Sr. Project Manager - Key Accounts

SPX Technologies • Overland Park, KS

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Building the people that build the world. With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world. Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development. We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world. As part of HVAC Cooling, SPX Cooling Technologies is a leader in high quality industrial HVAC equipment used to cool large facilities like hospitals, data centers, and power plants. With cooling towers, fans, and refrigeration units, companies rely on brands like Marley, Recold, and SGS to provide comfort and mission critical and industrial cooling solutions. SPX is a diverse t eam of unique individuals who all make an impact. As a Sr. Project Manager (PM) you will manage all aspects of a project from order intake to project close out, including some support responsibilities during the quoting and award phases. This entails ensuring that all project phases are completed in a timely and cost-effective manner, meet the required quality standard, and serving as the customer’s main contact. For each project, key responsibilities include customer relations, time scheduling and cost forecasting, reviewing and reporting progress, managing consortium partners, if any, and major subcontracts, managing change order process and claims management, project cash flow, and resolving all project related issues. The PM is expected to “own” each assigned project and protect its gross margin by closely monitoring material and labor costs and taking action to correct and report variances of these costs. This role is responsible for resolving project problems in a timely manner, and maintaining project quality and adherence to schedule and budget. The PM closes out each project after ensuring the completion of all required work and documents, all submittmits required to the customer, and the final payment. The PM communicates very effectively to ensure the satisfaction of both customers and internal resources. Interaction with organization is detailed within Standard Work Process Map (SWPM, “EVACI”).

Requirements

• Experience in the power plant or similar industry.
• Min. 2-3 years of project or construction management experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Project.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, business or engineering, or equivalent education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Product knowledge.
• Experience in accounting, engineering, construction management, and/or supply chain.
• Experience with SAP or other ERP.
• Project scheduling experience.
• Solid base of leadership skills.
• Certification according to the US PMI standard preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set up and lead the SPX cross-functional Project Team.
• Identify the project targets and address tasks to the Project Team members, monitor the activities.
• Set up meetings schedules and communication rules.
• First line of communication with customers and consortium partners.
• Regular communication with major sub suppliers, field construction, and SPX internal departments to address issues related to past, current, and future topics.
• Contract management with interaction between all parties involved.
• Financial responsibility to maintain target margin of project, forecast revenues with full visibility and costs associated with projects, incl. POC and progress, develop payment schedules (cash flow plan).
• Review project contracts, track deliveries, and time and material order processing.
• Material costing and as-sold margin verification.
• Project time schedule management between engineering, construction, and supply chain resources.
• Responsible for maintaining accuracy of Project Status Report and provide regular updates to management.
• Document control and responsibility for the DCL Document Control List.
• Change order and claims management.
• Project risk management.
• Insurance management.
• Identify and support continuous Operational Excellence (OpEx) improvement initiatives.
• Initiate and drive a successful Lessons Learned process to inform other projects and/or the proposal managers of new projects.
• Act as agent of Company per corporate guidelines.
• Responsible for managing projects in all countries in which SPX does business.

Benefits

• Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave.
• Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one.
• Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans.
• Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs.
• Our commitment to embrace diversity to build a culture of inclusion at SPX.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior