Senior Project Manager

ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists•Addison, IL

12d•$120,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST® is the largest and only national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the healthcare market. Acquired by private equity firm Calera Capital in 2018, ImageFIRST serves medical facilities nationwide providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs, and more while managing their clients’ linen inventory for cost management. As leaders in infection prevention, they currently own and operate the most HLAC-accredited facilities in the industry. With one of the highest customer retention rates in the industry – 97% – ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction and making staff happy with our white glove service! The Senior Project Manager directs critical and high visibility projects for ImageFIRST, leading the team and ensuring that the expectations of the locations are met while keeping true to our Operating Principles. The Senior Project Manager ensures impeccable planning and engineering services. The qualified Senior Project Manager will have excellent multi-disciplinary engineering skills and be an excellent manager of himself / herself and others.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years working as a mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineer
Experience must include project management (up to $100,000 in scope) for external clients
BS in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering from an accredited college or university
A clean valid driver's license
Lean Six Sigma certification
Able to think creatively and be able to develop and implement process improvement plans and facility designs
Able to develop good working relationships with the field locations, displaying willingness and an ability to communicate well with each location
Must have good computer skills, being able to use CAD programs, MS Project, flow charting software, MS Word, and MS Excel, and must be able to write clearly and concisely
Must have strong multi-tasking abilities with the ability to shift focus from one project to the next project over the course of a workweek or a workday (4-6 projects)
Must have strong project management skills, including the ability to kick-off a project and develop enthusiasm among the field locations and project team members; have an understanding of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology and how to implement improvements using LSS techniques; conduct meetings monitor and direct the activities of a project
Must be capable of completing large and /or high visibility projects (>$100,000) within estimated times and costs, without sacrificing the quality of the deliverables. The SPM will be able to make changes to laundering processes
Capable of training and developing project engineers and project managers
Must be prudent, ethical, and credible and use good judgment; goal-oriented; team player with integrity and concern for the quality of the services provided
Must be willing and able to travel 50-60%; living near one of our existing plants is preferred, or must live near a major airport

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in the laundry industry preferred
Plant Management Institute or MMI certificate preferred

Responsibilities

Developing capacity analyses
Developing AutoCAD drawings
Developing project scopes of work/ bid specs
Developing and managing project budgets
Managing capital projects
Reviewing bid proposals
Reviewing MEP, architectural and civil drawings
Negotiating vendor and contractor pricing
Other field support tasks as required including but not limited to process improvement services, utility management, etc.