Sr. Project Manager

SP Industries Inc. an ATS company is seeking aSr. Project Managerto join our Project Management Office (PMO) which provides high-quality project management execution of a portfolio of projects which supports SPs strategic goals.

This position is onsite in Warminster PA and will require travel to client locations.

What you will do:

• Lead strategic cross-functional projects from initiation through closeout ensuring scope schedule cost and quality objectives are met and stakeholders are aligned and satisfied.
• Strengthen SPs PMO by leading initiatives that standardize project delivery (tools templates governance) applying structured problem solving (e.g. root-cause analysis) and continuous improvement to improve outcomes.
• Provide coaching and team leadership to the project manager team in project execution stakeholder management and structured problem solving/continuous improvement.

A majority of the PMOs portfolio are production projects for engineering fabrication assembly and testing of food drug and chemical batch process capital equipment and sub-systems within the domestic manufacturing facilities of the company and as needed at specific job sites worldwide.

The PMOs portfolio also includes other types of high-profile projects:

• R&D projects which support or expand SPs portfolio of products
• Strategic projects which focus on cultural process or business transformation
• IT projects which provide new or improved technology infrastructure systems or business applications
• CAPEX projects which involve investments in facilities machinery or non-IT infrastructure

This position reports into the Director of Operations/General Manager. This position will rely on a strong ability to be successful in a matrix organization where project team members report into their own functional teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver assigned projects within the PMO portfolio meeting scope schedule cost and quality commitments.
• Travel up to 30% to SP facilities vendors and customer sites (including occasional international travel) as required.
• Track and report project performance (schedule cost risks issues and quality) and lead structured problem solving to address variances and prevent recurrence.
• Provide stage gate governance
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders (including customers and end users) driving clear communication timely decisions and effective issue escalation/resolution.
• Partner cross-functionally across sales portfolio management estimating engineering service manufacturing and leadership to implement standard work drive continuous improvement and execute corrective/preventive actions identified through root-cause analysis.

Education and Experience
A minimum of a Bachelor of Science Degree from a four-year college or university; or five to ten years related training and experience in a technical engineering or science oriented field; or an equivalent combination of both education and experience.
Five years of project management experience with experience in the following areas:

• Projects involving manufacturing and fabrication of engineered equipment.
• Projects for high-profile R&D strategic IT and/or CAPEX.
• Projects involving field installations and commissioning of equipment on-site.
• Working directly with end-users and contractors in a commercial capacity.
• Presenting and interacting with executive management on a regular basis.
• Continuous improvement and change management of business processes.