Project Manager, Automation

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 25,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

What You'll Do!

You will be working with large end customers primarily in the Pulp and Paper, Converting, Metals, and Crane businesses. You will own responsibility for successfully planning, executing, controlling and managing project deliverables with high complexity and risk for a portfolio of projects.

You'll act as the liaison between the company and the client through an entire project life-cycle from order acceptance by Rockwell Automation through to client sign-off. You will be tasked to ensure that customer satisfaction, margin targets, and quality standards are achieved. Many cross-functional interactions (e.g., sales, systems engineering, product development, finance, and operations) are also required. Additionally, you'll be responsible for estimate generation, client negotiations, contract review and sub-contractor communications.

This is a hugely important role within our organization and we need someone like you to help lead our teams!

You will report directly to the Project Manager Team Lead.

Ideally, you'll have the following background and skills

• Functional
  • Knowledge of industrial / commercial control technologies, automation, and information platforms, protocols, and communications technologies with specific emphasis on Rockwell Automation solutions such as Pulp and Paper applications.
  • Able to develop project plans (budgets, schedules, and plans) for complex projects.
  • Proficiency with Project Management functions such as customer interface, project budget maintenance, project schedule maintenance and project manpower planning

• Leadership
  • Commercial project achievement and leadership in a controls engineering and automation related business
  • Skillfully leads, motivates, and manages a geographically dispersed engineering and project delivery organization and making effective use of collaboration tools and remote management skill
  • Proven ability to manage multiple medium to large scale projects successfully and simultaneously within margin targets.

• Interpersonal
  • Must have commercial savviness with the ability to understand the customer's viewpoint while navigating a path to a mutually successful project for both the customer and Rockwell Automation.
  • Able to work with customers for business development and implementation strategies.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiation, and collaborative skills with proven abilities to effectively work in a team setting.
  • Primary interface with customer, sales and other Rockwell Automation entities for assigned projects.
  • Demonstrates excellent problem solving and negation skills

• Business
  • Demonstrates a personal commitment to excellence in every aspect of the business with an uncompromising stance on ethics and transparency, internally and externally.
  • Possess a strong understanding and the ability to discuss the financial aspects of project management: forecasting, cost tracking, percentage completion, revenue recognition, and project accounting
  • Responsible for managing subcontracts that include contract labor and/or fixed price deliverables

Your Qualifications:

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Ability to travel up to 15%
  • Rockwell Automation will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. No sponsorship is being offer with this role now or in the future.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and formal PMI PM training.
  • Minimum five years of experience with direct customer project management including all aspects of scope, schedule, quality, and financial management.
  • Success working in a stressful environment with many competing priorities where constructive feedback from others is encouraged and expected.
  • Excellent conflict resolution and people interface skills.
  • Typically possesses industry, application or technology knowledge relevant to the pulp and paper industries.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

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