Implementation Project Manager

Position at Blue Skye

We're a family-owned company under our fourth generation of leadership and have built our business based on the principles of trust, integrity and a desire to help our customers and employees succeed.

Lift One invests in people, facilities and innovative technology as part of the essential role we play in supporting our country's supply chain and enabling critical goods to be delivered to homes and businesses. We're a privately held company, and pair our scale with a strong foundation in our culture and values. This combination gives us a competitive advantage in the market and helps make us a trailblazing organization that is built to last.

We're looking for hard-working, team-oriented professionals who enjoy working on new challenges every day. We believe our employees are the key to our success, and we're committed to providing a work experience that helps our team grow to their full potential. We offer great benefits, competitive salaries and opportunities for advancement to all our employees.

Be a part of the essential work we do at Lift One and make a difference for our customers, our community and our company. Learn more about what it means to become a team member with Lift One.

The Blue Skye Project Management team is responsible for managing engineered solutions, robotics and automation projects for our customers. The Company values engagement and partnership, and Project Managers who share our passion for building strong relationships with stakeholders and driving successful project outcomes.

As a member of the Blue Skye Automation team the Implementation Project Manager is responsible for, though not limited to, planning and executing project deliverables within scope, time, quality, and budget constraints. Under minimal supervision, this job utilizes deep knowledge of the project requirements to manage large-scale automation and engineering solutions projects for our customers. The Project Manager will work across multiple areas to manage deliverables related to robotics & automation, IT systems, and facilities from project initiation through customer acceptance and handover to aftermarket service.

The Implementation Project Manager forms a strong relationship with the business stakeholders, customers, and key vendors, while partnering to resolve project related issues, providing project status updates and escalating issues and concerns appropriately. To be successful in this role you must be willing and able to partner with business stakeholders, "roll up your sleeves," and provide value outside of basic project management tasks.

Prior project management or change management experience in one or more of the following industries or functions is preferred: robotics & automation, material handling / logistics, manufacturing, warehousing & fulfillment, facilities, or ERP implementation.

• Initiation: Align with sales and application/solutions team to identify high-level requirements & all impacted stakeholder groups, and to align the project scope. Plan and organize the project based on established project management methodologies. Lead project Kickoff with internal & external resources and customer.
• Execution:Leads internal and external project teams to safely complete project related work within the established timeline and targets. Coordinate multiple internal/external resources in areas such as transportation/delivery, mechanical/electrical installations (racking, conveyor, workstations, etc.), commissioning of automated systems, integration of software & IT systems, customer training, and go-live & stabilization.
• Budget Management:Manages/tracks actuals, cashflow and forecasted spend.
• Scope:Ensures scope is managed and changes follow the PMO change mgmt. protocols.
• Quality:Gets the details rights. Ensures project deliverables achieve expected outcomes.
• Risk & Issue Mgmt.:Proactively identify and resolve problems; manage issue/risk processes.
• Communications:Establish comms plans and ensure all stakeholders are informed /engaged.
• Change Management: Partners with stakeholders to formally integrate change management best practices and frameworks to ensure sustainability of implemented solution.
• Facilitation: Able to bring together a group of people to chart out the best possible course for the project to ensure its success.
• Closure: Ensures customer satisfaction through successful achievement of final…