Senior Project Manager

WEG Electric Corp. is the largest industrial electric motor manufacturer in the Americas and one of the largest manufacturers of electric motors in the world producing more than 21 million units annually. Founded in 1961, WEG Electric Corp. operates mainly in the sector of capital goods, having five main businesses:
Motors, Energy, Automation, Coatings Transmission & Distribution, providing global solutions for electric motors, variable frequency drives, soft starters, controls, panels, transformers, and generators. The US corporate office is located in Duluth, GA with manufacturing units in Minnesota, Indiana and Missouri and over 30 thousand employees worldwide. Visit our website to learn more:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for independently leading highly complex customer projects, EPC projects, engineered-to-order (ETO) equipment projects, and strategic customer orders throughout the complete project lifecycle supporting medium and high voltage motors, generators, drive systems, synchronous condensers, for power generation and grid stability initiatives. The role manages projects involving engineering, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, installation, commissioning, and customer acceptance activities.

This role serves as the primary customer interface and internal project leader for complex, high-risk, high-value, or strategically significant projects requiring advanced project management expertise, strong commercial judgment, and technical leadership. The Senior Project Manager provides leadership across cross-functional teams, drives project execution, manages risks and escalations, ensures compliance with contractual and quality requirements, and contributes to the development and improvement of project management processes that support organizational objectives.

• Independently lead multiple concurrent projects, programs, or strategic customer orders from order handoff through final project closeout
• Serve as primary customer interface throughout project execution and maintain relationships with key customer stakeholders
• Establish project execution strategies, schedules, milestones, deliverables, communication plans, and acceptance criteria aligned with contractual obligations
• Lead project kickoff meetings, execution reviews, risk reviews, and project closeout activities
• Manage project scope, approve change management activities within delegated authority, and coordinate appropriate approvals when required
• Lead resolution of complex technical, commercial, operational, and execution issues that may impact project performance
• Provide leadership and direction during escalated project situations requiring cross-functional decision making
• Lead coordination activities across engineering, manufacturing, field service, procurement, logistics, quality, vendors, subcontractors, customers, and leadership teams
• Influence stakeholders without direct authority to ensure alignment with project objectives and business priorities
• Serve as escalation point for project issues requiring advanced project management expertise or business judgment
• Support mentoring, coaching, and development of project managers and project support personnel as needed
• Conduct customer visits, supplier meetings, manufacturing reviews, and site visits as required
• Maintain ownership of project financial performance including forecasts, margins, revenue recognition, cash flow, milestone billing, and cost management
• Perform regular project reviews to evaluate schedule, cost, quality, risks, and contractual performance
• Identify commercial risks and develop mitigation strategies to protect company interests
• Manage contractual obligations and ensure execution activities remain aligned with approved commercial commitments
• Support business decisions through analysis of project performance metrics and financial results
• Lead identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring of project risks throughout the project lifecycle
• Ensure project activities comply with established company procedures, customer requirements, contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and quality management system requirements
• Maintain complete, accurate, and auditable project records and documentation
• Lead lessons learned activities, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Identify opportunities to improve project execution processes, standardization efforts, and operational…