Senior Project Manager Jobs

This position can be based out of Arlington Heights, IL or Wixom, MI with regular travel between the two locations.
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for driving profitability by leading multiple projects from conceptualization to implementation. This includes defining project objectives, retrieving scopes of work for each phase, communicating progress to key stakeholders, overseeing quality control, acquiring necessary resources, and coordinating team efforts to deliver projects on time and within scope.
Why JTEKT Machinery is the Team to Join!

• We offer bundled health insurance for low premiums and deductibles, 401k with generous company match, 10 paid company holidays and progressive Paid Time Off policy.
• We provide training opportunities for our employees and offer internal promotion opportunities.
• We host an annual golf outing, see Major League Baseball games, and host holiday parties in addition to regular company updates with lunches.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities
The below list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.

• Manage the full life cycle of objectives from inception (proposal and/or quote) stage though completion
• Develop and manage planning and execution for all phases of projects (labor scheduling, material sourcing, budgeting, etc.)
• Partner with team members to develop, implement, and control documentation for projects and their components
• Mitigate risks, challenges, and obstacles through daily guidance and support of project team members and other resources
• Maintain an open line of communication regarding project plans to key internal and external stakeholders
• Evaluate progress of projects to develop opportunities to improve performance
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Provide leadership to execute the project ensuring that it is completed on time and within scope
• Travel Requirements: 30 - 40% based on business demands

Minimum Qualifications

• Project management certification (PMI or PMP)
• Intermediate user of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint) and MS Project
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Engineering, or related discipline
• 6+ years of experience with planning and direction of manpower and/or material resources to complete a common objective
• 6+ years of related work experience in project management and/or comparable management experience in the machine tooling industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Understanding of hydraulic/pneumatic/lubrication circuits is highly desired
• Experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Epicor-10 highly desired