Project Manager, Operations Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Come Grow with us! We are building up our North America Project Management Team to execute our robust pipeline and expanded services.

As a Project Manager, you play a critical role in the success of a project, guiding it from estimate to customer acceptance. In this position, you are responsible for planning, overseeing, and ultimately executing assigned projects on time, under budget, and within scope. This includes safety, scheduling, resource management, quality, customer satisfaction, risk management/mitigation, monitoring, reporting, documentation, change orders, and implementation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Three years of experience in a project-oriented industry with estimating, manufacturing, engineering, and field work.
• Experience with project management tools (Pro Core, Microsoft Project, Excel, etc.)

Skills and Abilities:

• Proactively prevent and resolve customer concerns.
• Ability to initiate change and create a sense of urgency.
• Excellent communication skills, including oral and written.
• Knowledgeable of terms and conditions.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage full project lifecycle – from engineering and manufacturing through installation and construction-style commissioning, ensuring seamless coordination across internal teams, suppliers, and customer sites.
• Serve as the primary interface between KOCH Finishing Systems and the customers’ representatives. Maintain communication, service, and response to customer needs while controlling project costs and schedules.

• Manage total job performance through effective use of project management tools. Update ERP system on labor and materials flow to provide stakeholders with an accurate picture of productivity and gross margin performance.

• Develop and maintain a project schedule with clear milestones to monitor progress.

• Work with purchasing to ensure materials are ordered to specifications and received timely.

• Monitor actual costs against budgets and investigate variances. Ensure effective utilization of labor and equipment, and that schedules are met.

• Communicate regularly with Engineering and Operations to ensure all information required to anticipate and resolve performance or gross margin issues is communicated accurately and promptly.