Senior Project Manager - Contract Position

Description : Base Salary Range : $100-$120k Annual Bonus : Yes Reports to - Manager of Project Management Direct Reports -None Remote : No Status -Exempt Company Website : ABOUT SCHNEIDER At Schneider Packaging Equipment Company, Inc. (“Headquartered in Upstate New York, we design state-of-the-art machinery for customers in industries such as : food and beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, personal care, plastics, and paper. Our continued growth has allowed us to really be our Customer’s one source for end of line packaging solutions. ABOUT PACTEON Pacteon Group provides one source for best-in-class automation focused on end of line packaging solutions, providing the highest-level customer experience. Through a broad range of robotic and non-robotic equipment, ability to integrate solutions seamlessly across portfolio companies, and full sales and service coverage, Pacteon is uniquely positioned to design flexible and custom solutions for your automation needs. As our customer’s one source for end-of-line packaging solutions, everyone plays an important role to make that happen. Diversity is important to us; SUMMARY AND PURPOSE The Project Manager is responsible for providing project planning and management of projects. The Project Manager will need to ensure that projects are completed to specification, within an established time frame and budget. They will need to employ industry experience to improve all aspects of project planning and resource management. The Project Manager will need to meet the Schneiders quality of standards while maintaining working knowledge of relevant technologies and best practices. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Responsible for managing medium to large-scale projects from award through site acceptance under project management framework to include the following : Assist in the definition of project scope and goals. Develop project plans that coordinate resource and budgetary needs. Create long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones, adhering to deadlines, and allocating resources to ensure customer satisfaction. Determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for staff members required for specific projects. Identify and manage potential risks and liabilities of multiple projects. Develop and implement comprehensive stakeholder management strategies to ensure alignment with strategic goals. Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness. Assign, prioritize, and supervise project tasks (task management). Manage communication with external and internal stakeholders. Ensure compliance with customer requirements and business needs. Ensure customer satisfaction. Host regular project team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects. Serve as a point of contact for teams to ensure team actions are managed. Analyze, plan, and develop requirements and standards in reference to scheduled projects. Manage, and maintain, all project documents. Make effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project. Communicate with business leadership to keep the project aligned with their goals. Perform quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected. Track project performance using appropriate KPIs, metrics, tools, and techniques. Responsible for maintaining project management process to ensure process, tools, and resources are maintained and trained to manage projects under framework. Support any other project related activities for other internal projects as needed (i.e. R&D projects). Bachelors degree in business or related technical field required. Professional Project Management Certification (PMP) preferred. Experience : 7 years of experience in a design-build manufacturing environment as a project manager, packaging machinery industry experience prefered. Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies, and methods. Experience with analyzing and validating customer requirements to ensure alignment with user expectations and project goals. Experienced user with Microsoft Office (MS Project, Smartsheet, Dynamics, etc.) Experienced with use of SharePoint. Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making. Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others. BENEFITS Medical / HSA / FSA Dental Vision 401k Company paid Life and AD&D Optional Life Insurance Flexible Work Schedule PHSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORK REQUIREMENTS Physical Requirement Never Sometimes Frequently Sitting X Standing / Walking X Lifting / Carrying upto 10 lbs X Lifting / Carrying upto 30 lbs X Pushing / Pulling X Keyboarding X Gross Manipulation X Fine Manipulation X Driving X Stooping X Speaking X Hearing X Near Visual Acuity X Ability to Travel X Requirements :