Project Manager II

At CECO Environmental, we’re a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we’ve been addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change. At CECO, you’ll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future.

As part of the CECO Environmental family of brands, Compass Water Solutions plays a critical role in delivering specialized water solutions that protect both people and the environment. By joining our team, you’ll contribute to our shared mission of protecting global industrial operations and shaping the future of environmental stewardship.

• Establishes scope and detailed requirements for the project, including facilitating requirements gathering sessions with key stakeholders, documenting the requirements, and managing the requirements through the life of the project.
• Identifies and manages issues, risks and changes.
• Communicates and follows up regularly with team members to ensure tasks are completed according to plans.
• Develops project plans for schedule, resources, and budget.
• Collaborates with resources managers, lead team members, Finance, and executives.
• Monitors and tracks progress against plans.
• Reports status to project stakeholders through multiple formal communication methods (e.g. monthly status reports, bi-weekly snapshot reports, project plan updates) and informal methods (e.g. ad-hoc requests and email).
• Communicates effectively with project team members, management, and project stakeholders on status, issues, risks, and project goals and objectives.
• Creates status reports on a regular basis.
• Actively engages in continuous improvement of the organization's project management processes and standards.
• Monitors actual project hours and costs against the project/program estimates and budget.
• Monitors and reports on the project budget.
• Establishes specific project files within the job order file, structuring these files according to the Control Document Procedure.
• Utilizes the Project Management tools provided by the Sales Project Engineer, fills in the data as required and follows the Document Control Procedure when issuing, changing, etc.
• Attends the kickoff meetings for each of these project specific jobs.
• Researches any new components or items needed for this job that are not a Compass standard and provides the information to the Engineering Manager for determination of use.
• Conducts as required, reviews meetings with Compass management, purchasing dept., production dept., etc. to discuss the status and requirements of any project in progress.
• Provides engineering assistance to all departments, regarding interpretation of any drawings and/or operation of all Compass systems.
• Implements customer document, reviews comment and draws redlines.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering (preferably mechanical, chemical, electrical or industrial) or equivalent experience.
• Must have 3-5 years demonstrated project management experience and project implementation.
• Experience with distributed project teams required.
• Excellent prioritization and organization skills, especially the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with all staff levels in the company and with clients.
• Able to work extended hours when needed to help meet project deadlines.
• Excellent written/verbal communication, presentation, and listening skills, with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including non-technical.
• Experience working in a fast paced, high-effort, dynamic work environment.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.

• MBA desired.
• PMI certification strongly preferred.

• Concentrated mental and/or visual attention. The work involves performing complex tasks to very close accuracy and quality specifications, or a high degree of hand and eye coordination for sustained periods.
• The job is typically performed under comfortable working conditions; any disagreeable elements are generally absent during normal performance of job.
• Compliance with company attendance standards.