Project Manager (On-Site)

Rockwell Automation•Nashville, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Project Manager at Rockwell Automation, you will manage several projects throughout all phases of the development lifecycle, following generally accepted engineering principles. The role includes managing partner communications, project requirements, work breakdown, development engineering, testing, and release. Your work will directly affect the strategic goals of Lifecycle Services. You will serve as Rockwell Automation’s primary point of contact at customer facilities in the Greater Nashville area, providing day-to-day leadership for deployment, commissioning, issue resolution, and customer coordination. You will plan and coordinate project execution, site readiness, resources, budgets, reporting, risks, changes, and stakeholder communications to support safe, timely, and successful delivery of project milestones. This position reports to the Team Lead, Project Management and is performed on-site at customer facilities. Experience will determine the position level and compensation. Rockwell Automation requires legal authorization to work in the United States and will not sponsor employment visas for this opening.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
Legal authorization to work in the United States; employment visa sponsorship is not available for this opening.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline or computer science.
Ability to work on-site at customer facilities.
At least 3 years of project management experience.
Additional education in business administration, operations, or project management.
Proficiency with Microsoft Project.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or working toward the PMP designation.
JIRA experience.
Experience aggregating data in Excel using pivot tables or LOOKUPs.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary Rockwell Automation point of contact at the customer site and lead deployment, commissioning, issue resolution, and customer coordination.
Lead daily site meetings, align priorities with the customer project team, track open actions, and coordinate follow-up across internal teams, field service, systems engineering, manufacturing, and customer stakeholders.
Define and manage project scope, goals, deliverables, site schedules, resource needs, and execution plans to support safe and timely delivery of on-site milestones.
Coordinate site readiness, including access, safety expectations, layout readiness, infrastructure dependencies, training needs, equipment availability, and deployment logistics.
Identify risks, blockers, technical issues, and customer concerns; drive containment actions, escalate when required, and maintain ownership through resolution.
Provide regular customer and internal updates on site progress, milestones, action registers, risks, issue logs, financial updates, schedule impacts, and key performance indicators.
Build working relationships with customer operations, engineering, maintenance, safety, and leadership teams; manage expectations and maintain alignment on project priorities.
Support project cost control, resource planning, travel coordination, field support planning, and budget tracking.
Manage site-level scope changes, schedule impacts, customer requests, technical updates, and commercial implications; document and communicate changes appropriately.
Analyze project challenges, coordinate cross-functional solutions, resolve conflicts, and clearly communicate objectives, status, and priorities.
Capture lessons learned, identify ways to improve deployment processes, and support adoption of best practices across future customer projects.