipating risks and developing effective mitigation plans to maintain the committed project plan. The role also includes collecting and analyzing data to create effective written status reports and delivering these reports to stakeholders. Proactive engagement with stakeholders is essential, providing timely, relevant, and transparent project status updates. The individual will work with management across different operating functions to identify and obtain the necessary resources for project staffing. Directing the activities of project team members and balancing their workload is crucial to ensure that both individual and group objectives are met. The role contributes to the development of processes as needed by coordinating collaboration between design and manufacturing execution and conducting lessons learned meetings at the end of projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering field (electrical, mechanical, industrial) preferred.
• Five years’ progressive experience leading teams or projects across multiple functions including manufacturing and supply chain.
• 3+ years in a full cycle project management role.
• Experience managing multiple large-scale projects from inception to closure.
• Experience in AC Power products and/or commercial building construction (data center construction preferred).
• PMP certification preferred.
• Strong project planning and organizational skills.
• Excellent presentation skills; can adjust presentation to the audience level.
• Ability to multi-task, manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and prioritize tasks.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; effective at leading people and facilitating rapid change.
• Ability to demonstrate process development and management practices.
• Highly motivated self-starter who can initiate action and follow through with solutions.
• Working knowledge of project management technologies and tools such as Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Service Now, Plan View.
• Proven ability to lead others to achieve common goals.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in process and results-oriented environments.
• Experience working with multifaceted/multifunctional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, plan, execute, and complete large, complex, global projects.
• Monitor and control project activities from initiation through delivery.
• Accountable for planning and execution tasks including scope, scheduling, budgeting, costing, resource, risk, and issue management.
• Continuously assess project health and develop effective mitigation plans.
• Collect and analyze data for written status reports.
• Create and deliver effective written and verbal project status reports.
• Engage stakeholders proactively with timely project status updates.
• Work with management to identify and obtain required resources for project staffing.
• Direct activities of project team members and balance their workload.
• Contribute to process development by coordinating collaboration of design and manufacturing execution.
• Conduct lessons learned meetings at the end of projects.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
• Stability of a global leader in a growing industry.
• Opportunity of a startup environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree