Please send your resume in Microsoft Word format if you are interested in our Project Management Specialist opportunity in Vance, AL (35490). This is a contract-to-hire position, market rates, benefits, and 3-weeks of PTO!!! If you are not interested, please forward to your network. AMS Staffing offers referral fees should they be hired.

Title: Project Management Specialist

Location: Vance, AL (35490)

Rate/Salary: Market Rate

Type: Contract to hire

The deadline for candidate submission is 12:00pm CST, Monday, May 20, 2024. Late submissions will be rejected.

• Location: Battery Plant
• Shift Schedule: Day Shift
• Core Working Hours: 7am – 4pm, Monday – Friday
• Weekly Overtime: None
• Weekend Work: None
• Travel: None
• Cell Phone Required: Yes
• Special PPE Required: Cotton long-sleeve shirts and cotton pants
• Assignment Start: June 1, 2024
• Assignment End: December 31, 2024 with potential for contract extension
• Preferred Skills: Project Management

Please reply with an updated resume in Microsoft Word format

JOB DESCRIPTION

Under general supervision, this position supports project and subproject leadership by creating, preparing, and coordinating interdepartmental processes. Initiation of target-oriented controlling of the project, timely execution of committee preparation, and assignment tracking.

Duties and responsibilities

Project Planning and Coordination:

• Integrates tracking of planning processes in the project in cooperation with the subproject teams and involved departments.
• Customize and track process in the PM tool Jira.
• Creates measures in the case of recognizable goal deviations for the observance of product and production goals in coordination with project leadership.
• Plans and supports planning workshops with subproject leaders of the various shops.
• Assigns, monitors, controls and ensures the completion of work packages regarding the planning objectives as well as the maintenance of open issues lists for the project.
• Reports project status to plant and project leadership.

Methods:

• Establishes and applies efficient ways for managing and controlling of target-oriented processes.
• Organizes production planning summaries and the production plant's project-oriented meetings.
• Ensures communication and the target-oriented information flow in and out of the subprojects.
• Integrates the use of methods and instruments of project management.
• Documents methods in the spirit of best practices for execution within the project and future projects.

Processes:

• Creates new processes to support target achievement regarding costs, milestones, and quality in the project.
• Coordinates and prepares various meetings and related documents in coordination with the subproject leaders.
• Highlights deviations regarding aligned processes.

Project Controlling:

• Assigns tasks and initiates open point tracking within the project.

• Perform safe work practices and participate in trainings and safety programs in a positive and proactive way by following safety rules, procedures, regulations, standards and laws. Report all unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, and injuries to supervisor or Human Resources.
• Work safely 100% of the time.
• Perform other duties as required.

Professional Experience

Co-Op/ internship and/ or up to 2 years' professional experience in the following area(s):

• Project planning
• Management or/and
• Project execution setting.

Required Skills (These skills are essential to perform the job)

• Interdisciplinary team orientation, flexibility w/persuasive power
• Conflict resolution ability, with excellent communication skills
• Data management and strong organization skills
• Working knowledge of MS office software, especially MS PowerPoint
• Working knowledge and customization skills of PM tool Jira
• Basic knowledge of Li-Ion batteries

Preferred skills (These skills are not essential but useful)

• Advanced presentation design skills, with Think-Cell plugin experience
• Certificates for agile project management (e.g. Scrum Master)
• German language skills

Minimum Level of Education

This position requires a bachelor's degree in:

• Industrial Engineering
• Business Administration
• Or related area or the equivalent combination of education and experience.