Projects Group Manager

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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Projects Group Manager located in Dallas TX.

Reporting to the General Manager, the Projects Group Manager is responsible for the overall direction and management of manufacturing projects as well as leading the Project Management team.

This position will be expected to travel about 25% of the time to different project locations across the United States.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Hires and trains the project management staff.
• Oversees the daily workflow and schedules of the department.
• Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
  
  

What a typical day looks like:

• Develops, builds, enhances, and deepens relationships with clients.
• Acts as point of escalation with customers as issues on project arise.
• Negotiates change orders, delivery schedules, and other project related items on high level complex projects.
• Works with Business Development and Estimating during negotiations with customers on large projects.
• Provides leadership, organization, and coordination to support key Project Management activities.
• Develops project management processes that work seamlessly across all functions of the organization delivering world-class service to customers, both external and internal
• Maintains a system that tracks workload balancing and develop metrics for the PM team
• Develops successful and strong working relationships with internal team
• Ensure that Project Management best practices are standardized across projects in order to maintain consistent delivery excellence in every project
• Ensure that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets.
• Lead the most complex projects and guides the work of subordinates.
• Conduct cost analysis and profitability study on respective projects
• Manage change and promote the continuous improvement of project management related processes.
• Be involved with purchasing in high level vendor discussions and negotiations.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
  
  

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Project Management, or other related field with 7 years of relevant experience in a project management role
• At least 5 years of experience in a leadership or supervisory role.
• Experience in the Power industry preferred.
• PMP Certification and/or formal coursework/training in project management preferred.
  
  

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