Sr. Project Manager

Whether you're just beginning your career or have years of experience—you've come to the right place! Working at Alto-Shaam means you’re a part of a passionate team working together towards one goal.

Since 1955, Alto-Shaam has pioneered industry-leading commercial food service equipment that anticipates and responds to our customers' needs. Our solutions help food service businesses like Sendik’s Food Market and Saz’s Hospitality Group enhance their menus while providing a greater return on their investment.

Our world-class products are made in a world-class facility. Alto-Shaam’s headquarters and manufacturing space is dynamic, clean and safe for all.

As a family company, we also take care of our people by providing market-leading benefits:

• Earn an annual bonus on your gross income, which has averaged
  15%over the past five years
• Low Cost
  premiums for full coverage healthcare with wellness participation
• 11 paid holidays and generous earned PTO
• Advancement opportunities
  to grow through our career ladders program
• Tuition assistance to pursue a degree or certification
• Fitness reimbursement for gym memberships, classes, or training sessions
• Biannual performance reviews with
  yearly merit increases
• Annual free lunch with the company president to celebrate your work anniversary

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading cross-functional teams to execute multiple complex projects. This role ensures requirements are clear, develops and maintains project schedules & budgets, coordinates resources, and drives necessary actions via internal processes. This role communicates program status to all levels of the organization.

The ideal candidate for a Sr. Project Manager would be able to do the following:

• Independently leads cross-functional project teams without direct authority, setting clear expectations and holding team members accountable for deliverables
• Manages multiple projects concurrently, balancing priorities and shared resources across the project portfolio
• Ensures project requirements are clearly defined and executable
• Prepares project schedules by working with project resources on timelines for deliverables and challenging opportunities for parallel or accelerated work
• Facilitates team meetings, distributes meeting minutes, and reports on action item status, risks and decisions to the project team and stakeholders
• Identifies potential project risks and assists to develop/implement strategies to minimize impact
• Manages project scope and the change process, assessing schedule, cost and quality impacts of proposed changes before approval
• Develops and manages project budgets (capital and expense), tracks actual versus planned spend, and supports business case and return-on-investment analysis
• Establishes and reports project performance metrics (schedule adherence, budget variance, milestone completion and risk status) to senior leadership through regular status reviews, escalating issues with recommended solutions
• Adheres to established processes and makes recommendations for process improvements
• Researches and implements best practices for project management

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management or related field
• Minimum 5 years project management experience in a manufacturing or other technical environment, with at least 2 years independently leading projects
• Expert project management skills, demonstrated success with leading projects to deliver quality outcomes on schedule and budget
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize competing demands
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary for communication and negotiation, having the ability to lead and influence without direct authority
• Effectively communicate and…