Project Manager, Operations Management

Responsibilities

• Project Oversight:
  Manage a portfolio of projects varying in size and value, ensuring each project's success from inception to post-delivery.
• Design Coordination:
  Evaluate sales handoff packages to verify design accuracy, scope alignment, and feasibility.
• Direct the creation and approval of Structural Design Packages, leading a team of CAD and Structural Design Engineers.
• Collaborate with the Lead Electrical Engineer to develop Electrical Design Packages, ensuring customer requirements are fully integrated.
• Change and Quality Management:
  Process and implement feedback from customers, professional engineers, and state approval bodies, issuing precise redlines to CAD teams for revision.
• Facilitate quality control checklists and reviews to ensure readiness before production starts.
• Supply Chain and Scheduling:
  Monitor lead times and delivery schedules for critical non-stock items, proactively addressing potential delays with the purchasing team.
• Provide regular schedule updates to customers, including delay notifications or adjustments for accelerated timelines.
• Production and Delivery Coordination:
  Partner with shop supervisors to ensure on-time production and high-quality outcomes.
• Collaborate with Site and Delivery Coordinators to arrange transportation, secure required permits, and ensure safe delivery to customer sites.
• Customer Service:
  Serve as the primary customer liaison for all post-delivery service issues, including HVAC performance, missing materials, or transport-related damage.
• Track and manage service tickets through resolution, ensuring timely and effective customer support.
• Change Order Management:
  Prepare and issue change orders, working with the Estimating Department and Lead Electrical Engineer to provide customers with updated pricing and scope adjustments.
• Provide support to the Finance team as they resolve accounts and purchase orders.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Business Management, or a related field. Combination of education and experience will be considered.
• 3+ years of experience preferred.
• Project Management experience on Manufacturing/Commercial/Industrial electrical projects, electrical experience/background preferred.
• Knowledge of electrical wiring, components and schematics preferred.
• Previous manufacturing experience in the transmission & distribution, oil & gas, or sheet metal design industries is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to interface and influence at all levels with internal and external customers.
• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan, both with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Caregiver, personal and parental leave.
• Back-up care services.
• Paid time off including volunteer time.
• Well-being program.
• Legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.