Project Management Manager jobs in Benton Harbor, MI

Director, Project Management Office

Bridgman, MI

This position is a recognized expert in Project Management. The selected candidate will have 10 years in an engineering and manufacturing environment, leading teams in Project Management. Ideally, the candidate will have experience in custom-engineered solution businesses including factory automation. This candidate will have previous experience managing and coaching Project Managers and associated PM processes/tools that are based on PMBOK fundamentals. This candidate will have led multiple improvement projects in multiple functional areas. This position is accountable for identifying and leading PM-related continuous improvement projects as well as training and developing personnel to ensure standards are understood, followed, and improved. The PMO director will report to the President.

What would a typical day look like?

• Provide and communicate a vision for the PMO and how it will improve profitability, customer satisfaction and morale.
• Oversee the planning, development and execution of Eagle’s Project Management Office
• Lead the development and standardization of processes used to execute custom automation projects and services
• Ensure strong adherence to Convergix PM Fundamentals that pinpoint the key focus areas to promote project success and help avoid typical pit falls that result in financial degradation and customer dis-satisfaction.
• Oversee the maintenance of Eagle’s All Projects Dashboard, ensuring PMs are updating required input fields on a regular basis
• Organize Executive Project Reviews that ensure senior management has regular visibility of the highest-risk projects
• Lead weekly project reviews with direct reports in a setting that promotes deep dives into problem areas, with an emphasis on budget and schedule degradation.
• Assume roles and responsibilities of Process Owner for PMO at Eagle, collaborating with other process owners to ensure PMO-related processes are the best they can be and loaded to the document library.
• Mentor others in the use of tools and Key Performance Indicators to monitor and control the success of customer projects
• Evaluate PMs against the PM Skills matrix and establish annual training and development plans to elevate the skills of each PM
• Work closely with Finance to standardize project financial reporting and ensure adequate project-level summaries are provided to individual PM’s in a manner consistent with standardized PM tools and reporting expectations.
• Build or maintain a strong team of PMs by setting high expectations of current team members and when hiring new ones.
• Monitor high risk projects and assistance in managing project risk in any area necessary
• Promote and support the expectation to “Beat the Budget” by providing guidance to Project teams via tools and processes.
• Assess PM team capacity, compare to forecasted work and take action to right size the PMO.
• Develop annual PMO budget including headcount, training, PMO related strategic initiatives, travel and expenses.
• Help coordinate cross BU projects either sold/engineered by another BU and built by Eagle, or sold/engineered by Eagle and built by other BUs

What qualifies you for this opportunity?

• Ten years of PM leadership experience
• Five years experience leading a Project Management Office at the corporate level.
• 5 years as a Project Manager for Engineering related projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree; MBA and Lean Six Sigma preferred
• Formal experience with continuous improvement tools and processes such as Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Value Stream mapping, etc
• Reliable transportation and an ability to travel; although this position is focused on local clients and minimal travel is required, you should have the ability to travel within US and Canada

What does Eagle Technologies Offer You?

Here at Eagle Technologies, we offer a very generous compensation and benefits package including:

• Health
• Dental coverage
• 401K and more!

Eagle Technologies (A Convergix Company)

Founded in 1953, Eagle Technologies is a leading provider of engineering and factory automation solutions to diverse customers across the globe with extensive expertise in assembly, test, and process applications, industry 4.0 solutions, and robotics. Headquartered in Bridgman, MI with over 1,000 installations worldwide and a focus on developing and training local engineers, Eagle is an established integrator providing automated manufacturing services to some of the world’s most dynamic businesses.

ABOUT CONVERGIX AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS

Convergix Automation Solutions is a Global Systems Integrator specializing in custom automated manufacturing systems including, robotics, controls, material handling, information and software systems, process automation in a variety of manufacturing industries. With over 900 employees, 25 Locations worldwide and $300M in Sales, Convergix is growing organically as well through acquisition to become a leading $1B Automation Integration global partner. We are a single-source automation solutions provider that leverages the geography, technology, industry expertise and capacity of the entire Convergix portfolio across the entire value chain for our customers in a diverse set of industries.

Learn more about us: https://convergixautomation.com/

What does CONVERGIX value?

Our values are our foundational concepts on which we build CONVERGIX; we adhere to these no matter what mountain we climb.

• Integrity - Respect, Transparency, Commitment
• Excellence - Continuous Improvement, Innovation, Collaboration, Communication
• Passion - Momentum, Sense of Urgency, Growth, Success, Velocity

We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

Eagle Technologies has an accommodation program in place that provides reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or a medical need, please contact Human Resources.