Project Manager (On-Site)

Rockwell Automation•Nashville, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Project Manager at Rockwell Automation, you will manage several projects through all phases of the development lifecycle, applying generally accepted engineering principles. You will manage partner communications, project requirements, work breakdown, development engineering, testing, and release. Your work will directly affect the strategic goals of Lifecycle Services. This role serves as the primary Rockwell Automation point of contact at customer facilities in the Greater Nashville area. You will lead on-site deployment, commissioning, issue resolution, and customer coordination, while working with internal teams and customer stakeholders to deliver project milestones safely and successfully. The position reports to the Team Lead, Project Management. This position is part of a job family. Experience will determine position level and compensation. Rockwell Automation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans, and encourages applications from people whose experience may not align with every listed qualification.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline or computer science.
Ability to work on-site at customer facilities.
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 a PMP designation.
JIRA experience.
Experience aggregating data in Excel with pivot tables or LOOKUPs.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary Rockwell Automation point of contact at the customer site, providing day-to-day leadership for deployment, commissioning, issue resolution, and customer coordination.
Lead daily site meetings, align priorities with the customer project team, track open actions, and ensure follow-up across internal teams, field service, systems engineering, manufacturing, and customer stakeholders.
Define and manage project scope, goals, deliverables, site schedule, resource needs, and execution plans to support safe and timely project milestones.
Coordinate customer site readiness, including access, safety expectations, layout readiness, infrastructure dependencies, training needs, equipment availability, and deployment logistics.
Identify project risks, blockers, technical issues, and customer concerns; drive containment actions, escalate when required, and maintain clear 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 align project priorities.
Support project cost control, resource planning, travel coordination, field support planning, and budget tracking.
Serve as the site-level point of contact for scope changes, schedule impacts, customer requests, technical updates, and commercial implications; document and communicate changes.
Analyze project challenges, coordinate cross-functional solutions, resolve conflicts, and communicate objectives, status, and priorities clearly.
Capture lessons learned from on-site execution, identify deployment process improvements, and support adoption of best practices across future customer projects.