Job Description Your Impact
What You'll Be Doing
- Oversee and manage a portfolio of complex projects, guiding them from inception to completion, which includes project planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting in line with established practices.
- Collaborate with diverse, cross-functional teams, delegating tasks and setting clear project objectives to ensure successful project delivery.
- Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, and budgets, continuously tracking progress and adjusting as needed to achieve project goals.
- Maintain open lines of communication with customers, acting as a primary point of contact to gauge satisfaction with project progress and performance.
- Document and share customer requirements in compliance with the approved contract.
- Identify, evaluate, and address project risks, taking proactive steps to resolve issues that may impact project delivery.
- Keep the project team and management informed about significant changes in project status.
- Offer mentorship and guidance to junior project managers and team members.
- Effectively manage project resources, including team members and external vendors, to ensure resource allocation aligns with project requirements.
- Collaboratively negotiate terms, conditions, pricing, and delivery, considering trade-offs between scope, quality, time, and cost in accordance with management objectives.
- Foster positive relationships with customers, suppliers, and project teams.
- Organize and manage data (including specifications, quotes, estimates, drawings, etc.) in accordance with Systematix' standards.
- Monitor and report on monthly progress, providing realistic forecasts for final target outcomes.
- Conduct post-project evaluations to identify areas for improvement and incorporate lessons learned into future projects and ongoing organizational enhancements.
You'll Be Great At
- Ability to anticipate and proactively plan for project-related issues
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and client relationship management skills
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices
- Knowledge and working experience in an ISO 9001 environment.
- Excellent organizational skills in a multi-disciplined and multi-projected environment
- Goal-oriented and action-focused.
- Strong working knowledge of MS Project, MS Word, and Excel. AutoCAD an asset
- General knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, servo controls, PLCs and robotic equipment
- Able to read, and understand specifications, mechanical and electrical drawings, and schematics.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the English language
Level of Autonomy and Authority
- Work is assigned with broad objectives to be accomplished.
- Prioritizing of workload is typically self-directed.
- Informal authority is assumed over general direction of "Project Team."
- Human resource allocation decisions derived by consensus with Department Managers
- Takes proactive or corrective action as necessary and within established guidelines.
- Unusual situations or high-level decisions are usually reviewed with Management for direction.
- Technical guidance and direction required for difficult or complex issues.
- Project-based decisions are often made independently.
- Approves project costs.
Key Requirements
- Post-secondary education in a community college, university-level engineering program or related relevant education
- Minimum of three (3) years' experience in an engineering role within the field of industrial automation
- 5-7 years of experience in project management, with a track record of successfully managing complex projects.
- Participation in PMI preferred.
- Driver's license may be required, as well as the ability to travel to customer sites both locally and internationally.
