Project Manager, Systems Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists

Project Manager – Vertiv

Location: Columbus, OH, United States

Salary: $115,000 – $145,000 annually

• Evaluate, determine, and drive project management activities to manage one or more moderate to significantly complex projects.
• Provide expertise to review and drive execution of innovative solutions to technical issues, delegating tasks to team members.
• Manage teams executing work to ensure successful project execution, including procurement, engineering, production, and quality.
• Identify gaps and risks within the project and develop resolutions to mediate those risks and gaps.
• Develop cost, scope, and schedule frameworks for project elements; manage and intervene as necessary to ensure delivery to cost, scope, and schedule agreements.
• Notify the Program Management Manager and upper-level leadership of escalations that require significant adjustments impacting the project.
• Provide primary support and guidance to financial planning, monitoring, scheduling, and preparation and release of technical/schedule information required for project planning.
• Lead multiple aspects of moderate to complex financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and communication required for project planning and control.
• Perform technical, administrative, and logistical liaison roles with company, customers, sales, design, contractors, and regulatory agencies for one or more projects, potentially acting as lead for key elements.
• Define and establish engineering/production/project definitions, maintain schedules, and manage engineering releases to fulfill projects on time, on cost, on quality and with customer satisfaction.
• Negotiate, evaluate, determine, and execute engineering project management activities for one or more significant, complex projects or components.
• Lead, direct, influence, and exercise extensive technical and operational knowledge to evaluate and resolve significant technical issues pertinent for key projects.
• Act as the primary and first point of contact for technical, administrative, and logistical issues with customers and outside project partners.
• Lead multiple aspects of financial planning, monitoring, reporting, scheduling, and preparation of technical/schedule information required for project planning, including cost estimation.
• Lead teams and matrix‑manage day‑to‑day project requirements, representing the project manager as delegated for some management responsibilities, and assist in selecting and developing technical project employees.
• Guide the effective use of project resources including personnel, tools, and methods.

• 5–7 years of manufacturing project management experience.
• Mechanical or manufacturing background highly desirable.
• Ability to integrate complex engineering and production concepts and information with project management systems and processes.
• Advanced knowledge of business concepts and principles associated with project cost and forecasting, including Earned Value and Baseline Change Control.
• Proven excellence in effective communication, interaction, and presentation skills.
• Desired knowledge of IMS engineering or manufacturing.
• Desired PMP certification (not required).

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering discipline (or equivalent education and experience).

• Up to 20%

• Safety
• Integrity
• Respect
• Teamwork
• Diversity & Inclusion

Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability.

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Mid‑Senior level

Contract

Project Management and Information Technology

Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing