Project Manager

Sms Group Inc • Pittsburgh, PA

15d • Onsite

About The Position

Ready to drive major projects from start to finish? Join SMS group as a Project Manager, taking total ownership of the project lifecycle from initiation to closure. This role is built for a collaborative professional ready to tackle complex challenges and advance their career. At SMS group, our people are our greatest asset. We offer an entrepreneurial environment that promotes a culture of innovation, growth, and inclusion. We offer company events, activities, and opportunities to participate in charitable initiatives that benefit the communities where we are located.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/science/management discipline preferred with 3 plus years of experience.
• Above education requirement may be offset with 5 plus years of prior experience.
• Experience in a Project Management position and knowledge of common project management procedures is preferred.
• Experience requirements may be partially replaced by verifiable experience as a Project Engineer, Contract Administrator, or other related functions.

Nice To Haves

• MBA
• PMI certification (or equivalent)

Responsibilities

• Overall leadership responsibility for quality execution of projects maximizing contract value consistent with company financial, strategic and program objectives.
• Act as focal point for all communications with the customer during project execution.
• Direct internal company resources in a leadership role as part of the project team consisting of Engineering, Purchasing, Quality Assurance, and Financial Controlling personnel / departments.
• Demonstrate ability to successfully meet project objectives and fully understand scope which is accomplished by involving other SMS group organizations, management, and consortium members and assure work is performed according to the SMS group project management guidelines.
• Prepares plans including schedules, personnel requirements, and budgets.
• Monitors project performance against plans and objectives, analyzes results, prepares project status reports including recommendations and action plans to improve results.
• Overall responsibility for activities related to scope change negotiations, timely invoicing, and project closeout.
• Analyze financial data.
• Ability to travel extensively both domestically and abroad as project requires.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• medical/dental/vision coverage
• paid vacation
• paid holiday time
• 401k with a company match
• training
• a tuition reimbursement program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level