Senior Project Manager - Controls and Automation

Wunderlich-Malec Careers•Chesterfield, MO

11d•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. When you join WM you become part of a company that is: - 100% employee-owned with 40+ years of industry history - ENR (Engineering News Record) Top 500 firm - Rated as a top System Integrator Giant We have a Senior Project Manager - Controls and Automation opportunity in our Chesterfield, MO office. This person will oversee daily operations and activities of a project(s) ranging in size from $250K to $2M+. Responsibilities include ensuring overall profitability of the project.

Requirements

BS Degree in Engineering is preferred. Business degree or other technical degree with equivalent experience may be substituted.
Minimum of seven years of experience is preferred including project management.
A background in controls engineering is required
Strong leadership and client relations skills are essential
Seeing, color perception, hearing, clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving, ability to travel distances.

Nice To Haves

A background in business development is highly desirable
Professional Project Management membership and accreditation by Project Management Institute as a Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus

Responsibilities

Develops and executes implementation plans for the project
Responsible for detailed knowledge of contractual terms, conditions, insurance and scopes of work
Assigns work to meet overall project deadlines
Ensures that all project team members clearly understand the scope of W-M responsibilities
Develops schedules for W-M and customer requirements
Evaluates progress on project(s) and details changes
Assigns work to project teams
Responsible for all purchasing and subcontractor requirements
Responsible for development of costs and proposal of change orders to contract scope
Develops and implements a cash flow plan for the project including A/R collections
Responsible for all project invoicing to the customer
Provides timely financial forecasts to W-M on costs, budgets, change orders, and schedule
Serves as W-M’s primary interface with the customer during the implementation phase of the project
Ensures compliance with all regulations, codes, etc. as they apply to the contract and project(s)
Technical writing including project definition and requirements, clearly delineated status reporting, process control sequence of operations, standard practices and procedures, scope of supply, requests for information, customer correspondence, and code commenting
Project documentation: task/periodic status reporting, percent complete estimating, production and assembly of required project manuals, organization and maintenance of current network based project files, phone transcripts, meeting minutes, I/O lists, preparing purchase orders, specifying instrumentation, preparing price quotes, etc.
Some sales and marketing is involved. This includes the ability to identify sales opportunities, confidence to suggest scope changes with justifications, ability to network across targeted industries, vision to try new marketing approaches, and willingness to take on new marketing responsibilities as needed
Manages large complex projects with diverse scope
Responsible for projects in excess of $2M
May have PM I’s or II’s reporting to this position
Must have strong background and previous experience in managing large projects in multiple industries
Must have experience in specialized industries (Semiconductor, power, etc.) to assure clients of a working knowledge of their processes and requirements
Interprets policies and procedures and ensures they are followed within the business unit
Oversees training and development of subordinate staff
Responsible for ensuring budgets are met for the business unit
Oversee and manage entire project staff including engineers, technicians and administrative support
The position is also responsible for managing major proposal development (when assigned)
Ability to travel up 50% of the time
This position may be responsible for the implementation of conceptual design and technical review of projects; this includes both internal design efforts and client reviews.