Project Manager

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc.•Austin, TX

14d•Hybrid

About The Position

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. We have a Project Manager opportunity available in our Austin, TX office. The Project Manager will be Responsible for project execution, task identification, prioritization and scheduling, financial tracking and management to budget, risk management including early problem identification and conflict resolution, procurement, subcontracts, supporting engineers, communications and meeting leadership, account/client management.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or related discipline.
A 5 -10 years of Project Management experience with 5-10 years of Controls engineering background is required.
Strong leadership and client relation skills required.
Experience in one or more of the following industries: Semiconductor, Water and Wastewater, Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals, Food and Beverage
Experience in managing design of electrical schematics, including Motor Control Panels 480VAC and below, PLC Control Panels, Operator Interface Panels, Local Control Panels, etc.; associated UL508A, UL698, and UL698A experience desired
Experience in specifying Field Instrumentation
Experience in specifying Motor Control Centers
Experience leading local and remote teams of engineers/technicians to provide control system solutions
Experience mentoring less experienced engineers

Nice To Haves

PMP certification preferred.
Rockwell PLC and SCADA systems
Additional SCADA/HMI experience a plus including Ignition, Wonderware System Platform

Responsibilities

Responsible for project execution, task identification, prioritization and scheduling, financial tracking and management to budget, risk management including early problem identification and conflict resolution, procurement, subcontracts, supporting engineers, communications and meeting leadership, account/client management.
Work will include project(s) ranging in size from $20k up to $5M.
This position is responsible for ensuring overall project profitability.
Develops and executes project execution plans and/or project charters
Responsible for detailed knowledge of scopes of work
Acquires resources from BU manager and assigns work to project teams to meet overall project deadlines
Develops engineering schedules for W-M team and customer requirements; proficient with Microsoft Project/critical path and float analysis/resource leveling
Responsible for engineering related purchasing and subcontractor requirements
Responsible for development of costs and proposal of change orders to contract scope
Develops and manages plan for project profitability including cost projections, cash flow, A/R collections and project invoicing; must be able to independently discern project team’s actual and remaining progress during design, documentation, code configuration, testing
Responsible for overall project quality
Technical writing including project definition and requirements, clearly delineated status reporting, requests for information, and customer correspondence
Project documentation: manage project documentation system, task/periodic status reporting, organization and maintenance of current network-based project files, meeting minutes and action item lists, preparing purchase orders, etc.
Identify sales opportunities, confidence to suggest scope changes with justifications, ability to network across targeted industries; Provides input to proposals and technical support to closing new business