Title Project Manager Division ATS Carolina Location Rock Hill, South Carolina Major Duties This position will be the single point contact between ATS and the customer. Coordinate the interaction between departments to ensure the equipment proceeds on time and on budget.
Specific Responsibilities . Accountable for all aspects of the project including; delivery, performance to schedule, performance to budget, cash flow. . Responsible for maintaining Customer satisfaction. . Follow in-house guidelines and standards to direct the daily project activities and coordinate the work of the members of the project team through department managers and supervisors, to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished in accordance with established priorities. . Plan and monitor/control the project from the receipt of the order through installation at the customer's site and serve as the key customer contact for the balance of the warranty period. . Communicate project progress to the customer every two weeks in writing. . Track all contract changes with a written Change Order Request and maintain a revision summary with respect to "cost" and "sell" value of project. . Ensure that the order received from the customer is compatible with the terms of engineering specifications in the proposal. . Conduct a project "Kick-Off" meeting with the project team. . Conduct regular project meetings with both in-house personnel and with the customer and record and distribute the minutes for these meetings in the prescribed form. . Coordinate the concurrent development of design and build activities. . Coordinate getting material requisitions to purchasing and follow-up to ensure materials is expedited. Review materials with regard to WHMIS regulations. . Acts as primary customer contact for design, costing and machine related issues. . Assist with development schedule of all project phases and milestones, track schedules and initiate corrective action through the department managers and supervisors. . Review the project schedule and budget with the project team and discuss the tasks and preliminary hour budgets. . Monitor progress of the project during design, build and installation by reviewing the performance of the team members against the project schedule. Resolve conflicts through the department managers and supervisors. . Assist application engineers with pre-order customer visits and contribute to the proposal preparation as required. . Coordinate travel plans for all ATS installation and repair personnel. . Responsible for getting machine acceptance at ATS facilities. . Responsible for buy-off of major purchased equipment for the line. . Inform ATS management of cost of labor overruns and formulate actions to keep project on time and on budget. . Develop system function specifications from original proposal and comments discussed during meetings with customer. . Ensure a written record of all customer communications is available for the project file using the templates that are resident in the project management computer directory. Use the E-mail system whenever possible including documents forwarded for travel plans and shipping. Project files will be organized in binders with dividers and kept in the PM's office within easy reach of project engineering staff. . Instruct all vendors as to conduct while at ATS; including observing all safety rules and completing our ATS Contractor Program Form. . Inform customers as to company policies. . Coordinate videotaping and labeling of the system with the team before shipment date. . Charge all costs to the job. . Ensure that all documentation on the job is shipped to the customer per the contract. . Responsible for completion of a written project report one month after final acceptance of project. . Review all left over material and determines if we will restock, sell as spares, or return to the vendor. . File all project binders under respective job number in the project archiving areas.
Qualifications Post secondary college diploma, engineering degree or equivalent, specializing in electronics, electrical, mechanical or controls engineering.
Five years experience working with multi-disciplined project teams preferred, preferably in an automation or systems integration environment. Must have a practical working knowledge of robots, PLC's, instrumentation or other machine controls packages, sensors and pneumatics. Preference will be given to those who possess an excellent manufacturing or process engineering background, a superior mechanical aptitude and proven trouble-shooting skills. An ability to work effectively with customers according to deadlines and under pressure-filled conditions is essential. In addition, must be familiar with the use of computerized word processing & computerized spreadsheets and AutoCAD or similar drawing package. Job Type Full Time Date Added 10/26/2011
