Senior Project Manager

Want to be part of a professional, caring team focused on making a difference in communities around the world? Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, SPX Cooling Tech is an innovative manufacturer of commercial HVAC and industrial cooling systems for hospitals, data centers, oil and gas refineries, power plants and process cooling facilities around the globe. Companies rely on SPX Cooling Tech's Marley, Recold and SGS brands to provide comfort, mission critical and industrial cooling solutions.

New hires at SPX Cooling Tech enjoy a supportive work environment with benefits that begin on the first day of work, including mentorship and tuition assistance, a competitive compensation and bonus plan, flexible health plan, 401(k) match, and opportunities for career advancement.

When it began as the Marley Company more than 100 years ago, SPX Cooling Tech was the first cooling tower manufacturer to pioneer cooling solutions for large industrial applications. Since then, we have worked together as a company to provide innovative solutions for iconic buildings and essential infrastructure all around. Now, SPX Cooling Tech and its brands are active in more than 80 countries, and rapidly growing organically and through acquisitions as part of SPX Tech.

With its people-centric culture, SPX Cooling Tech prides itself on attracting top talent to the industry. Apply to work with our ever-growing team and help us keep the world cool!

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain expert level of product knowledge and application
• Articulate technology and product positioning to both business and technical users
• Assist product development in developing new and/or enhanced products by communicating trends, needs and issues in the marketplace
• Listen, understand and convey customer requirements.
• Assist in pricing special options.
• Develop effective up-front strategies based on thorough analysis of project variables, thus maximizing the likelihood of winning jobs.
• Provide design and specification development support to consultants and engineers.
• Perform technical and product training for sales personnel, sales representatives and customers.
• Actively price and identify opportunities to provide value added services (extended warranty, maintenance contracts, etc.) and communicate those to appropriate groups (Aftermarket, Engineering and Sales) to facilitate such opportunities
• Improve team strategy based on customer feedback claims and trends
• Plan for delivery and shipments to manage costs and balance customer needs with the business financial goals
• Regularly communicate with major sub-suppliers, manufacturing plant, and SPX internal departments to address issues relate to the project; setup meetings, schedules and communication expectations
• Prepare submittal packages per schedule detailed on customer's contract or specification for EPC orders
• Respond to functional and technical elements of RFI's/RFP's
• Review and confirm orders meet Sarbanes Oxley requirements
• Manage customer communications, clarifications, shipment and other milestone schedule for projects associated with the assigned territory and rep
• Maintain target margin of orders by managing the change order process and pricing, ensuring consistency with financial goals and business requirements
• Conduct weekly manufacturing plant visits to ensure proper order execution. Share knowledge and train peers accordingly and recognize quality improvements and work with the manufacturing plant to implement
• Manage and mitigate risk and maintain accuracy of Hold report by reconciling internal order holds and contract management with interaction between all parties involved. Provide regular updates to management
• Evaluate needs of the customers and provide technical solutions that best fit the Company's product portfolio
• Identify and manage value creation; minimize margin leakage and find opportunities to grow margin on assigned projects
• Support Finance in communicating with customers and reps to ensure collection of cash on a timely basis
• Review and process QMS Parts (warranty) and HVAC supplemental or warranty claims, investigate root cause and collaborate with team to rectify
• Provide training/mentoring to other project managers
• Identify/execute ideas to improve and streamline order management process
• Backup for Manager, Project Management when out of the office
• Initiate "Lessons Learned" and shares with the project management team
• Process warranty service approvals for claims received in QMS, manage customer returns for quality analysis and negotiate back charges
• Insurance management, bond forms and LOC's
• Responsible for managing orders in all countries in which SPX does business
• Act as agent of Company per corporate guidelines
• Initiate and manage vendor purchase orders as needed

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• Minimum of 3-5 years of project or construction management or related customer service experience
• Engineering application and design experience
• Product knowledge and familiarity with HVAC, industrial processes, power plants, or cooling towers, as well as engineering documents is desirable
• Technical aptitude and broad engineering knowledge
• Broad knowledge of the cooling tower industry
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Project
• Experience with SAP or other ERP preferred
• Project scheduling experience preferred
• Ability to read engineering drawings
• Ability to travel up to 15% monthly
• Solid base of leadership skills
• Ethical conduct
• Project Management Certification preferred

Thank you for your interest in our company.

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ABOUT SPX

SPX is a diversified, global supplier of infrastructure equipment with scalable growth platforms in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), detection and measurement, and engineered solutions. With operations in 17 countries and approximately $1.4 billion in annual revenue, we offer a wide array of highly engineered products with strong brands.

SPX TOTAL REWARDS

At SPX , what's in it for our employees transcends market-competitive compensation and benefits. Our Total Rewards program also includes opportunities for employees' personal development, career growth, and recognition. These programs focus on alignment and assessment of organizational, team, and individual efforts toward achieving business results. Our development and career growth programs empower our employees to enhance their skills, develop new competencies, and pursue career goals. SPX benefits package provides choices designed to help employees manage their well-being. Our compensation programs are performance-based to recognize and reward employees who work hard, display the values and leadership practices we embrace, and deliver exceptional results.

OUR VALUES

• Integrity
• Accountability
• Excellence
• Teamwork
• Results

At SPX, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We use our values every day to help us make the right decisions. We embrace a common purpose and strive for improvement. We respect and value each other as individuals and recognize that only by working together, as a team, can we reach our full potential. We take responsibility for our actions, build strong relationships with each other and our customers, and always act ethically. Our values inspire us to achieve the high standards of quality, safety, and performance that our customers expect and deserve.

WORKING AT SPX

Our work environment is established on a work-life philosophy supported by policies, programs, and practices that help employees achieve success within and outside the workplace. We believe in creating an inclusive work environment where employees strive to realize their fullest potential. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer committed to making selection decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected basis.