Project Manager
Fishers, IN - USA
Job Summary
Facilitate internal and external handoff to translate business needs into clear objectives assumptions and constraints
Develop and maintain the scope baseline (deliverables acceptance criteria exclusions)
Establish and manage requirements traceability; control scope via change requests and impact analysis
Validate deliverables with stakeholders; drive formal acceptance and manage scope verification
2) Schedule management
Build the integrated project schedule (milestones activities dependencies critical path)
Estimate effort/duration with input from technical leads; document schedule assumptions
Track progress forecast variances and execute recovery plans when slippage occurs
3) Budget / cost management
Establish the cost baseline (labor travel procurement contingency) aligned to contract terms
Track actuals vs plan and communicate financial health transparently internally and as appropriate externally
Manage change-order financial impacts (pricing margin billing milestones and approvals)
Partner with finance to ensure timely invoicing revenue recognition inputs and cost controls
4) Risk and issue management
Maintain RAID discipline (risks assumptions issues decisions) with clear owners and dates
Perform qualitative risk assessment (probability/impact) and define response plans (avoid/mitigate/transfer/accept)
Escalate early with options and recommended actions; ensure decisions are documented and communicated
Lead post-issue retrospectives and incorporate learnings into plans and standards
5) Procurement and vendor management
Define procurement scope (what is bought when by whom and acceptance criteria)
Coordinate quoting purchasing lead times and delivery schedules; manage supply-chain risk
Align vendor deliverables to project milestones; manage vendor communications and performance
Verify receipt/quality/fit-for-purpose; drive timely resolution of shortages defects and returns
6) Communications and stakeholder management
Create and execute a communications plan (audience cadence channels artifacts)
Facilitate effective meetings (agenda decisions action items follow-up accountability)
Produce concise status reporting (progress risks/issues decisions needed next steps)
Manage stakeholder expectations through transparent tradeoffs and clear escalation paths
7) Resource and team coordination (without prescribing levels)
Coordinate staffing plans onboarding and ramp schedules to meet milestone needs with resource managers
Balance competing priorities across the portfolio; surface capacity gaps and propose solutions
Enable execution by removing blockers and ensuring teams have the information access and tools needed
Bachelors degree in Engineering and/or equivalent work experience.
Minimum of 5 years experience in industrial project management.
Demonstrated success delivering projects within budget on time and with satisfied customers.
Solid English verbal and written communication skills.
Up to 20% travel may be required
Prefer candidate to be a PMI certified Project Management Professional
Experience with Smartsheet strongly preferred
Required Experience:
IC
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