What you’ll do:

Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Services and Systems division is currently seeking a Lead Project Manager to join our team.
The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for the overall management and execution of projects. The PM is charged with supporting the sales force, Power Systems Controls (PSC) Engineers and Team Leaders during the entire project lifecycle to ensure a seamless transition from quote into execution. They will have the discipline to create clear and achievable cost, quality, and schedule objectives and follow these objectives through to successful completion.

The PM will support the PSC Project Management Office in the development of tools and implementation of industry best practices for project management, project controls, and coordination. The PM must be capable of self-managing and directing a team on awarded projects, including service systems integration engineering and technical consultation for customers in the areas of system design, programming, installation, start up, maintenance, repair, training and modification of automated control systems and power management systems.
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Skills and responsibilities include:

• Plan, establish, maintain, and regularly update a project schedule for assigned projects
• Coordinate with Team Leaders to assign engineering resources and provide performance feedback
• Monitor, control, forecast, and report costs on assigned projects within estimated project margin
• Prepare and present project status information for internal and external stakeholders
• Manage engineering response to customer emergencies and warranty issues
• Establish and manage contracts between Eaton and its customers & suppliers
• Support PSC Negotiation Application Engineers to develop proposals for new business
• Take initiative to develop new project management processes, standards, and tools
• Review customer specifications and bid documents, and issue change orders when necessary
• Assist with order-entry and hand-off to PSC engineers
• Contingency planning expertise and knowledge
• Ability to create, prioritize, and maintain project action item lists
• Technical coordination between internal team members, Eaton factories, third-party suppliers, and customers
• Document control and distribution to customers and suppliers
• Develop and deliver training material within areas of expertise
• Work evenings or weekends if necessary, to satisfy customers

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution with minimum 5 years of project management or project engineering experience OR minimum 10 years of field service, project management and/or proposal generation experience with electrical power distribution systems and high school diploma
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
• PMP certified
• Minimum 5 years of experience with electrical power distribution systems, equipment, installation, and field services; particularly the implementation of automatic transfer schemes

Skills: